6ft Apart. Stay Away!! Stay Safe So I picked some words of how it felt moving countries and like my experience in isolation was one of the ones that stood up the most because of COVID, the different languages and everything. So it was a whole process of first how it felt of being alone…
Untitled For this comic, I chose to tell the story of my father’s immigration journey and the sacrifices he made for our family. Before coming to Canada, my dad worked as a pharmacist in Palestine for over 20 years. Although he had a successful career and years of experience, continuing in the same profession in…
‘What document papers do I need? I guess to be safe, pack all of them’, by Bible, May 2026. Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 International License. GRABS in collaboration with Youth Outreach Team, YMCA Centre for Immigrant Programmes, K’jipuktuk-Halifax, NS, Canada.
Time, Education, & Weather in Canada My three comics are about time, education, and weather. In the first comic [below, left], I show how time can feel slow when we are waiting for important things such as graduation, work, travel, appointments, or meeting family. In the second comic [below, right], I show my educational journey,…
Where do I belong?? I used animals to represent me and my father as well as other people who are part of my story. Each animal has a meaning, my father, the main character is the eagle we see in panel 1, 3 and 4. His animal is an eagle because in my eyes he…
“Smile”, by Susan, May 2026. Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 International License. GRABS in collaboration with Youth Outreach Team, YMCA Centre for Immigrant Programmes, K’jipuktuk-Halifax, NS, Canada
The Youth Outreach Programme at the YMCA of Greater Halifax & Dartmouth provides empowering programmes and services for young people aged 13-21, including: community leadership programmes in public speaking, conflict resolution, mentoring, and teambuilding); volunteering opportunities; school homework support; trips and social recreation activities. Through these programmes, YMCA Youth Outreach helps young people develop their…
The Halifax Refugee Clinic is a not-for-profit organization providing legal and settlement services to refugee claimants and at-risk non-status migrants in Nova Scotia, Canada. To find out more about their work and to support them, visit their website: https://halifaxrefugeeclinic.org
With many thanks to all the young people who participated during the focus group discussions, as well as Julie & Gillian at the Halifax Refugee Clinic, and Kathryn, Hayat, Saeed, Hakhmet, Noor & Roda at the YMCA Youth Outreach In February, as part of my doctoral fieldwork research within the GRABS project, I was in…
Trabajo de campo y visita de exploración a K’jipuktuk-Halifax, NE, Canadá: Un Ensayo-Historieta Este ensayo-historieta es a la vez un informe y una exploración metodológica realizados durante mi trabajo de campo y mi visita exploratoria a K’jipuktuk-Halifax, en Nueva Escocia (Canadá), entre el 18 de julio y el 4 de agosto de 2025. K’jipuktuk, que…
