What’s Your Story

By Miles Hamzi Shahoud, 38, considers himself one of 35,000 lucky Syrians who were initially chosen to resettle in Canada in December 2015. With more than 5.6 million Syrian refugees scattered around the globe, and twice as many within Syria desperately in need of humanitarian aid (according to UNHCR), Shahoud is “truly blessed” to have

By Nicole Chung and David Gomes Vergine Tumanyan and her family moved from Armenia to Canada four years ago with hopes of a better future for their two daughters. Their biggest challenge when they arrived was that they didn’t know anyone. Her husband knew a few co-workers here whom he worked with in Armenia, but other than

By David Gomes & Nicole Chung It takes a certain level of mental strength and willpower for anyone to uproot themselves from the comfort of the place they’ve called home for as long as they can remember and move to a place that seems completely alien at first – new life, new culture, new rules…