Finding Refuge in Canada: Narratives of Dislocation

by George Melnyk (Editor), Christina Parker (Editor)

Canada has often been regarded as a benevolent country, welcoming refugees from around the globe. However, refugees entering the country have encountered a spectrum of reactions. Collecting personal narratives from refugees, sponsors, activists, and civil servants, Finding Refuge in Canada offers critical perspectives on the social, political, and cultural challenges faced by refugees to Canada. The authors demonstrate how national attitudes toward globalism emerge from and shape the country’s experience with dislocated peoples. Humanizing this international crisis, these stories invite readers to imagine the possibilities of a more equitable future.
 

Genres: Immigration

196 pages, Paperback

Published April 30, 2021

Reviews

[Alberta Views Magazine]

Our flight from Africa landed at the Edmonton airport in the midst of a February snowstorm. Tarmac lighting illuminated horizontal gusts of snow that vanished into the cold night. My parents, outspoken activists originating from communist Poland, had finally escaped political oppression. The year was 1970, and since then I have become a proud Canadian with few remnants of an accent. Yet the sense of being a newcomer lingers.

Despite my affinity with the topic, I picked up Finding Refuge in Canada with apprehension. Books on this subject frequently fall into two categories: dreary policy discourses or amateur biographies. Remarkably, this anthology of first-person accounts by 17 contributors—including the co-editors George Melnyk and Christina Parker—is not only readable but at times a page turner....

Review by Agnieszka Matejko
Full review at https://albertaviews.ca/finding-refug...