Perspectives on participatory research: An attempt at cowriting with young people in situations of forced migration

Articles, Publications

By Alex Japonais, Jorojina Elishal, Israel Wabikamb’, Rammy Sadat, Jay, Aron Tesfai, Glenda Santana de Andrade, Jane Freedman AbstractThis article emerges from a series of participatory and creativeresearch workshops that we participated in as organisers/researchersand participants/co-researchers. The workshops were part of anongoing research project on young people’s experiences of migrationand (im) mobility across borders. Research…

Poster of the 2026 Canadian Sociological Association containing an artwork featuring a lighthouse and a sunset over a bay.

GRABS at the 2026 CSA Annual Conference

Conferences, News

This work could not be done without the generous and courageous participation of all the young people that joined the various research activities and the amazing support of our community-based and local academic partners in K’jipuktuk-Halifax (Halifax Refugee Clinic, the YMCA Centre for Immigrant Programmes Youth Outreach team of Greater Halifax and Dartmouth, and Saint…

Project Activities in South Africa: Exhibitions, Workshops & Community Engagement

Exhibitions, News

At the heart of the GRABS Project (Grandir aux frontières)—funded by the European Research Council (ERC) and Université Paris 8—lies a deep commitment to collaboration, participatory research, and elevating community voices. Moving away from extractivist academic models, our recent activities in South Africa used creative methodologies—specifically photography and youth-led podcasts—to allow young people to narrate their…