Harald Bauder is a Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies (Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada), former director of the Graduate Program for Immigration and Settlement Studies (ISS) and the founding former director of TMCIS. He received a PhD in Geography in 1998 from Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Canada, and MA and BA degrees in Geography and Urban Studies from Wayne State University, Detroit, USA. In 2016, Dr. Bauder received the Sarwan Sahota Distinguished Scholar Award, 2016, which is Toronto Metropolitan University’s highest annual research award, and in 2015, he received the Konrad Adenauer Research Award, recognizing his life-time contribution to the academic and cultural exchange between the Federal Republic of Germany and Canada. He currently leads the international partnership project Urban Sanctuary, Migrant Solidarity and Hospitality in Global Perspective.