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Refugees

An illustration of a line of refugees marching west against the backdrop of the Ukrainian flag.
Current Affairs

Ask a Refugee Expert: How Will War in Ukraine Impact Immigration?

March 14, 2022June 9, 2022 - by Christina Clark-Kazak

Russia’s invasion is likely to spark the largest refugee movement in Europe since the end of the Second World War

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Who Gets to Decide What Being a Canadian Means?

May 7, 2018November 12, 2019 - by David Bezmozgis

I moved here when I was six. The experience has always left me wondering where anybody belongs

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Current Affairs

The Boy on the Beach

April 16, 2018January 20, 2022 - by Tima Kurdi

A haunting photo of Syrian refugee Alan Kurdi’s body galvanized people into action. In a new book, his aunt tells their family’s story

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April 2018 / World

Unwelcome to Canada

March 26, 2018March 27, 2020 - by Kamal Al-Solaylee

We opened our homes and hearts to those fleeing war in Syria. But we aren’t doing the same for people in Yemen

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Arts & Culture / March 2018

Can Choreography Help Us Understand the Refugee Crisis?

February 28, 2018February 5, 2022 - by Martha Schabas

Crystal Pite will change the way you think about dance

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Society

The Loneliness of Being an Immigrant

March 23, 2017May 20, 2020 - by Lu Xu

In 2011, Keith Bi immigrated to Canada to start a new life. He can’t tell his parents the truth about what that life has become

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Politics

Captives of Circumstance

September 17, 2015January 6, 2020 - by Nadim Roberts

A refugee’s child explains the harsh distinction between human smuggling and human trafficking

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