这个硕士生文凭课程目的在于识别那些从事难民和移民研究领域集中调研和研究课程的学生。课程鼓励学生从事这样的研究，并提供可以在公共和人道主义政策领域服务加拿大和国际社区的人才。
The graduate diploma is intended to give recognition to those students who have undertaken a concentrated research and study program in the area of refugee and migration studies, to encourage students to undertake such a concentration and to provide graduates who can serve both the Canadian and international communities in the vital area of public and humanitarian policy.