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What it means to belong without citizenship
Jamie Chai Yun Liew’s research puts stateless people’s experiences at the centre.
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The context
What the reporting shows
Without citizenship, people can face barriers to recognition and rights that shape ordinary life. Liew’s award-winning work examines those realities and the legal systems around them. The university’s profile connects scholarship with questions of belonging, making a legal category legible through its consequences for people.
The stakeholder lens
Who this work touches
Read this source-linked brief through five lenses: the university as source institution; the people and practitioners named in the reporting; the campus or civic setting around the work; the alumni reader who may carry the question forward; and any partner, which is left unassigned unless the source names one. No sponsor or outreach relationship is inferred here.
The takeaway
A question to carry forward
For alumni readers, the useful next step is to follow the original reporting for names, dates and outcomes. This digest adds an editorial frame while keeping the source page as the authority.
Source reporting
Ghost citizens, rights and belonging: Jamie Chai Yun Liew’s award-winning research on statelessness
Original summary by Alumni Digest, based on public source reporting. This independent publication is not affiliated with or endorsed by the University of Ottawa. Source image retained for editorial review; rights clearance is still required before broader reuse.
