In this article, I examine how a participatory painting project in Wellington enhanced cross-cultural understanding between former refugee and host-society participants and enabled a more inclusive urban narrative. In light…
Ethnicity and Diversity
Creating spaces to hear parents’ voices: methodological reflections on the families commission’s early childhood care and education project involving some migrant and former refugee families
By: Sara Kindon & Anne Broome
Published: 2009-06-01
Education & Training Families, Whānau and Parenting Migrants and Former Refugees
Ethnicity and Diversity
You can’t clap with one hand: Learnings to promote culturally grounded participatory action research with migrant and former refugee communities
By: Philippa Collie, James Liu, Astrid Podsiadlowski, Sara Kindon
Published: 2009-11-19
Action Research Migrants and Former Refugees
Ethnicity and Diversity
Assessing the impact of the withdrawal of Refugee Study Grants on refugee background students at tertiary institutions in Aotearoa New Zealand
By: Angela Joe, Nick Wilson, Sara Kindon, and GEOG 404 Students, Victoria University of Wellington
Published: 2011-10-03
Education & Training Grants, Funding, Contracts & Fundraising Migrants and Former Refugees
Arts and Culture
The Art of Social Connection: Exploring Former Refugee and Host Society Integration via a Collaborative, Participatory Painting Project in Wellington City
By: Amber Kale
Published: 2017-07-31
In light of the global humanitarian crisis, a climate of fear has arisen around refugees which is often exacerbated by the media perpetuating misinformation and negative stereotypes. Such misrepresentation is…
Ethnicity and Diversity
An equitable education: Achieving equity status and measures to ensure equality for refugee-background tertiary students in Aotearoa New Zealand
By: ChangeMakers Refugee Forum; The New Zealand National Refugee Network; ESOL Assessment and Access Specialist Services; at Victoria University: Angela Joe, Sara Kindon & Postgraduate Students in Geography and Development Studies, Diana O'Rourke & The Empowering Study for Refugee-Background Students Research Team
Published: 2011-06-20
New Zealand is one of eleven countries that has been annually resettling refugees as part of the UNHCR refugee resettlement programme since the 1980s. Consequently, New Zealand’s refugee-background population continues…