The article discusses a collaborative project undertaken in Saskatoon by Community Engagement and Outreach office at the University of Saskatchewan in partnership with undergraduate student mothers with lived experience of poverty. The results of the project were presented as an animated graphic narrative that seeks to make space for an under-represented student subpopulation, tracing strategies of survival among university, inner city and home worlds. The innovative animation format is intended to share with all citizens how community supports can be used to claim fairer health and education outcomes within system forces at play in society. This article discusses the project process, including the background stories of the students. The entire project, based at the University of Saskatchewan, Community Engagement and Outreach office at Station 20 West, in Saskatoon's inner city, explores complex intersections of racialization, poverty and gender for the purpose of cultivating empathy and deeper understanding within the university to better support inner city students. amplifying community voices and emphasizing the social determinants of health in Saskatoon through animated stories.KeyWords community student engagement; animation; social determinants of health; social justice; qualitative health approaches; critical collaboration; knowledge mobilization; For our project, the three authors, including two Saskatoon University of Saskatchewan undergraduate mothers with lived experience of poverty, collaborated to create a public narrative about student mothers' experiences. Our project invited the students to tell their story and supported them in the process. The stories were then presented in the form of two animated graphic narratives. The resulting video and presentations have been used to build understanding and support among the broader community. The project is based out of the University of Saskatchewan Community Engagement Office, located in a social enterprise centre called Station 20 West. Our work had various objectives from the perspectives of participants, the university and the community-based organizations involved. In achieving these, we were committed to specific principles and ideas, which we will discuss later in the article.
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