{"id":300163,"date":"2022-02-15T11:53:25","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T16:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yfile.news.yorku.ca\/?p=300163"},"modified":"2025-04-02T12:10:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T16:10:22","slug":"new-dialogue-series-focuses-on-afghan-refugee-health-well-being","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/yfile\/2022\/02\/15\/new-dialogue-series-focuses-on-afghan-refugee-health-well-being\/","title":{"rendered":"New dialogue series focuses on Afghan refugee health, well-being"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Faculty of Health Associate Professor Farah Ahmad<\/strong> and her research team are launching a dialogue series on Afghan refugee health and well-being. The series will help researchers understand what supports newly arrived refugees need to feel at home in Canada.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
In late August 2021, Afghanistan experienced severe political turmoil after the rapid withdrawal of foreign forces and subsequent takeover by the Taliban. Currently, millions of people in Afghanistan are living in fear, deteriorating living conditions and the increasing risk of famine. Canada has committed to a rescue effort by providing safe passage to 40,000 Afghans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
While arriving in a new country offers safety and opportunity, the trauma associated with being forcibly displaced has lasting consequences. Through a strength-based approach, this new dialogue series focuses on understanding pathways to resilience and building capacity through inclusion, involvement and participation by Afghan community members, scholars and service providers. The speakers in this series will share their perspectives \u2013 first-hand, front-line and scholarly \u2013 to foster a critical dialogue and enhanced understanding about the kind of supports that new Afghan refugees need to feel at \"home.\" Speakers participating in the series are experts in global challenges, frontline workers in refugee settlement organizations and scholars with thought-provoking insights on health and well-being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first online session is organized on the topic of \"Food, Health, and Well-being: Global to Local.\" It will take place on Feb. 18 <\/strong>from 2 to 3:30 p.m. The speakers will share insights on the challenges they have encountered in times of conflict and crisis, including food insecurity and health through a global lens. To register, visit this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n