With the unprecedented number of Syrian refugee arrivals to BC within the past year, ISSofBC took the opportunity to mark their first year in Canada by documenting their early settlement experiences and outcomes in a report titled Syrian Refugee Operation to British Columbia: One Year In.

In the news this week racist incidents in B.C. spark concern among defenders of tolerance, Syrian refugee report shows challenges and successes after one year in B.C., Syrian refugee’s move to B.C. ‘the best thing’ that ever happened to him, Metro Vancouver families desperate to bring Syrian refugees stuck in Iraq, Syrian refugees in Vancouver worry despite ceasefire in Aleppo, and 12 stories about Syrian refugees in Canada that warmed our hearts.