Beyond the Sidelines: The Power of Sport in Refugee Integration

Join us for the third virtual International Refugee Integration and Settlement Exchange (IRISE) event of 2025, a global gathering of organisations, groups and individuals involved in supporting refugees arriving through resettlement and other complementary pathways.

This IRISE Virtual Exchange explores the ways in which sports have been used as a pathway and facilitator of refugee settlement and integration in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States. 

What do we know about sport as a tool and pathway to newcomer integration and settlement? What is the potential and where are the challenges?

How can we best facilitate positive settlement outcomes – a sense of belonging and social connections, health and wellbeing, and perhaps offer a doorway into more difficult conversations - through refugee engagement with sport?

What are intersectional models, policies and support structures that work well to support refugee integration and settlement through sport?

In this session you will:

• Hear from practitioners and thought-leaders that have been researching, developing and implementing programs that involve sports as a settlement tool and pathway.

• Have an opportunity to talk to peers in other countries and share what is working well in your own context.

Find out when this event is being held in your time zone here.

Register now!

To ensure this event runs smoothly, pre-registration is essential. Registrations close Friday 7th November.

A link to the live meeting will be shared with registered participants one day prior to the event.