#50. New Country. New Friends? Refugee Youth Experience of Resettlement in Aotearoa - Dr. Nuzha Saleem

Dr. Nuzha Saleem is a Teaching Fellow at Victoria University of Wellington. She discusses her research working with youth from migrant and refugee backgrounds. She has particularly focused her work around understanding the role of friendships in educational performance, identity and feelings of belonging for people from refugee backgrounds. Fellow Youth wellbeing researcher Niusha Aryan joins as co-host as we learn about Dr. Saleem's transition from neuroscience into social research, her key take aways from working and advocating with people from refugee backgrounds and the development of a game which is designed to encourage friendship and relationship building

Dr. Nuzha Saleem: https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/cacr/about/people/students-and-alumni/nuzha-saleem

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