UNAM-Chicago Hosts Academic Conference on Migration

The tri-national meeting also included academics from US universities such as Loyola University Chicago, Indiana University, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and the University of Houston. From Mexico, representatives from the universities of Guanajuato and Puebla were present, as well as from Bishop’s University in Canada.

Guillermo Pulido, director of the UNAM-Chicago campus, emphasized that universities play a crucial role in generating solutions at both local and global levels, employing multidisciplinary approaches to address migration issues, particularly those affecting Indigenous peoples.

Marylinn Lynn Miranda, president of UIC, expressed her satisfaction with the tri-national academic meeting. She noted that the event provided a platform for leading scholars and researchers to analyze one of the most complex issues of our time: migration. From various disciplinary perspectives and contexts, they explored the profound implications of migration for families, regions, cities, and countries, with particular relevance to Chicago and the United States as a whole.