Description
This conference and workshop event will highlight research-practice efforts to support positive social and emotional development in refugee and newcomer children in Canada and beyond.
The conference will share results from a recent research-practice effort focusing on Rohingya refugee children living in the mega-camp in Bangladesh. The focus of the conference also extends beyond these results to synthesize and discuss next steps for policy efforts to support refugee and newcomer health and flourishing.
The aims of the Pathways to Kindness Conference are to:
- Bring together different communities, including members of the Rohingya community, community advocates, and those from humanitarian, policy, and research sectors who have an interest in supporting refugee and newcomer communities.
- Raise awareness of cutting-edge research findings that can inform local and international refugee and newcomer policy efforts.
- Engage diverse perspectives to design new supportive activities that can be scaled up to support refugee educational and mental health programming nationally and globally.
