by Media Outlet | Jun 17, 2016 | Featured
(The Ottawa Citizen) Safely housed and clothed, with their children now attending school, many of the 1,600 Syrian refugees who have arrived in Ottawa in the past six months are turning their attention to a new goal: finding work. To help them along the way, Refugee...
by Media Outlet | Jun 14, 2016 | Media
(Ottawa Citizen, June 6 2016) At her modest apartment in Vanier, Nirmeen Alsebai greets a visitor with a table full of snacks, including several types of hummus and a specialty from her homeland called fatteh that layers toasted, crumbled pita bread with yogurt,...
by Media Outlet | May 16, 2016 | Media
Their apartment is strikingly bare, but Shikh Omar Jalal, his wife, Eman Aarabi, and their five children feel comfortable in their new home on Donald Street. They’re nestled among about 400 other Syrian refugees who have recently moved into two apartment towers just...
by Media Outlet | Apr 21, 2016 | Media
CBC News (April 20, 2016) A startup company founded by a University of Ottawa student hopes to help Syrian refugees settle in the community by giving them their first job experience in Canada, while also raising money for settlement efforts. SuraiTea Inc. launched its...
by Media Outlet | Apr 21, 2016 | Media
OTTAWA CITIZEN (April 20, 2016) Hundreds of Syrian refugees sponsored by the Canadian government are turning to Ottawa food banks to feed their families. More than a dozen Ottawa food banks have reported an increase in demand coming from Syrian refugees. Most of the...
