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Partnership Goals and Activities

Goals

• Establish a network of international multidisciplanary researchers, practitioners and other individuals that seek to develop a dynamic and practical repository of knowledge and resources related to the support of refugee children with dis/abilities.
• Facilitate collaborative international research and project proposals that are community and context driven by front line practitioner entities in search of practical applications of effective practices as part of the synthesis of partnered knowledge development and mobilization.
• Engage in an international, interdisciplanary approach to understanding the varied experiences and needs of refugee children with dis/abilities.

Achievments

• Three international symposiums were held (two in Vancouver, Canada and one in Istanbul, Turkiye) in which the experiences of refugee children with dis/abilities were shared and discussed.
• The REACH international research partnership was founded and expanded
• Three 'follow-up' project proposals developed (two funded and one under-review)
• Presentations at academic conferences
  • Williamson, R.L. (2025, April 9). Framing International Inclusive Education to Inform Strategy Development. [Paper Presentation] International Scientific and Practical Conference: Inclusive Education and Society- methodology, research, practice, Atyrau, Kazakhstan
  • Barber, S. & Williamson, R.L. (2024, June 30). Art as Inclusive Practice: Engaging Canadian Refugees with Disabilities [paper presentation], International Association of Special Education Biennial Conference, Pilsen, Czechia
  • Williamson, R.L., Barber, S. & Pazoki, N. (2024, June 30). Lessons learned: Supporting Culturally Complex Students in Inclusive Settings [paper presentation], International Association of Special Education Biennial Conference, Pilsen,     Czechia
  • Williamson, R.L. (2024, April 14). Translating Inclusion: A Model to Relationally Frame International Inclusive Education Research, American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, USA
  • Williamson, R.L., Aldabaibeh, A., Barber, S., Sultangubiyeva, A. & Shilibekova, A. (2024, April 13). Examining the Educational Experiences of Refugee Children with Disabilities in Jordan, Canada, and Kazakhstan. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, USA
  • Barber, S. & Williamson, R.L. (2024, April 14). Comparing Refugee children with Disabilities and Parents’ Values in Learning Through the Arts in Canada, American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, USA
  • Barber, S. & Akimenko, O.* (2025, May 15). Dismantling barriers for refugee children with disabilities’ (RCDs) through inclusive education:  Art methodologies that reduce trauma, promote  translanguaging and increase well-being in Canadian schools. [University’s conference    proceedings published on website]. Inclusive Education and Society:  Methodology, Research, Practice.  Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Atyrau University, Atyrau, Kazakhstan
  • Barber, S. & Akimenko, O.* (2025, April 9). Dismantling barriers for refugee children with disabilities’ (RCDs) through inclusive education:  Art methodologies that reduce trauma, promote translanguaging and increase well-being in Canadian schools. [Virtual presentation]. Inclusive Education and Society:  Methodology, Research, Practice.  Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Atyrau University, Atyrau, Kazakhstan. 
  • Akimenko, O.* & Barber, S. (2025, Feb.19). Innovative pedagogies for refugee students: Blending art and translanguaging in elementary schools. [Paper]. WestCast -2025. 91��ܽ, Burnaby, B.C.
  • Pazoki, N.* & Barber, S. (2024, June 30). Lessons learned:  Supporting culturally complex students within   inclusive settings.  [Paper]. International Association of Special Education, (IASE). University of West Bohemia, Plzen, Czech Republic.
  • Barber, S. (2023, August 25).  When “superdiversity” is the norm: Inclusion through the arts as a universal       language guides children towards Canadian curriculum and wellbeing [Paper presentation]. The value of diversity in education and educational research. European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) and University of Glasgow, Scotland.
  • *Onipede, O. & Stepaniuk, I. (2024) Advancing equity in education policy making for refugee students with disabilities in Canada (paper presentation). Canadian Society for the Study in Education (CSSE) Annual Meeting: Montreal, Canada.
  • Stepaniuk, I. & *Onipede, O. (2024) Refugee students with disabilities in the K-12 education system in British Columbia: An intersectionality-based policy analysis (paper presentation). American Education Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting: Philadelphia, U.S
  • Stepaniuk, I. & *Onipede, O. (2023) Advancing equity in education for refugee students with dis/abilities in British Columbia (paper presentation). Diverse Approaches to Research in Education (DARE series): 91��ܽ, Canada.
  • Stepaniuk, I. & *Onipede, O. (2023) Policy making matters: Toward equity in education for refugee students with dis/abilities (online paper presentation). International symposium: Education of refugee children with disabilities: Istanbul University, Turkey.
• Aritcles Completed/Under-Review/In-Press/Published-Conference-Papers:
  • Barber, S. (2022, Sept. 12). Why the expressive arts led by teachers in schools matter for refugee children. The Conversation: Canada.  (re-published in 9 other publications; 2225 reads). Retrieved from 
  • Williamson, R. L. & PazokiMoakhar, N. (2025-In press). Framing International Inclusive Education to Inform Strategy Development,  Вестник Атырауского университета имени Халела Досмухамедова (Bulletin of Atyrau University named after Khalel Dosmukhamedov)
  • Williamson, R.L., Alodat, A., Aldabaibeh, A., Alkharouf, R., Cetin, B., Koishigulova, L., Mukhanbetzhanova, A., Sabirova, Z., Shugaeva, G., Sultangubiyeva, A., Pazaki, N., & Oriya, S. (UNDER REVIEW-2025), Translating Inclusion: A Relational Framework of Inclusive Education in International Contexts, International Journal of Inclusive Education
  • Alodat, A., AlKharouf, R., Aldabaibeh, A., Williamson, R.L. & Pazoki, N. (Under Review- 2025). The Educational Experiences of Syrian Refugee Children with Disabilities in Jordanian Public Schools,International Journal of Education and the Arts.
  • Akimenko, O*. & Barber, S. (Accepted-2025, February; revisions). Blending art and translanguaging pedagogies: Supporting refugee children with disabilities in elementary schools to forge a path in education. International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education.
  • Barber, S. & Williamson, R. (2024, June 30). Art as Inclusive Practice:  Engaging Canadian Refugees with Disabilities. International Association of Special Education, IASE). Czech Republic.
  • Barber, S. (2024, April 13). From isolation to belonging: How refugee children with disabilities can thrive in “artful” Canadian schools. In R.L. Williamson (Chair), Examining the Educational Experiences of Refugee Children with Disabilities in Jordan, Canada, and Kazakhstan [Symposium], American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting (AERA), Philadelphia, PA, USA.   
  • Stepaniuk, I. & *Onipede, O. (in review) Fostering inclusive futures: Advancing equity in education policy making for refugee students with disabilities.
  • Сабирова Ж.Н., Шугаева Г.К., Аманова М.К. (n.d.), Психолого-педагогические аспекты реализации инклюзивного образования в Казахстане, Абай атындағы Қазақ ұлттық педагогикалық университетi ХАБАРШЫ«Психология» сериясы,№ 3(80), 2024, 7-18 бб
  • Сабирова Ж.Н., Баймуратова Ә.Б. (Маг). ПиП 2 курс), Инклюзивті топтағы балалармен қарым-қатынас мәдениетін қалыптастыру жолдары, «ИНКЛЮЗИВТІ БІЛІМ БЕРУ ЖӘНЕ ҚОҒАМ: ӘДІСНАМА, ЗЕРТТЕУ, ТӘЖІРИБЕ»  халықаралық ғылыми-практикалық конференция. – Атырау 2025. 205 -210 бб.
  • Сабирова Ж.Н., Баймуратова Ә.Б (Маг. ПиП 2 курс), Инклюзивті білім беру ортасының аспектілері, «ЦИФРЛЫҚ КЕҢІСТІК ЖАҒДАЙЫНДА ЗАМАНАУИ ПСИХОЛОГИЯЛЫҚПЕДАГОГИКАЛЫҚ БІЛІМ БЕРУДІҢ ӨЗЕКТІ МӘСЕЛЕЛЕРІ: ТӘЖІРИБЕ ЖӘНЕ ПЕРСПЕКТИВАЛАР» атты халықаралық ғылыми-практикалық конференция, 22 қараша, 2024 - Қызылорда: Қорқыт ата атындағы Қызылорда университеті, 246 -250бб.
  • Сабирова Ж.Н., Баймуратова Ә.Б. (Маг. ПиП 2 курс). Инклюзивті білім берудің әлеуметтік -педагогикалық аспектілері, Әл-Фараби атындағы ҚазҰУ-нің 90 жылдығы аясында Академик Т.Т.Тәжібаевтың туылғанына 114 жыл толуына арналған «ҚАЗАҚСТАН ҒЫЛЫМЫ ЖӘНЕ ОҚУ АҒАРТУ ЖҮЙЕСІ: ДАМУ ЖОЛДАРЫ ЖӘНЕ БОЛАШАҒЫ» халықаралық ғылыми-практикалық конференция, Алматы, 2024. 2007-2011 бб.
  • Сабирова Ж.Н., Баймуратова Ә.Б (n.d.-Pending). Инклюзивті топтағы балалармен қарым-қатынас мәдениетін қалыптастыру жолдары, «ИНКЛЮЗИВТІ БІЛІМ БЕРУ ЖӘНЕ ҚОҒАМ: ӘДІСНАМА, ЗЕРТТЕУ, ТӘЖІРИБЕ»  халықаралық ғылыми-практикалық конференция. – Атырау 2025. 205 -210 бб.
  • Койшигулова Л.Е., Ележан А.Ш. (9 апреля 2025 года). Инклюзивті білім беру: ерекше білім беруді қажет ететін балалардың өмір сүру ерекшеліктері, Сборник материалов международной научно-практической конференции «инклюзивное образование и общество: методология, исследование, практика» 9 апреля 2025 года. 12-16 стр
  • S.M. Barber, O. Akimenko (9 апреля 2025 года). Dismantling refugee children with disabilities’ dual barriers to education: trauma and translanguaging strategies in canadian schools. Сборник материалов международной научно-практической конференции «инклюзивное образование и общество: методология, исследование, практика» 9 апреля 2025 года. 12-16 стр
  • .Қ.Шұғаева, А.Ж.Урымбаева (9 апреля 2025 года). Инклюзивті білім беру жағдайында жұмыс 341 жасауға ЖОО-да мамандарды дайындау мәселелер, Сборник материалов международной научно-практической конференции «инклюзивное образование и общество: методология, исследование, практика» 9 апреля 2025 года. 205-210
  • A.А. Sultangubiyeva1, L.E. Koishigulova1 , A.U. Mukhanbetzhanov (n.d.). Problems of socialization of displaced children with disabilities, Атырау университетінің Хабаршысы Вестник Атырауского университета № 2(74)2024г