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Refugee Camps

Food for Thought on World Refugee Day

Rosemary McCarney | Posted 08.18.2012 | Canada
Read More: Refugee Camps, Tories, Conservatives, Sudan, Africa, Omnibus Bill, Plan International, Immigrants, Harper Government, Tory Government, Water Shortages, Bill C-31, Refugees, C-31, Canada News
Rosemary McCarney

There are an estimated 12 million displaced people on the planet at this moment and most of them are children. News of this came around the same time as the controversy surrounding Bill C-31, and the way the Harper government wants to crack down on immigration and refugees. But this World Refugee Day, let's be careful and conscious in our assessment of exactly who these people are.

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Feed the Body and the Soul in Dadaab

Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 11.08.2011 | Canada
Read More: Free the Children, Dadaab, Refugee Camps, War Trauma, Drought, Trauma, East Africa Drought, Famine, Dadaab Refugee Camp, Torture Trauma, Kenya, East Africa Famine, Somalia, Canada News
Craig and Marc Kielburger

Beyond the urgency of filling empty stomachs is the legacy of torture and trauma that so many of these refugees have endured. The soul can become just as empty.

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Lunch With... CAMH Psychiatrist Dr. Steven Cohen

Mary Warner | Posted 09.13.2011 | Canada
Read More: Refugee Camps, Psychiatry, Doctors Without Borders, Foreign Aid, Hope, Medicine, Mental Health, Health, Healthcare, Care, Forensic, Canada News
Mary Warner

The company: Dr. Steven Cohen is a psychiatrist at CAMH (the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health) in Toronto. He has also worked with Doctors wi...

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