Syrian refugee Shyesh Al-Turki says changing Ontario’s policy on driver’s licences will help refugees find work sooner Ontario’s driver’s licensing rules discriminate against refugees from war-torn countries by demanding written proof of their driving experience from their country of origin — something not required of visitors to Canada and international driving permit holders, a human […]
Read moreSyrian-born Tareq Hadhad shares the success story of his family business Peace by Chocolate in Nova Scotia When the Hadhad family arrived in Canada along with thousands of other Syrian refugees, they had one dream; to find peace. For more than 20 years, the family had run a successful chocolate business in Damascus, but it […]
Read moreMustafa Alio is a co-founder of Refugee Career Jumpstart Project in Toronto, Canada Syrian-born Mustafa Alio has always followed his convictions. His friends thought the 23-year-old was crazy when he decided to leave his home country in 2007. He was the district manager for Syria’s largest telecommunications company, Syriatel, owned a dream apartment and drove a […]
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