Citizenship and Immigration committee  In this case, the community is pitching in and raising community funds. That's how the ends are being met.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It is important that we distinguish between providing access to services versus making sure that access is convenient.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I would say that 90% of the families have been registered with ESL, especially through the LINC classes, and especially those who have come here in the January and February time period. Having worked with them and having visited them, I will say it is clear that they are going to

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No, this is the blended category, and the translation services are being offered by SickKids directly. All hospitals have translation services.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. Also, in the absence of any translation services, we do have volunteer translators who will go with the family.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  With regard to the private sponsorships, given the futuristic role of how governance moves forward, whether federal, provincial, or what have you, we see that a lot of engagement with the citizens and private sponsors needs to be taking place. This is because all citizens are tak

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That would definitely be positive. We would definitely support that.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  For one of the Syrian newcomer families who we are directly helping, the response our Scarborough Muslim Association is.... The 15-year-old child has been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. It's unfortunate. It's a very difficult situation for the parents to go through. All we have h

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Exactly. If the settlement workers were working with them to provide them with housing and to get into a lease agreement, how is it possible that somebody is able to even think of doing that? Issues like that were brought to the volunteers' attention. The volunteers dealt with it

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Affordable housing definitely is an issue, and it is much larger than the Syrian refugee resettlement process. It is the same for anybody else who wants to stay in the city. With regard to exploitation, yes, through our colleagues we have heard of cases where the landlord would

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Before the arrival of the families, we met as a group and actually planned out what activities would have to be undertaken. Starting from day one, we had a list of activities that needed to be taken care of. From a planning perspective, we started off by identifying and understan

Citizenship and Immigration committee  —with critical illness to help them cope with the additional stress and anxiety. Six, increase support for youth and women's initiatives. Seven, provide affordable housing. In closing, keeping the Canadian spirit of humanitarianism alive, as we did in this case, is the most im

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you for having me here. I'm honoured to be participating in this study regarding the settlement of Syrian refugees in Canada. The Syrian newcomer settlement initiative is so expansive that it requires a collaborative effort on many fronts. Some of the organizations that I