Résumés
Abstract
Although millions of community members have come together in various ways to sponsor and resettle refugees for decades, scholars are just now beginning to study why people get involved and how they organize themselves to accomplish the practical, organizational, and emotional tasks community sponsorship requires. This article contributes to this emerging literature with a meso-level analysis of actions taken by one student-led local committee (LC) to revitalize the World University Service of Canada (WUSC) Student Refugee Program (SRP) nested at its university. Over 2,200 refugee youth have been sponsored through the WUSC SRP to study and settle in Canada since 1978, yet little is known about how campus LCs navigate their responsibilities or evaluate and sustain their program. Analysis of in-depth interviews with executive members was guided by and informs research on community sponsorship and theories of group action, community of practice, and stewardship.
Keywords:
- WUSC SRP,
- refugee resettlement,
- private sponsorship,
- meso-level analysis,
- community of practice,
- stewardship theory,
- Canada
Résumé
Bien que des millions de membres de communautés locales se soient unis de diverses façons pour parrainer et réinstaller des réfugiés pendant des décennies, les chercheurs commencent à peine à étudier les raisons pour lesquelles les gens s’impliquent et comment ils s’organisent pour accomplir les tâches pratiques, organisationnelles et émotionnelles requises par le parrainage communautaire. Cet article contribue à cette littérature émergente avec une analyse de niveau méso des actions prises par un comité local étudiant pour revitaliser le Programme d’étudiants réfugiés (PÉR) d’Entraide universitaire mondiale du Canada (EUMC). Depuis 1978, plus de 2200 jeunes réfugiés ont été parrainés à travers le PÉR EUMC pour étudier et s’installer au Canada. Cependant, on sait peu de choses sur la manière dont les comités locaux sur les campus s’acquittent de leurs responsabilités ou évaluent et maintiennent leur programme. L’analyse d’entretiens approfondis avec des membres exécutifs a été guidée par et contribue à la recherche sur le parrainage communautaire et les théories de l’action de groupe, de la communauté de pratique et de l’intendance.
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