Creating spaces to be together: Partnering with the South Asian Women's Community Centre in Montréal to foster social connectedness

How can we create spaces that foster social connection with local communities? 

Keywords: Social connection; older South Asian adults; immigrants, narrative phenomenology 

A cropped view of a dancer crouching while holding a piece of fabric.
Photograph by Jenna Welik

We are partnering with the South Asian Women's Community Centre in Montreal to create spaces for participating in activities together. Through narrative interviews and shared activities, service users, centre staff and research team members will co-create spaces that foster social connection with and among older South Asian women. 

Grant: SSHRC Partnership Engage (#892-2025-1144).  

Community Partners:  South Asian Women's Community Centre (Mela Sarkar) 

Team: Patricia Belchior (PI), Melissa Park, Meena Ramachandran 

Patricia Da Cunha Belchior

McGill

Meena Ramachandran

McGill

Mela Sarkar

McGill