The Canada Ukraine Authorization for Emergency Travel (CUAET) program was announced on March 17. The program let Ukrainians who had fled the war (currently over four million) to apply for a special visa that allows them to stay in Canada for up to three years. They can work or study if they wish and children can attend school immediately. The number of such visas is unlimited and there is no fee. As of April 6 Canada has received 112,000 applications and approved more than 26,500, approximately 1,300 approvals per day…

Opinion: I want to help these refugees and I know most Canadians want to as well. I came to Canada as a refugee at the age of three. That identity has stayed with me throughout my life. As an adult, I have worked on behalf of refugees, beginning with Vietnamese boat people in 1980 and continuing with Syrian refugees in 2015. When I see the images and hear the voices of refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine, I can see myself as one of those children. I want to help, and I know that most Canadians want to as well.

we the same is a play inspired by true events. In 1979 a Vietnamese family, a mother with six young children separated from their father on the sea, flee Communist Vietnam by boat, surviving pirate attacks, typhoons, shipwreck, starvation and more.

The following article, Fear, guilt, ‘trauma and resilience’: Newly launched Refugee Story Bank of Canada shares stories by those who’ve sought protection in Canada, published in the Toronto Star, covers the creation of the Refugee Story Bank of Canada and our Contributor Stories.

Katherine Lake Berz discusses the impacts that the return of the Taliban is having on Afghans living in Canada.