Episode 29: Stories of arrival in Canada by Noor & Hekmat. Episode recorded and edited at the YMCA of Greater Halifax & Dartmouth, Center for Immigrant Programmes, Youth Outreach, K’jipuktuk-Halifax, NS, Canada. June 2026
Episode 28: Cultural shock experiences of living in Canada by Mercy, Evanz, Fatime & Karolay. Episode recorded and edited at the Halifax Refugee Clinic, K’jipuktuk-Halifax, NS, Canada. June 2026
On June 11, 2026, the GRABS team were invited to present their research by the IRD–CNRS–CIRAD joint office in Southern Africa and the Future Africa campus at the University of Pretoria. Jane Freedman, Glenda Santana de Andrade and Aron Tesfai gave a presentation entitled The Architecture of ‘Stoppedness’. Focused on participatory research methods and the dynamics…
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…
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…
Workshop at the African Centre for Migration and Society (ACMS), University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 20 May 2026 The GRABS team was invited to participate in a day long workshop at the African Centre for Migration and Society (ACMS), at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg We were delighted to engage with colleagues from the GEMMS and…
Episode 27 : Story of young Ethiopians who migrate to South Africa by Tofik Nasir (Original Amharic, interviewer Aron Tesfai) épisode 27 : Story of young Ethiopians who migrate to South Africa by Tofik Nasir (English Version translated by Aron Tesfai)
Episode 26 : Gender Inequality by Mohammed, Yusuf, Asra & Nancy
Episode 25 : Xenophobia by Dani, Sammy, Esha, Malika, Amira & Shukri
