Western Michigan University ScholarWorks at WMU Dissertations Graduate College 6-2016 The Rwandan Diaspora in Canada and the United States: Reconciliation and Justice Jennifer J. Marson Western Michigan University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/dissertations Part of the Race and Ethnicity Commons, Regional Sociology Commons, and the Sociology of Culture Commons Recommended Citation Marson, Jennifer J., "The Rwandan Diaspora in Canada and the United States: Reconciliation and Justice" (2016). Dissertations. 1607. https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/dissertations/1607 This Dissertation-Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate College at ScholarWorks at WMU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at WMU. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. THE RWANDAN DIASPORA IN CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES: RECONCILIATION AND JUSTICE by Jennifer J. Marson A dissertation submitted to the Graduate College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Sociology Western Michigan University June 2016 Doctoral Committee: Angela Moe, Ph.D., Chair David Hartmann, Ph.D. Ronald Kramer, Ph.D. Harry Mika, Ph.D. THE RWANDAN DIASPORA IN CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES: RECONCILIATION AND JUSTICE Jennifer J. Marson, Ph.D. Western Michigan University, 2016 This dissertation analyzed the attempts at achieving justice and reconciliation among the Rwandan diaspora located in Canada and the United States. Following the 1994 Rwandan genocide, many Rwandans fled and a modest diaspora found a home in various locations throughout Canada and the United States. The diaspora, located thousands of miles from the institutional mechanism of justice and reconciliation in Rwanda, are subject to many of the same concerns regarding justice and reconciliation as those who remain in Rwanda.