It isn’t easy, but being able to study during the crisis is a blessing, says Sham Al Mukdad, a Syrian-Canadian who lived most of her life in Syria and experienced a different, harsher kind of lockdown
Sham Al Mukdad: “The uncertainty, the fear of illness, of death, has made us appreciate how it can all be taken away, so swiftly, and without reason. I already know this, as a refugee.”
A small but growing number of the Syrian refugees who have resettled in Canada will be able to vote in this election. It’s a big moment when back home, an election was basically a “theatre act.”
Norwegian filmmaker Egil Håskjold Larsen on ’69 Minutes Of 86 Days’, a refugee documentary focussed on humanity, not horror
Canadian sponsors who were inspired to act by the Liberals are now waiting for families, with uncertain timelines
When Maclean’s first met the Rajabs, the Syrian family was in a one-room shack in Lebanon. Now life begins again.
A basic security check should confirm the vast majority of those would-be Canadians are genuine refugees in desperate need of resettlement
The exchange that you can’t miss from this afternoon’s Question Period