In the growing literature on the visual representations of refugees used by international organisations, only a few studies have examined the representations used specifically to portray the experiences of resettled refugees in the global North. This study’s objective is to address that gap by analysing the use of specific images by UNHCR Canada to illustrate the resettlement of Syrian refugees in that country, in the context of the government’s initiative to resettle 25000 Syrian refugees between 2015 and 2016. Through a content analysis of the visual representations used online by UNHCR Canada, this study aims to explore the specificities of these representations. Results show that preference seems to be given to certain types of representations of refugees, such as images picturing one individual or a small group of easily identifiable persons, images of women and girls taking care of their families, children and infants, and so on. These tendencies in terms of representations may have various effects, including in fostering specific reactions (compassion, generosity, etc.) in viewers. They also serve to present a particular solution over others for the refugees depicted. The analysis aims to explore those tendencies in representation detected in the selected images and their potential effects on viewers.

在越来越多的关于国际组织使用的难民视觉表征的文献中，只有少数研究考察了专门用于描绘北半球重新安置难民经历的表征。本研究的目的是通过分析加拿大难民署使用特定图像来说明叙利亚难民在该国的重新安置情况，以解决这一差距，以政府在 2015 年至 2016 年间重新安置 25000 名叙利亚难民的倡议为背景。加拿大难民署在线使用的视觉表现形式，本研究旨在探讨这些表现形式的特殊性。结果表明，人们似乎更倾向于某些类型的难民表现形式，例如描绘一个人或一小群易于识别的人的图像，妇女和女孩照顾家人、儿童和婴儿等的图像。这些表现倾向可能会产生各种影响，包括促进观众的特定反应（同情、慷慨等）。它们还为所描绘的难民提供了一种优于其他解决方案的特殊解决方案。该分析旨在探索在所选图像中检测到的表现趋势及其对观看者的潜在影响。