Emily Pelley – The Conversation

A Syrian-Canadian family poses outside their home in Peterborough, Ont., in December 2021. They were among thousands of Syrian refugees resettled in Canada by April 2017 under a program introduced by the Liberal government in 2015 — and now thousands of Afghan refugees are arriving in Canada, many of them under the age of 18. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Thornhill

January 16, 2022

How Canada should be preparing to help young Afghan refugees

Emily Pelley, Canadian Forces College

As Canada welcomes refugees from Afghanistan, we must take a moment to learn from the past. Communities across Canada need to be asking how they can be supporting young refugees in their integration.

A young boy, part of a Syrian refugee family, arrives in Canada in February 2016. (Shutterstock)

November 14, 2018

Young refugees have unique needs that require special support

Emily Pelley, Dalhousie University

On this World Children’s Day, we need to critically assess how Canada’s doing helping young refugees settle into their new homes and their new lives.

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