
“Canada accepts many refugees and many of them remain here. The more effectively the system takes care of [their] health and availability of services at the beginning, the healthier residents [Canada] will have.” — Yevheniia Ternova, member of the Refugee Health YYC Patient Advisory Committee
We are two scholars with personal experience in refugee communities. Although we represent different generations, cultures, continents, languages and customs, we discovered that as former refugees, we shared many similarities.