Shams Moh'd Fares Khalaf Al-Anzi
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I am a PhD candidate in the School of Nursing at the University of British Columbia, with research interests in migration, youth mental health, and digital engagement. My doctoral work examines how digital engagement, structural inequities, and experiences of belonging shape mental health and wellbeing among migrant and racialized young people in British Columbia, with a particular focus on West Asian and North African (WANA) communities. Drawing on population-based data from the BC Adolescent Health Survey, I use Latent Class Analysis and Structural Equation Modeling to explore how everyday mobilities, including digital and social mobilities, can serve as both sources of empowerment and sites of oppression. Developed in partnership with a WANA Youth Advisory and grounded in intersectionality and postcolonial feminist frameworks, my research aims to inform equity-oriented policy, community-based interventions, and health system responses for migrant populations. As a UBC Public Scholar (Health Equity Stream) and a collaborator affiliated with the Stigma and Resilience Among Vulnerable Youth Centre (SARAVYC), I am committed to community-engaged, equity-centred scholarship.