Citizenship and Immigration committee  My colleagues might be able to speak to that very well because they're quite connected with local services. From what I see, there are a lot of services that are scrambling to try to meet these various needs. They're seeing the youth who are coming in and trying to adapt their s

Citizenship and Immigration committee  While IDRF has not received money personally from the government—our agency has not been funded for that—I know many of our colleagues have been and are doing exceptional work that we've had the opportunity to see. Speaking for my own organization, IDRF support comes from a very

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't know that I would speak in the best way to the dialogue with the provinces, because our work here has always been in support of existing settlement services and SAH agencies. We support their work, just as we do overseas. I know that a big part of the demand on their tim

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We're talking about a generation of kids who have gone through this conflict over the last six years. There are some children who know only this conflict, when you're talking about very young children. Then you're talking about older youth, who have had their education severely d

Citizenship and Immigration committee  While I'm not an expert on the availability of the services for that, I would say any opportunity to expand access to health services for refugees is key. In our experience, and the experiences of our partner agencies too, learning to navigate the health system is a challenge for

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Mr. Chair, and members of the committee, thank you for the kind invitation to speak with you today. I am the director of programs at IDRF, the International Development and Relief Foundation. As our name suggests, IDRF provides effective humanitarian assistance and long-term de