Refugees
-
When we left Fredericton in July 2016, to move to Thailand, we lost contact with the refugee family. Nevertheless, my memories of the refugee children’s language barriers, educational gaps, and heart wrenching stories have lived on. My desire to help these and other refugee students is what started this research proposal. Now, let us back…
-
I have attributed the respect that I receive around the world to Canada’s peacekeeping and refugee harbouring history. However, in the case of refugees, Canada’s humanitarian national identity can cause unintended pain and prolonged suffering as opposed to helping refugees when they are in need.
-
Life Raft International is an organization that empowers people to help refugees in Bangkok, Thailand (Life Raft, 2018). Life Raft started in 2011 and has had the privilege of lending a helping hand to hundreds of refugees in Bangkok. They use a multi-faceted approach to serving refugees through advocacy, education, and financial support.
-
The 40 hour famine Backpack Challenge consisted of students spending 40 hours living out of their backpacks. Students were only permitted to use, eat, and wear whatever they could fit in their school backpacks.
-
The biggest contributing factor to refugee education fracturing in Bangkok is the fear of detention in the Immigration Detention Center (IDC). The IDC is a prison for illegal immigrants who are arrested with expired visas in Thailand. The IDC was designed to hold prisoners for 15 days, but it has held some prisoners for as…
-
This city has contributed to something I call “refugee education fracturing”. Just like a bone fracture, education fracturing is painful. It is the breaking of the educational progress of refugees.
Josiah Marr Consulting 