Since the beginning of the Syrian Crisis in 2011, millions of refugees from Syria and Iraq have been displaced. Over 25,000 Syrian newcomers settled in Canada between 2015 and 2016. The Region of Waterloo, home to a population of approximately 535,000 by 2016, was where about 2,000 of these newcomers settled. This article argues that these newcomers have used arts and culture to navigate the difficulties of settlement and acculturation. Evidence from newspaper articles, interviews, and participant observation indicates that refugees from Syria and Iraq in this region have utilized dance and theatre to develop community that retains cultural connections and identity linked with Syria and the greater Levantine region. Professional and communi...
This study explores how teenage Syrian refugees use their social networks to cope with stressors. Th...
AbstractThere is little longitudinal research that directly compares the effectiveness of Canada’s G...
This digital story shows how Syria was before the civil war, during the civil war and after it, it a...
Since the beginning of the Syrian Crisis in 2011, millions of refugees from Syria and Iraq have been...
AbstractDespite the media attention to Syrian refugee families being welcomed, finding work, and fee...
When the Syrian nation began a revolution demanding rights and freedom; Bashar Al-Assad lead the rep...
Resettlement country language literacy facilitates integration and counteracts social and economic m...
It was my daughter’s idea. She had seen the heartbreaking images of Alan Kurdi, the little boy who h...
The current Syrian crisis has caused unprecedented practices of global mobility. The process of forc...
Four years after the invasion of Iraq by the American leading coalition, more than 4 millions Iraqis...
In 2015, following Canada’s resettlement of large numbers of Syrian refugees, it was praised as a ro...
Statistics Canada (2017) reports that over 40,000 Syrian refugees have arrived in Canada since Novem...
Research and policy concerning the Syrian Canadian diaspora has not prioritized elders. This article...
The purpose of this paper is to examine the different factors that have led to Canada accepting more...
As of November 2015, 34 696 Syrian refugees have resettled in Canada (Government of Canada, 2016). P...
This study explores how teenage Syrian refugees use their social networks to cope with stressors. Th...
AbstractThere is little longitudinal research that directly compares the effectiveness of Canada’s G...
This digital story shows how Syria was before the civil war, during the civil war and after it, it a...
Since the beginning of the Syrian Crisis in 2011, millions of refugees from Syria and Iraq have been...
AbstractDespite the media attention to Syrian refugee families being welcomed, finding work, and fee...
When the Syrian nation began a revolution demanding rights and freedom; Bashar Al-Assad lead the rep...
Resettlement country language literacy facilitates integration and counteracts social and economic m...
It was my daughter’s idea. She had seen the heartbreaking images of Alan Kurdi, the little boy who h...
The current Syrian crisis has caused unprecedented practices of global mobility. The process of forc...
Four years after the invasion of Iraq by the American leading coalition, more than 4 millions Iraqis...
In 2015, following Canada’s resettlement of large numbers of Syrian refugees, it was praised as a ro...
Statistics Canada (2017) reports that over 40,000 Syrian refugees have arrived in Canada since Novem...
Research and policy concerning the Syrian Canadian diaspora has not prioritized elders. This article...
The purpose of this paper is to examine the different factors that have led to Canada accepting more...
As of November 2015, 34 696 Syrian refugees have resettled in Canada (Government of Canada, 2016). P...
This study explores how teenage Syrian refugees use their social networks to cope with stressors. Th...
AbstractThere is little longitudinal research that directly compares the effectiveness of Canada’s G...
This digital story shows how Syria was before the civil war, during the civil war and after it, it a...