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How One Non-Profit Champions the Voices of Refugees
On World Refugee Day, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) calls on us to “champion [the right of refugees] to seek safety, build support for their economic and social inclusion, and advocate for solutions to their plight.” We recently sat down with Chris Khoury and Cheri Chan from Voice of Refugees, a referral […]
Eid Mohammad Sultanzoy: WES Offers a Gateway to the Future
Rasha Faek |
“Beginnings have a perplexing beauty.” This is how Eid Mohammad Sultanzoy, a 43-year-old Afghan refugee, describes his experience of arriving in Canada in the summer of 2021. He and his family were forced to flee Afghanistan after the Taliban entered the capital city of Kabul, took control of the country, and imposed severe restrictions on […]
Advancing an Inclusive Economic Recovery: Top Five Policy Priorities for 2022
Sara McElmurry and Fatima Sanz |
The year 2022 brings a renewed call for policy reforms that ensure an inclusive workforce and equal opportunity for all so that immigrants, refugees, and international students no longer face barriers to advancing in their careers in the United States. Immigrants and refugees make up 17 percent of the U.S. labor force, and nearly half […]
New Network Expands Workforce Opportunity
Sara McElmurry |
An immigrant from France who is also the granddaughter of Jewish immigrants developed a supportive community that would help immigrant women in New York obtain meaningful employment and pursue higher education. The resulting network has since become a registered non-profit with more than 450 participants and alumni dedicated to empowering immigrant and refugee women. […]
Spotlight: St. Louis – Navigating Change to Forge New Pathways
Debra Means-West |
St. Louis’s Bevo Mill neighborhood—home to a corridor of immigrant-owned restaurants, markets, and salons—is known as “Little Bosnia,” a testament to the city’s revitalization by the tens of thousands of Bosnian refugees who arrived there in the 1990s, fleeing conflict in the Balkans. The newcomers made important contributions to the city, launching both businesses and […]
To Successfully Welcome Refugees, We Must Build an Inclusive Workforce and Economy
Sara McElmurry |
This spring President Biden revised the annual refugee admissions cap to 62,500, reversing course on the record-low level of 15,000 set by the previous administration. The president’s decision ended months of uncertainty and reconfirmed the commitment of the United States “to protect the most vulnerable.” Following yesterday’s observance of World Refugee Day, the president can […]
Leveraging Skills as a Pathway out of Displacement
Zara Khan |
There is a stereotypical image attached to the refugees that they’re a vulnerable group who need continuous support to do better in life. However, this is not always true. The reality is that there are many refugees who are skilled, as well as educated, but due to their displacement they do not have an opportunity […]
In Brief: York University Immigration Research Symposium
Shaunna-Marie Kerr |
At the recent York University Immigration Research Symposium international academics, researchers from the immigration and settlement sector, policy makers, and service providers discussed some of the challenges and changes that may be on the horizon of the Canadian migration landscape. Whereas many Canadian conferences focus on traditional streams of migration and subsequent settlement efforts, The […]
A Way Forward for Refugees: Findings from the WES Pilot Project Released Today
Morris Ardoin |
Toronto, February 22, 2018 – At a stakeholder forum in Toronto today World Education Services (WES) announced the results of a pilot study it conducted to determine if a reliable process to help Syrian refugees to Canada obtain credential assessments – even in the absence of verifiable documents from their home country – is possible […]