acknowledgements

The funding for the research for this project was made possible by the generous support of the Western Union Foundation.

We are most grateful to Murat Alici, Director of Witte Tulp Educatief Centrum; Lloyd McKell, Executive Officer for Student and Community Equity for the Toronto Public Schools; Claire Sylvan, Executive Director of the Internationals Network for Public Schools; and Frau Lang of the German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees for their thoughtful insights. We also wish to thank Maurice Crul, Rita Sussmuth, Christal Morehouse, Frans Lelie, and Judith Bernhard for their assistance in facilitating interviews.