WATCH: A Tribute to Syrian Refugees in Canada
December 2020 marks five years since the first cohort of 25,000 Syrian refugees landed in Canada between 2015 and 2016. New Canadians marked this anniversary virtually with a special edition of Café New Canadians. Guest speakers included:
Segment 1: The lived experience of Syrian refugees who entered Canada in 2015/16
- Talar Chitjian (Toronto)
- Roula Kikhia (Ottawa)
- Saeed Alzoubi (Halifax)
- Hanen Nanaa (Toronto)
- Mathew Vitale (Calgary)
- Host: Bayan Khatib – Executive Director, Syrian Canadian Foundation
Segment 2: Reflection – Canada’s acceptance and resettlement of 25,000 Syrian refugees
- John McCallum P.C. – Former Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
- Ratna Omidvar – Independent Senator for Ontario
- Leah Hamilton – Professor, Bissett School of Business, Mount Royal University
- Wendy Cukier – Founder and Director, Diversity Institute, Ryerson University
- Host: Darrell Pinto – Co-Chair, Refugee Jobs Agenda Roundtable
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