High-Level Policy Dialogue: Migration, Urbanisation and People’s Health: Responding to Urban Crises through Evidence, Policy and Practice

Conferences, News

GRABS researcher Aron Tesfai participated in a high level policy dialogue on Migration, Urbanisation and People’s Health hosted by Wits University, Johannesburg, South Africa on 29 October 2026. Aron presented some of the findings from the GRABS project in South Africa in a presentation entitled Everyday Bordering as a Structural and Psychosocial Determinant of Health…

Sharing Stories in Toronto, Fieldwork visit report by Jessi Kume, March- September 2026

Fieldwork, News, Uncategorized

Sharing Stories in Toronto, Fieldwork visit report by Jessi Kume, March- September 2026 My PhD fieldwork research was carried out in Tkaronto, today also known as Toronto, on the traditional territory of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples. Tkaronto is covered by Treaty…

“Growing Up Across Borders: Speaking for Ourselves” Interview in Art Africa Magazine

GRABS in the media, News

Jane Freedman, GRABS PI, was interviewed in Art Africa Magazine. The interview showcases the work of the young people working with GRABS in Johannesburg, and their exhibition at the Bag Factory Artists Studios. Congratulations to all the young people involved in creating this fantastic exhibition and to our partners Refugee Children’s Project. Read the full…

Comics, Photos and Podcasts from K’jipuktuk-Halifax, NS, Canada. Fieldwork visit report by Juan Manuel, July 2026

Fieldwork, News

Comics, Photos and Podcasts from K’jipuktuk-Halifax, NS, Canada. Fieldwork visit report by Juan Manuel, July 2026 My PhD fieldwork research is being carried out in K’jipuktuk, today also known as Halifax, which is part of Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory where the Mi’kmaq Peoples have lived for over 11000 years. Today, K’jipuktuk-Halifax is the…

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…