When Loay Almously arrived with his family in Toronto in July, he was struck by its green, wide open spaces. It reminded
Settlement agencies and other organizations are busy ramping up their services to prepare for the 10,000 Syrians that will arrive in Canada
The email arrived on the evening of Friday, December 4th. Our first Syrian refugee family will be here soon. The alert came
On a chilly December weekend in East Toronto, a makeshift “tent city” appeared as the cool night air rolled in. In the
For Sammar Mian and Atief Sheikh and their families, waiting for more than four hours at the airport to welcome incoming Syrian
The efforts by the Canadian government to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees by February 2016 is generous, but it does not address the
It is with awe and a heavy heart that 21-year-old Aganze Bihamba watches the massive national effort to bring in Syrian refugees.
The refugee crisis displacing millions of people across the world and particularly in Syria has become the major political issue of our
Abdullah Kurdi, father of the three-year old toddler who captured media attention when his body was discovered on the shores of Turkey,
In this week’s round-up of what’s been making headlines in Canada’s ethnic media: India’s Republic Day was not a celebration for everyone,