GAWB Projects

Building Futures: Sociocultural Effects of an Empowerment Initiative

for Young Displaced Rohingya Women

This research examines how Rohingya mothers, fathers, children, and extended relatives cope with the dual pressures of conflict and new parenthood. Through collaborative family interviews and life story boards, the study investigates how cultural practices and social support systems shape family wellbeing.

Reimagining welcoming cities: Cultivating cross-sectoral partnerships to address the wellbeing of temporary and precarious status (TAPS) migrants

A narrative review focusing on socio-spatial initiatives that help war-affected families maintain their cultural identities and connections with their country of origin and establish a new sense of belonging in their communities of resettlement. 

A phenomenological study of the experiences of pregnancy loss among Syrian refugee families living in Lebanon. 

A mixed methods study investigating Syrian families’ well-being and mobility in Lebanon using geographic information systems.

A mixed method design wherein refugee youth interview their own families to examine the everyday experiences and overall wellbeing of refugee families in Ontario.

From Bureaucracy to Bullets is a research project, book and website that focuses on domicide, or the intentional destruction of the home, as a human rights issue. 

The climate-conflict-displacement nexus: How climate change intersects with experiences of home, home loss, and home(re)making for Rohingya refugee families in Bangladesh.