Bio
Stacey Wilson-Forsberg is a Professor in the Human Rights Program at Wilfrid Laurier University. She is also the current program chair of Human Rights and acting coordinator of graduate programming at the Balsillie School for International Affairs. Stacey has been undertaking research with immigrants and refugees since 2008. She co-leads several Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)-funded projects focusing on school and labour market transitions of African youth with refugee backgrounds and is completing a book project that presents the life stories of Sub-Saharan migrants stranded in Morocco and Disputed Western Sahara.
Intérêts de recherche
Youth with refugee backgrounds; parents with refugee backgrounds; Africa; Latin America; Peer mentoring; Young African entrepreneurs; Pathways to postsecondary education and the labour market
Publications
Wilson-Forsberg, S. Getting Used to the Quiet: Immigrant Adolescents’ Journey to Belonging in New Brunswick, Canada. (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2012).
Wilson-Forsberg, S., Masakure, O., Shizha, E., Lafrenière, G., and Mfoafo-M’Carthy, M. (2019). “Great Expectations: Perspectives of Young West African Immigrant Men Transitioning to the Labour Market without Postsecondary Education.” Journal of International Migration and Integration, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12134-019-00718-4. Now in print 2020 Vol. 21, 1309–1328 (2020).
Wilson-Forsberg, S., Masakure, O., Kimani-Dupuis, R., and Mondal, S. (2024). ““Sometimes we Struggle, Sometimes we Push Back:” School Experiences of Youth with Refugee Backgrounds from the Horn of Africa.” Canadian Journal of Education 47 (3), 634-672. https://doi.org/10.53967/cje-rce.6615
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