“What was your home country like?”- Syrian refugee youths’ experiences of school belonging

To explore the experiences of how Syrian refugee youth resettled in Canada negotiate and facilitate a sense of belonging within their school environment. Semi-structured interviews in English were conducted with nine Syrian refugee youths aged 16 to 18. The content of the interviews was analysed through Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis. Participants identified a variety of factors which helped them or became hurdles for within this …