James Simeon

Biography

Dr. James C. Simeon is an Associate Professor in the School of Public Policy and Administration, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, and formerly the Acting Director and Deputy Director at the Centre for Refugee Studies (CRS), at York University, Toronto, Canada. Prior to joining the faculty at York University, James served as the first Executive Director of the International Association of Refugee Law Judges (IARLJ). He is currently an Associate Member of the IARLJ and serves as the Coordinator of its Inter-Conference Working Party Process. He is also one of the founding members of the IARLJ America Chapter. He is the immediate past President of the Canadian Association for Refugees and Forced Migration Studies (CARFMS), a member of the International Association for the Study of Forced Migration (IASFM) and the Institute of Public Administration of Canada (IPAC). James served on the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB) as a Member and Coordinating Member from September 1994 to October 2005. While a Member and Coordinating Member of the IRB he sat on a number of high profile cases, including, Pushpanathan, an exclusion case under Article 1F of the 1951 Convention that had been argued at the Supreme Court of Canada.

Research Interest

Public Administration , Law and Justice , International Refugee Law, International Human Rights Law, Forced Migration