Stories driven by Nature and Change of plans in K’jipuktuk-Halifax, NS, Canada

We are very pleased to present this photo book showcasing photographs by young participant artists April, Henry, Pedro and Susana. This photo book is the product of a collaboration between the Halifax Refugee Clinic, and the ERC Growing Up Across Borders research project.

This collaboration led to a series of creative participatory workshops in photography and photovoice, consisting of 6 three-hour sessions held between April-June 2026, in K’jipuktuk-Halifax, NS, Canada. During the first couple of workshop sessions, participant youth discussed and decided on which themes they wanted to work on, they were given a digital camera and introduced to some basic skills in photography. Between each weekly session, participants were invited to take photos related to their chosen themes and bring them for discussion with the group. During these discussions, copies of the photographs were printed for participants to organise them according to the themes, while reflecting on their meaning, and the stories and feelings behind them.

The two main themes explored during the workshops and featuring in this photo book – Nature and Change of Plan – had originally emerged from focus group discussions held during a prior visit in February 2026 and were later further discussed during the first session of the photography-photovoice workshops. Initially, the theme of ‘Change of Plan’ was that of ‘Adaptation’, however, participants felt adaptation did not fully encompass the meaning behind their stories. While broad in scope, the themes carry different meanings and represent some of the lived experiences and stories the young people wanted to share through their photographs. Participants chose how to display their photographs in the pages and organised them by themes.

You can view the photo book below. You can view a soft copy of the comic book here. If you would like a pdf soft copy, please send us an email to grabs@univ-paris8.fr