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Gabriel Fabreau, Associate Professor - General Internal Medicine; Depts. of Medicine and Community Health Sciences | Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary

Make Canada stronger by supporting the health of refugees

Refugees arriving in Canada deserve good health care; in fact, the better health care they have, the better chance they have of contributing to the economy. (Unsplash), CC BY

“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.

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