By Dale Carruthers. Fleeing their war-torn village in Syria, Nineb Yousef and his sister Ninwe left their family, friends, home and middle-class life behind.
But the siblings made sure to pack their high school transcripts, knowing the documents would be their ticket to a better future in Canada.
Ten months later and more than 9,000 kilometres travelled, Nineb and Ninwe are two of 10 Syrian refugees selected for all-expenses-paid scholarships at Western University. More...

By Joe McCarthy. Going to college can feel like living in a bubble — you’re usually surrounded by like-minded people, you take a range of theoretical classes, your needs are, for the most part, met without much effort, and you’re not always connected to issues in the broader society. More...

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed his gratitude Friday for Canada's response to the refugee crisis, praising citizens who extended "caring, warm hands" to people who had nowhere else to go.
In a speech at the University of Calgary, Ban said he was grateful for the "generous and compassionate" commitment of the Canadian government to resettle tens of thousands of Syrian refugees. More...