Photo: Jorge Guerra, former Chilean student leader and –now- humanitarian worker. In Afghanistan in 2003. Jorge Guerra is commemorating a sad anniversary; it is...
Author: Carmel Kilkenny
Flight and Freedom: Stories of Escape to Canada is the book containing a riveting collection of refugee experiences, edited by Ratna Omidvar...
Born in Vienna, Austria, in 1929, Peta Karel Neumann enjoyed a privileged childhood in Czechoslovakia, where his father ran a large...
Keinan Abdi Warsame was born in Mogadishu, Somalia in 1978. The poet, rapper, singer-songwriter and instrumentalist became an international star with...
Peter Showler, former Chairperson of the Immigration and Refugee Board, reflects on the effect of the changes to Canada’s refugee system...
This country’s 27th Governor General was born in Haiti and came to Canada, fleeing the Duvalier regime in 1968. Michaelle Jean’s father,...
Windson Kleber Laferriere was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti in 1953. When his father, the mayor of Port-au-Prince and under-secretary of state...
The 26th Governor General of Canada, arrived in the country as a two-year-old with her refugee parents in 1941. The Poy family were...
It was Leslie Oliver’s mother who traced her husband’s family history and kept it alive. She was searching for more information...
Dany Ramadan and his partner Aamer, are enjoying their first autumn in Canada, thanks to the sponsorship of a group of...