2020 marked 5 years since 70,000+ Syrian refugees began to arrive in Canada.

The arrival of the first Syrian refugees in 2015 was transformative for Canada as a country. The Child and Youth Refugee Research Coalition (CYRRC) emerged as a response to the arrival of the “Syrian cohort”, and from a desire to improve the settlement of mass migrations of forcibly displaced people.

This map was created as a key visual for CYRRC’s 2020 Annual Report which paid tribute to the Syrian cohort and all other young refugees who now make Canada their home. Featured on this map are eight projects that look at the social, economic, political, and cultural integration and well-being of Syrian refugees.

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