To date, the Out of Place Research team has written 5 papers on our research:
The Experience of Families
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This research brief highlights the experiences of refugee families living in Lebanon and suggests implications for groups working with Syrian families in Lebanon.
So the World Will Know Our Story
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This paper outlines the ethical implications of a qualitative research study exploring the everyday mobilities of Syrian families displaced in Lebanon.
Seeking Safety, Finding Fear
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This paper describes the (im)mobility of Syrian refugee families, identifies the multiple and interrelated factors that contribute to their restricted movement, and explores how restricted mobility can compromise child, family, and human rights.
My Heart Feels Chained
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This paper explores how Syrian refugee parents experience daily economic challenges that can significantly affect their ability to adequately care for their children. The findings suggest that increased stress upon family members manifests in negative mental and physical health consequences of family members,  pushing families further into economic precarity.
Without Choice
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This paper addresses the factors that influenced displaced Syrian families’ decision to leave Syria for Lebanon and how this impacted the time it took them to decide to leave. The research is grounded in the experiences of displaced Syrian families who fled to Lebanon in the past eight years since the start of the conflict in 2011.

Background Information

Learn about the impact of the Syrian war & refugee crisis
UNHCR Syria Emergency Statistics
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is a global organization dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a better future for refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people. This page offers statistics that summarize the conflict and refugee crisis.

Education for Refugees
Learn about GIS mapping and standard education for refugees
I Teach Refugees To Map Their World
In Rochester Institute of Technology professor’s description of his class for refugees in the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan, students learned taught mapping concepts like coordinate systems, projections, design and geographic visualization, and collecting spatial data with GPS.  The class then used this knowledge to map the sprawling camps' most important places, such as the locations of schools, mosques, shops, and health centers.
No Lost Generation Initiative
The No Lost Generation initiative advocates for education, child protection, and adolescents and youth support for those affected by the Syrian and Iraqi humanitarian crises.
#ChildrenofSyria
This UNICEF supported site shares the real-life personal stories and photographs of Syrian children to mobilize public action.

Healthcare for Refugees

Learn about humanitarian efforts to save the lives of people affected by the crisis
Canadian Red Cross
This site from the Canadian Red Cross explains the charity’s partnership with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) and describes how more than 13.5 million people across Syria are still in need of humanitarian assistance.
Medecins Sans Frontieres: Syria
This site from MSF shares statistics and explanations of the health crisis and their work in Syria.
Medecins Sans Frontieres: Lebanon
This site from MSF shares statistics and explanations of the health crisis and their work in Lebanon.
Syrian Refugee (Health) Research Projects
This website describes how Toronto Central LHIN asked researchers to study the long-term health, unmet health care needs, and social integration pathways for Syrian refugees in Canada. The research aims to contribute data that can be used to improve settlement and health outcomes of refugees.

Canada's Reception of Refugees

Learn how you can make a difference
The Government of Ontario: How You Can Help Refugees
This government website shares how Ontario is helping Syrian refugees meet their needs and which concrete actions locals can take to help.
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This research was funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Insight Development Grant (IDG) Program and Research Support Fund (RSF) at Wilfrid Laurier University.

Thank you to all the families who welcomed the research team into their homes and hearts. The research team is also grateful to the following individuals and organizations who assisted with the research: Dr. Darren Scott at McMaster University, American University Beirut, Beyond, Dar al Fatwa, Himaya, International Rescue Committee, Kayany Foundation, Save the Children, UNHCR, UNICEF.

Homepage photography © Hannah Abdoh 2017