OttawaTories didn’t cherry-pick religious minority refugees: ex-ministerTo determine which refugees were most needy, Chris Alexander says his government had to ’set some priorities’
CanadaHow many privately sponsored Syrian refugees will Canada accept?Pub nights, crowd funding, church suppers and craft bazaars are raising money to sponsor a Syrian refugee
CanadaHow a Vietnamese boat person helped save a family of Syrian refugeesSponsored by strangers nearly four decades ago, Phung Tran is paying forward the life-altering favour—with some help from her ’Canadian grandmother’
CanadaA Syrian family featured on Maclean’s cover meets Justin TrudeauA family of Syrian refugees featured on the latest cover of Maclean’s met the Prime Minister—and brought a special present
OttawaThe simple way Canadians can help SyriansThe feds set aside $100 million to match donations to the Syrian crisis, but donations have reached only a tenth that amount
CanadaFinding refuge in Ottawa: Rasha’s long journey from DamascusFor a refugee named Rasha, the road’s been fraught from Damascus to Beirut, then Edmonton, then Ottawa. But she’s found happiness at last.
CanadaToo much make-believe in Syrian program: former top bureaucratGerry Van Kessel says he’s frustrated by the game he feels the Liberals are playing by changing targets for Syrian refugee program
OttawaThe immigration minister tries some Christmas cheerThe Liberals may not hit their 10,000 Syrian refugee resettlement target, but John McCallum is decidedly optimistic.
CanadaA new website says ’Click Here’ to house Syrian refugeesA new online platform run by several Montreal tech entrepreneurs enlists Canadians to open up their homes to provide short-term housing to Syrian refugees
CanadaRefugees and the long political journeyA happy ending to the at times ugly debate over admitting and processing Syrian refugees.