In 2015, the Canadian government announced its plan to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees within just a few months. Many of the newcomers arrived in Canada through the PSR Program. In the subsequent years, the number of privately sponsored Syrians continued growing, reaching more than 37,000 in the period 2015-2022. In this episode, we discuss different aspects of the settlement of Syrian refugees in Canada with Prof. Michaela Hynie (Interim Director of the Centre for Refugee Studies, York University) and Maysoun Darweesh (program coordinator for migration and resettlement at the Mennonite Central Committee of Manitoba).

To watch the presentation of Heba Gowayed's book "Refuge: How the State Shapes Human Potential" (mentioned by Prof. Michaela Hynie in the podcast): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olbWsHqhQJs&list=PL_nkOWatePynQetK9kUJPZz__UzM6JzcW&index=1