Contents

Acknowledgements

Refugees and Canada: Contemporary Issues and Real Stories

George Melnyk and Christina Parker

PART 1 COMING TO CANADA

1. Once a Refugee, Always a Refugee

George Melnyk

2. The Best Place on Earth

Victor Porter

3. From Scars to Stars

Flora Terah

4. Fleeing The Gambia

Matida Daffeh

5. From LGBTQ+ Activist to Refugee

Boban Stojanović

PART 2 CANADA RESPONDS

6. The Ugandan Asian Expulsion, 1972: A Personal Memoir

Michael Molloy

7. Reflecting on the Role of the Mennonite Central Committee in Advocating for Refugees

William Janzen

8. Operation Lifeline

Howard Adelman

9. Sponsoring a Syrian Refugee Family

Katharine Lake Berz and Julia Holland

10. Finding Welcome off the Refugee Highway

Shelley Campagnola

11. My Experience as a Refugee and Settlement Worker

Eusebio Garcia

PART 3 THE STRUGGLE FOR INCLUSION

12. From Chilean Refugee to Canadian Citizen

Pablo Policzer, with an illustrated account by Adam Policzer and Irene Policzer

13. Floating to the Lure of the Promised Land: Tamil Refugees in Canada

Cyrus Sundar Singh

14. Refugee Children in Canadian Schools: The Role of Teachers in Supporting Integration and Inclusion

Christina Parker

What We Know, What We Hope: An Afterword

George Melnyk and Christina Parker

About the Authors