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Making the Connection: TEDGlobal 2014
UNHCR’s head of communications and chief spokesperson speaks about the desperate plight of refugees at TEDGlobal 2014.
Sisters with a Message: Our music will go where our feet can’t reach
As refugees in the Ugandan capital of Kampala, the four Bahati sisters released a debut single entitled “Don’t Give Up.”
Refugees and Human Rights Student Poetry Contest
There were two categories for entry submissions in each language: English: Category 1: Grades 7 – 9 The winners of this category were: 1st place - Claire Lauzon, Gr. 9, Canterbury High School, Ottawa, ON 2nd place - Krista Hum, Gr. 9, Canterbury High School, Ottawa,...
UN High Commissioner for Refugees to visit Canada
May 28-30, 2014 - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres will start his official visit in Canada on Tuesday 27 May 2014, for a three-day visit at the invitation of the Government of Canada. High Commissioner Guterres, who has also been invited to...
A generous spirit of volunteerism: a Montreal student takes matters into her own hands
OTTAWA, Canada, January 17 (UNHCR) - After several months of helplessly watching the horrors in Syria unfold on the media, 26-years old Mahzad Sharifahmadian, a PhD candidate in Biochemistry at the University of Montreal, decided to take matters into her own hands. ...
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