Global Child

Myriam Denov is a full professor and holds the Canada Research Chair in Children, Families, and Armed Conflict at McGill University in Montreal. She is the author of Child Soldiers: Sierra Leone’s Revolutionary United Front and co-editor of Children Affected by Armed Conflict: Theory, Method & Practice. Claudia Mitchell is a Distinguished James McGill Professor in the faculty of education at McGill University. She is the co-author of Participatory Visual Methodologies and is the Editor-in-Chief of Girlhood Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal. Marjorie Rabiau is an associate professor in the School of Social Work at McGill University. She is a psychologist and a couple and family therapist.

1 A Tri-pillared Approach to Studying Children and Families Affected by War, Migration, and Displacement

Myriam Denov, Claudia Mitchell, and Marjorie Rabiau


PART I: SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL APPROACHES


2 Unlearn and Deconstruct to Collaboratively Build a Sense of Well-Being around

Children Affected by War: A Family and Community Approach

Marjorie Rabiau, Myriam Denov, and Karen Paul


3 A Case for Preservice Teachers Reflexively Engaging in Work with War-Affected Children in Canadian Schools

Nagui Demian and Claudia Mitchell


4 The Thunder of War Is Much Less Heard: Engaging Young People and Older Adults to Restore Social

Cohesion in the Midst of Crisis in Eastern Ukraine

Karen Paul, Inka Weissbecker, Katie Mullins, and Andrew Jones


5 Best Practices for Children and Their Families in Postconflict Settings:

A Culturally Informed, Strength-Based Family Therapy Model

Sharon Bond and Jaswant Guzder


PART II: PARTICIPATORY APPROACHES


6 Navigating Participatory Research with Children Affected by Armed Conflict: Conceptual, Methodological, and Ethical Concerns

Neil Bilotta, Maya Fennig, Myriam Denov, Alusine Bah, and Ines Marchand


7 The Right to Be Heard in Research: Participatory Research Ethics in Kakuma Refugee Camp

Neil Bilotta and Myriam Denov


8 Ethical Tensions in Participatory Research with Queer Young People from Refugee Backgrounds: Critiquing a Code of Ethics

EJ Milne, Churnjeet Mahn, Mayra Guzman, Farhio Ahmed, and Anonymous Members of RX


9 An Arts-Based Participatory Approach to Research with Migrant Young People in South Africa

Glynis Clacherty and Thea Shahrokh


PART III: ARTS-BASED APPROACHES


10 Arts-Based Approaches Research Innovations in Work with War-Affected Children and Youth: A Synthesis

Warren Linds, Miranda D’amico, Myriam Denov, Claudia Mitchell, and Meaghan Shevell


11 Creative Arts Therapies in School-Based Interventions with Children and Youth Affected by War

Miranda D’amico


12 Drawing to Be Seen and Heard: A Critical Analysis of Girls’ Drawings in Three Refugee Camps

Fatima Khan


13 Young People with Refugee Experiences as Authors and Artists of Picture Books

April Mandrona, EJ Milne, Thea Shahrokh, Michaelina Jakala, Mateja Celestina, Leesa Hamilton, and Claudia Mitchell


Acknowledgments


Notes on Contributors


Index