Acknowledgements

The editors would like to thank the contributors for their willingness to share their personal stories with the public. Without these stories being made public the history of the refugee experience and those who helped them would have been lessened. We also appreciate the analysts of the refugee system in Canada for their thoughtful research and writing from which we learned so much. We would also like to thank the anonymous reviewers of the manuscript for their useful advice on improvements. We hope that in following their comments we enhanced the reading experience, increased accuracy, and provided a balanced perspective on the refugee experience. We are grateful for Athabasca University Press and their support in publishing this book. Notably, Pamela Holway and Karyn Wisselink were instrumental in making this collection a success. We also appreciate the thoughtful and thorough copyediting completed by Peter Midgley. Finally, we thank our spouses, Julia Melnyk and Vinay Shandal, for their patience throughout the process of putting this collection together.