Graphic Novel

Artwork by Eve Salomons and Matthew J. R. Nielsen @NuclearJackal

Artwork by Eve Salomons | Matthew Nielsen @NuclearJackal

EfratAB
EveU4
SaraU2
MatthewU5
BenU3
YanmiU1
EfratAB
EveU4
SaraU2
MatthewU5
BenU3
YanmiU1

The Detention Stories graphic novel invites readers into the lived experiences of immigration detention in Canada through three stories told in graphic form. Co-created through participatory research and graphic storytelling methods, it the graphic novel opens a widow into real immigration detention as it is experienced, navigated, and remembered by those who have lived through it.

The Detention Stories graphic novel invites readers into the lived experiences of immigration detention in Canada through three stories told in graphic form. Co-created through participatory research and graphic storytelling methods, it the graphic novel opens a widow into real immigration detention as it is experienced, navigated, and remembered by those who have lived through it.

Ben

Illustrated by Matthew

Yanmi

Illustrated by Matthew

Sara

Illustrated by Eve

Graphic Novel Team

Graphic Novel Team

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Efrat

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Efrat

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Matthew

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Matthew

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Eve

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Eve

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Ben

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Ben

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Sara

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Sara

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Yanmi

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Yanmi

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Yanmi

This project was generously funded by:

The Killam Accelerator Research Fellowship,

The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada,

The Law Foundation of British Columbia. 


“This work was carried out on the unceded territories of First Nations, Metis, and Inuit nations. In conducting this work, we acknowledge the constitutive role of settler colonialism in shaping and legitimizing Canada’s immigration detention system, as well as the global structures and systems that continue to oppress and displace people world-wide, which are deeply connected to the same colonial structures that oppress Indigenous people on Turtle Island.”

Detention Stories

© 2026 Detention Stories

This project was generously funded by:

The Killam Accelerator Research Fellowship,

The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada,

The Law Foundation of British Columbia. 


“This work was carried out on the unceded territories of First Nations, Metis, and Inuit nations. In conducting this work, we acknowledge the constitutive role of settler colonialism in shaping and legitimizing Canada’s immigration detention system, as well as the global structures and systems that continue to oppress and displace people world-wide, which are deeply connected to the same colonial structures that oppress Indigenous people on Turtle Island.”

Detention Stories

© 2026 Detention Stories