Finding Refuge in Canada : : narratives of dislocation / / edited by George Melnyk and Christina Parker.
"Millions of people are displaced each year by war, persecution, and famine and the global refugee population continues to grow. Canada has often been regarded as a benevolent country, welcoming refugees from around the globe. However, refugees have encountered varying kinds of reception in Can...
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| Superior document: | Global peace studies series |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edmonton : : Athabasca University Press,, 2021. ©2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Global peace studies series.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 187 pages) :; illustrations (black and white). |
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Table of Contents:
- Refugees and Canada: Contemporary Issues and Real Stories / George Melnyk and Christina Parker
- Part One. Coming to Canada.
- Once a Refugee, Always a Refugee / George Melnyk
- The Best Place on Earth / Victor Porter
- From Scars to Stars / Flora Terah
- Fleeing The Gambia / Matida Daffeh
- From LGBTQ+ Activist to Refugee / Boban Stojanović.
- Part Two. Canada Responds.
- The Ugandan Asian Expulsion, 1972: A Personal Memoir / Michael Molloy
- Reflecting on the Role of the Mennonite Central Committee in Advocating for Refugees / William Janzen
- Operation Lifeline / Howard Adelman
- Sponsoring a Syrian Refugee Family / Katharine Lake Berz and Julia Holland
- Finding Welcome off the Refugee Highway / Shelley Campagnola
- My Experience as a Refugee and Settlement Worker / Eusebio Garcia.
- Part Three. The Struggle for Inclusion
- From Chilean Refugee to Canadian Citizen / Pablo Policzer, with an illustrated account by Adam Policzer and Irene Policzer
- Floating to the Lure of the Promised Land: Tamil Refugees in Canada / Cyrus Sundar Singh
- Refugee Children in Canadian Schools: The Role of Teachers in Supporting Integration and Inclusion / Christina Parker - What We Know, What We Hope: An Afterword / George Melnyk and Christina Parker.