Open AccessCalled to Respond
Author(s) -
Maureen J. Smith
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
refuge
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1920-7336
pISSN - 0229-5113
DOI - 10.25071/1920-7336.21555
Subject(s) - refugee , ambiguity , legislation , process (computing) , political science , engineering ethics , public relations , sociology , law , computer science , engineering , programming language , operating system
The Canadian Jesuit RefugeeProgramme hosted the conference "Calledto Respond: Refugees and the NewCanadian Reality" on October 28-30. Theobjective was to develop a working strategyon options to continue supportingrefugees. Given the ambiguity of how thenew legislation will be manifest in practice,our "new reality" is currently largelyunknown quantity. Clearly, in these circumstances,the process of developing astrategy is dynamic in nature sincestrategizing must anticipate the need torespond to reality as it unfolds.