The Brampton-based mental health organization SOCH focuses on addressing the stigma that South Asian men in Ontario face when dealing with mental health.
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Fiction Connects Faith to Contemporary World
Canadian authors of faith-based fiction say seeking answers in religion to the injustices of their pasts enhances their creativity and inspires their literary work. A group of authors explained how their spiritual backgrounds influence the…
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Resettlement Woes: Men Struggle to Find Identity
Many immigrant men feel isolated, fearful and lost upon arrival in Canada, according to multiple researchers and social agencies in the country. Vic Lantion, a program coordinator with the Ethno-Cultural Council of Calgary (ECCC), explains that…
View More Resettlement Woes: Men Struggle to Find IdentitySyrian Refugee Hopes Canada Will Be Welcoming
When Loay Almously arrived with his family in Toronto in July, he was struck by its green, wide open spaces. It reminded him of Syria, before the grinding civil war reduced a lot of its…
View More Syrian Refugee Hopes Canada Will Be WelcomingPrioritization Is Not Exclusion, Say Experts
The federal government recently released a statement that it was not slamming the door on unaccompanied male Syrian refugees, despite concerns after the government announced its resettlement plan on November 22. The plan stated that…
View More Prioritization Is Not Exclusion, Say ExpertsEscaping Conscription: One Syrian Man’s Story
Kareem doesn’t fit the image of a Syrian refugee often seen in the media. Clean cut, dressed in well-fitting business casual with a young professional’s composure, he sits calmly in a Hamburg café and listens…
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