Refugees in Canada How They Arrive and How They Thrive (Billings, MT)

Refugees in Canada How They Arrive and How They Thrive

Join us for the 1st Migration and Policy Coalition (MAPC) Academic Conference. We re bring together lead practitioners academics journalists and NGOs to reflect on importatnt topics regarding refugee issues and highlight efforts within Canada aimed at solving them. Panel 1 Implications of Media s Representation of the Refugee Crisis from 10 00-11 30AM In the beginning of September a photograph of the three-year-old Alan Kurdi s body on a Turkish beach became a symbol of the Syrian refugee crisis. The boy s family connection in Canada was a wake up call for many individuals who associated their Canadian identity with openness and multiculturalism. After that photograph How to sponsor a Syrian became the top Google search term in Canada. Could 1 story turn sympathy into action The major theme explored during this panel will be media s role in the Canadian society and how it shapes perceptions and attitudes about the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis....