SYMBOLIZATION OF LOSSES IN A WAR CONTEXT AND SCHOOL EXPERIENCE OF SYRIAN ADOLESCENT REFUGEES RECENTLY IMPLANTED IN CANADA
The crisis in Syria exposed numerous adolescents to the war atrocities. Their losses and the traumatic events they could have been exposed to may have shaken their mental health and the quality of their school experience. This qualitative study has looked at two case studies of Syrian refugees recently implanted to Canada in order to explore the role of the symbolization process in relation to their migratory path, mental health and school experience. Our analysis has shown how the symbolization process can assure a function of containment in their mental health and school experience.