Refugee Resettlement & Integration in Canada Series – Session 5

The fifth session of the "Refugee Resettlement and Integration in Canada: Lived Experience, Lessons Learned, and Promising Practices" series, hosted by the Ryerson Centre for Immigration and Settlement (RCIS), featured four speakers – Olamide Agboola, Irfan Tarin, Tessy Ojar, and Fahad Amir Nsubuga – discussing their lived experiences of refugee resettlement in Canada. The session was moderated by Sohail Shahidnia, a PhD student in Policy Studies at Ryerson University. ------------------------------------ 0:01 – Opening by Sohail Shahidnia, PhD student in Policy Studies at Ryerson University 0:54 – Welcome by Dr. Usha George, Director of the Ryerson Centre for Immigration and Settlement Self-introductions 5:37 – Fahad Amir Nsubuga 6:46 – Irfan Tarin 7:16 – Tessy Ojar 8:07 – Olamide Agboola Question #1 – Tell us about your experience in Canada so far. Where did you stay when you first arrived and how have you built your network? 10:22 – Tessy Ojar 12:26 – Irfan Tarin 14:04 – Olamide Agboola 17:48 – Fahad Amir Nsubuga Question #2 – Who has been the most and the least approachable in your settlement? How useful were the services you accessed? What challenges have you faced, and how have you been able to overcome them? 32:51 – Olamide Agboola 40:55 – Fahad Amir Nsubuga 56:19 – Tessy Ojar 1:09:33 – Irfan Tarin Question #3 – What is your overall evaluation of your experience in Canada and to what extent do you think that the provincial or federal government provides support? 1:22:45 – Tessy Ojar 1:26:46 – Olamide Agboola 1:32:51 – Fahad Amir Nsubuga 1:40:02 – Irfan Tarin Question #4 – What resources do communities need to improve refugees’ settlement and how can we ensure the voices of refugees are heard in Canadian society? 1:43:08 – Olamide Agboola 1:46:27 – Irfan Tarin 1:48:59 – Tessy Ojar 1:50:56 – Fahad Amir Nsubuga ------------------------------------ Between October 2020 and February 2021, the Ryerson Centre for Immigration and Settlement (RCIS) hosted a six-part digital series focused on Canada’s approach to refugee resettlement and integration. The series aimed to engage stakeholders to consider Canada’s approach to refugee resettlement and identify changes to policy and practice that will make Canada more inclusive and responsive to refugees’ needs. Over the course of the six sessions, refugees, settlement workers and service providers, policymakers, researchers, and students were brought together to share insights and lessons learned from lived experience, settlement practice, and research. Series coordinators: Saad El Hakmi and Sohail Shahidnia Series director: Dr. Usha George Series producer: Tearney McDermott This series was funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).