refugees
SFU professor discusses migrant and plant displacement
May 9, 2023By: Olivia Sherman, News Writer Author and SFU English professor Stephen Collis commonly makes a pilgrimage across England in the summer months. These walks, known as the Refugee Tales, inspired by The Canterbury Tales, have occurred since 2015. They walk in solidarity against immigrant detention, focusing on the endless cycle of rejection, transience, and uprootedness immigrants face. To explain, Collis uses the term, “the middle,” to showcase the status of immigrants. He explains that the middle is “a space of almost perpetual mobility, where the go between — goes between — as well as the space of possibility [ .…
Continue reading
Halifax welcomes over 300 Ukrainian refugees to Canada
July 23, 2022By: Chloë Arneson, News Writer On June 2, a charter flight carrying 319 Ukrainians arrived in Halifax. Nova Scotia residents and host families greeted those arriving with welcome posters and gifts. To help Ukrainian citizens flee Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,…
Continue reading
Canada can and should better support Venezuelans
February 8, 2019Written by: Tatum Miller, Peak Associate The worst humanitarian and economic crisis in the history of Latin America is currently unfolding in Venezuela. Much of the population lacks access to food or medicine, poverty is reaching all-time highs, and infant…
Continue reading
The negative public stance on Syrian refugees reveals a loss in Canadian values
October 24, 2018Written by: Matt Holowko, SFU Student Three years ago, Canada welcomed refugees from Syria. I couldn’t help but feel proud and patriotic at the thought of this: we were kind, open-minded, and nicer than our neighbours to the south. Three…
Continue reading
Community program to launch for LGBTQ+ refugees
February 7, 2018Two SFU professors are teaming up with DIVERSEcity, a not-for-profit agency located in Surrey dedicated to offering services to the city’s multicultural population, to create more inclusive spaces for refugees identifying as LGBTQ+. DIVERSEcity has been playing a leading role…
Continue reading
