The efforts by the Canadian government to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees by February 2016 is generous, but it does not address the factors that caused…
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Syrian Children Carry Trauma Into the Classroom
When Syrian refugee children arrive in Canadian classrooms for the very first time, the anxiety they feel might be more than simply first-day-of-school jitters, say…
View More Syrian Children Carry Trauma Into the ClassroomRefugees Reunited At Toronto Airport
For Sammar Mian and Atief Sheikh and their families, waiting for more than four hours at the airport to welcome incoming Syrian refugees was worth…
View More Refugees Reunited At Toronto AirportTorontonians Raise Funds Sleeping In Makeshift Refugee Camp
On a chilly December weekend in East Toronto, a makeshift “tent city” appeared as the cool night air rolled in. In the span of an…
View More Torontonians Raise Funds Sleeping In Makeshift Refugee CampFirst Syrian Refugees to Arrive in Northern Ontario
The email arrived on the evening of Friday, December 4th. Our first Syrian refugee family will be here soon. The alert came in a mass…
View More First Syrian Refugees to Arrive in Northern OntarioLawyers Offer Advice to Private Refugee Sponsors
Help has arrived for Vancouver residents who want to assist with the refugee crisis, thanks to a new initiative from the University of Ottawa Refugee Hub.…
View More Lawyers Offer Advice to Private Refugee SponsorsCanada Must Resettle Refugees In Small Towns
If you got all your news from our national TV networks and CBC Radio, you would think that all the refugees are arriving in Toronto,…
View More Canada Must Resettle Refugees In Small TownsNew Efforts by Government to Assist Refugees
The Saskatoon International Airport was a scene of exultation and relief on Sept. 17 when a family of seven Syrian refugees arrived to be reunited…
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“One Tiny Creature”
During the first week of September, I stopped looking at Facebook. My news feed was full of one picture: an image of a drowned three-year-old…
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Winnipeg: Getting Past the Divide
The recent Maclean’s magazine feature labeling Winnipeg Canada’s most racist city lets other cities ‘off the hook,’ says Peter Kulchyski, head of the department of Native…
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