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The MiFOOD Network hosted its first-ever Research and Writing Workshop from August 5–8, 2025, at the Balsillie School of International Affairs in Waterloo, Canada. Designed as a creative and immersive capacity-building event, it brought together MiFOOD researchers from Canada, Namibia, Mozambique, Jamaica, Ecuador, Mexico, and South Africa to sharpen research and writing skills, learn new […]

On July 31, 2025, the MiFOOD Network hosted a half-day workshop at the Balsillie School of International Affairs in Waterloo, Canada, bringing together researchers from Canada, South Africa, and China to share recent findings on the intersection of migration, food security, and resilience in the face of global disruptions. Cohosted by the MiFOOD Network, the

From July 28 to 30, MiFOOD team members participated in the 6th International Conference on Canadian, Chinese and African Sustainable Urbanization (ICCCASU) in Ottawa. Under the theme “Humanizing Urbanization: Housing, Livelihoods, and Resilient Cities in a Changing World,” the conference brought together global voices to explore inclusive, people-centered approaches to urban development. The MiFOOD Network

MiFOOD partner and IIMAD Director Prof. S. Irudaya Rajan edits the newly released Handbook of Research on Migration, COVID-19 and Cities (Edward Elgar, 2024). This Handbook which includes 37 chapters explores the multifaceted impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on migrant populations such as international students, refugees, undocumented migrants and informal urban workers. It examines how migration and urbanization have

MiFOOD partner Cecilia Tacoli is the lead editor of the newly published Handbook on Rural-Urban Linkages in the Global South (Edward Elgar, 2025). The book offers a comprehensive review of how, in rapidly urbanizing low- and middle-income countries, the links between rural and urban areas, people and enterprises are becoming increasingly intense and complex. With a focus

A highlight of the 4th Annual MiFOOD Conference in Mexico City was the launch of the new open access volume New Directions in South-South Migration, edited by Jonathan Crush, Sujata Ramachandran, and Abel Chikanda. The book offers a timely and critical contribution to the growing body of work on migration within the Global South, with

The MiFOOD Network has just published Research Briefs No. 14, 15, and 16 in its ongoing Research Brief series, which is designed to make research findings from the network accessible quickly. Research Brief No. 14 explores how Somali migrants in Nairobi’s Eastleigh neighborhood, often called “Little Mogadishu”, rely on community support and informal trade to

The 4th Annual MiFOOD Conference on Migration and Food Security, supported by SSHRC funding through the MiFOOD Network, took place in Mexico City on May 6–9, 2025. The event gathered an international group of researchers, practitioners, and institutional partners to explore the theme “Migrant Lives in Urban Food Systems: Bridging Informal Divides, Strengthening Food Security.”

MiFOOD partner Tiana Bakić Hayden in Mexico co-edits a book with Joaquin Pérez Martin entitled “Urban Food Systems in Latin America: Territories, Mobilities and Governance“. Drawing on studies and theoretical approaches written by scholars and practitioners from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador and Mexico, this book provides a Latin American perspective on global discussions surrounding the

MiFOOD partner at National University of Singapore and Asia Research Institute organizes workshop on “Global Foodscapes: Transnational Pathways of Food and Migration In and Out of Asia”. This workshop is scheduled on March 10-11, 2025. It is jointly organized by the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, and the University of North Carolina at