Re-Storying Narratives of Displacement <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Too often stories of forced migration or resettlement are told by those in positions of power. These stories are then translated into public opinions and policies that can lead to exclusion or exploitation rather than support or integration. One way to reflect on and challenge both policies and pathways to integration is through the creation and circulation of first-person stories. How can we facilitate creative processes to support the creation of first-person narratives that address refugee, indigenous and climate migration experiences? What is the role of first-person stories in shifting how do we define, support and measure the integration of refugees into communities? And how can we foster processes to think with first-person stories in the formation of policies, practices, and curricula? Mapping Memories, a multi-year project, I brought together Montreal-based educators, filmmakers, policy advocates, organizers, students, and youth to develop participatory media projects for youth with refugee experience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Refugee Agency and Influence in Multiple Spheres<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Participation\n refers to the way in which refugees and others forcibly displaced can \nparticipate meaningfully and exert influence in decision-making \nprocesses that affect their lives. Participation can be used to describe\n different situations, from a person being able to make informed \ndecisions and fully participate in a local labour market, through to \ngroups of refugees being able to access democratic institutions and \npolitical processes (e.g. being able to elect representatives or vote). \nIn the context of the workshop, the focus of discussions is on 1- The \nimpact of the refugee participation on hosting community and their \ncontributions. 2- How refugees and others forcibly displaced can \nparticipate (act) and have agency (influence) in decision-making \nprocesses at different levels (local, national, regional, global) and in\n different kinds of spaces (e.g. government, NGOs, community, academia).\n \n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Elizabeth (Liz) Miller, Concordia University; St\u00e9phanie Gasana, Ayanda Dube, Gracia Jalea Re-Storying Narratives of Displacement Too often stories of forced migration or resettlement are told by those in positions of power. These stories are then translated into public opinions and policies that can lead to exclusion or exploitation rather than support or integration. One way to reflect on and challenge both policies and pathways to integration is through the creation and circulation of first-person stories….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":39754,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conferences"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carfms.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carfms.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carfms.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carfms.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carfms.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/carfms.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carfms.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carfms.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carfms.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carfms.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Emerimana Daniel Christian, URISE Initiative for Africa; Mustafa Alio, Refugee Career Jumpstart Project; James Madhier, University of Toronto <\/h3>\n\n\n\n