Supporting People From Migrant and Refugee Backgrounds to Access Education and Work to Enhance Their Integration and Resettlement - Presented by Division 16, Counseling Psychology

Supporting People From Migrant and Refugee Backgrounds to Access Education and Work to Enhance Their Integration and Resettlement

Migration is not a new phenomenon and predictions suggest that the number of international migrants will continue to rise. Some migration occurs by choice and some occurs by forced displacement as evidenced by growing numbers of people with refugee backgrounds seeking resettlement. Globally, migration in all its forms is interconnected with political, technological, social and economic factors and more recently, with environmental and climate factors. Migrants make important social, economic and cultural contributions to their destination countries. Settling and integrating in a new country however, may involve adapting to language, culture, and social customs and values.

Fundamental to successful resettlement and integration and the better life aspired to by many migrants is access to education and work. This webinar focuses on supporting people from migrant and refugee backgrounds to access education and work to enhance their integration and resettlement. The three presentations in this webinar will consider this topic from different perspectives.

Presenters:
Professor Nancy Arthur
University of South Australia
Adelaide, Australia

Professor Robert Schweitzer and Dr. Sasha Mackay
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia 

Professor Ute-Christine Klehe and Katja Wehrle
Justus-Liebig-University
Giessen, Germany

Moderator:
Dr. Mary McMahon
The University of Queensland
Brisbane, Australia

Presented on August 17, 2020