Welcome to the new Global Local podcast. It links to our new free weekly newsletter the Global Local Recap. This week LGIU’s Jonathan Carr-West and Ingrid Koehler talk about the principles of global localism and how the refugee crisis and the resettlement of refugees in local communities is the perfect exemplar.
This episode ties in with our recent Global Local Recap issue on refugees and local government. Other links mentioned in the podcast:
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- A transcript of the interview with Vera Dodic, of the Toronto Newcomer Office
- Refugees and resettlement: our curation of relevant LGIU content.
- Previous podcast episodes
- More information on the Global Local Recap and how to sign up – for free!
We also mentioned a piece of research on refugee and migrant contribution to local economies: here’s a piece from Nature.
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Making people aware that refugees are a local issue. These people are not just a problem, but sources of new ideas that can benefit their new communities in the long run. Thank you for bringing the issue to the surface. I live in a tiny town in Tennessee, and some refugee people have brought yoga here to enrich what is available here. This one small small but significant to a small population place.