Employing Storytelling Approaches and Participatory Research Methods to understand Migration Journeys and Re-settlement Experiences of Refugee Women from Syria, Afghanistan, and Ukraine, in Ontario, Canada. Stories of Impact: “Only by sharing our stories that we truly become one community,” Freudenberger (2012)

This two-year storytelling and research project explores the potential of storytelling and arts-based approaches to build understanding about transnational trajectories of forced migration and re-settlement in Ontario, Canada, especially as related to experiences of refugee women from Syria and Afghanistan, and women displaced from Ukrainian since the war started in 2022.
The knowledge created through this Participatory Action Research project-where participants are equal partners in research design, data gathering, and analysis- will be useful for assessing the overall impact of programs and services and in addressing gaps; and in participants’ capacity-building, securing employment; empowerment and agency.
Research insights will be shared through academic means; and knowledge mobilization will also focus on sharing learnings in community and settlement contexts, for professional development, and for action to implement change in settlement and integration practices. Additionally, stories and learnings will be disseminated in mainstream society, through creative writing formats, digital storytelling, and cultural artefacts, like, photo-exhibits and podcasts.

Faculty Supervisor:

Anna Triandafyllidou

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Partner:

Catholic Crosscultural Services

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Toronto Metropolitan University

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