ISIM focuses on all aspects of international migration, including the causes of and potential responses to population movements, immigration and refugee law and policy, comparative migration studies, the integration of immigrants into their host societies, and the effects of international migration on social, economic, demographic, foreign policy and national security concerns. ISIM also studies internal displacement, with particular attention to the forced movements of people for reasons that would make them refugees if they crossed an international border.

Gonzaga College High School offers its rising seniors two international opportunites for direct service.

Dominican Republic:

Following junior year, a group of students spend two weeks of their summer living with families in a Dominican village, constructing sanitation facilities and experiencing a very different culture.

Guatemala:

During the summer after junior year, students spend one week working at the Mi Refugio School in the mountains of San Pedro, which is located outside Guatemala City.  Our young men assist with construction projects and health clinics while also spending time with the school children.  

The Global Women's Project approaches questions of women's human rights and equity through a long tradition of research, theological reflection, advocacy, outreach, popular education and coalition building.