Tories 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’
How 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
How 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’
A 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
Saving Family No. 417The journey of one Syrian mother, her three children—and the complete strangers who made it their mission to bring them to Canada
The 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
Finding 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.
Too 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
The immigration minister tries some Christmas cheerThe Liberals may not hit their 10,000 Syrian refugee resettlement target, but John McCallum is decidedly optimistic.
A 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