This year, for World Refugee Month, TRC's Alina Murad sits down with Hassan Al Kontar, former Syrian refugee, author, and Canadian Red Cross Case Manager to discuss his story and why refugee narratives are important to share!

To learn more about Hassan's work, visit manattheairport.com 

To learn more about The Refugee Centre, please visit our website: therefugeecentre.org

For this very special bonus episode, follow along as TRC's lawyer, Pierre-Luc Bouchard interviews legal intern, Anastasiia Mykolenko about her experience on the ground in Ukraine. 

To learn more about The Refugee Centre, therefugeecentre.org

In this episode, our Advocacy & Media/Government Relations, Alina Murad sits down with Adelle Tarzibachi from Les Filles Fattoush to discuss Syrian food and its ability to bring the feeling of home to any country. Listen as the two discuss the origins of Les Filles Fattoush and the legacy it is creating.

To learn more about Les Filles Fattoush visit lesfillesfattoush.com 

To learn more about The Refugee Centre, therefugeecentre.org

In this episode, TRC's executive director, Abdulla Daoud sits down with Tareq Hadhad, the CEO and founder of Peace By Chocolate! Listen as they discuss Syria, the connections to home that food brings, and the incredible story behind Peace By Chocolate that inspired a new movie.

To learn more about Peace By Chocolate, visit peacebychocolate.ca

To learn more about The Refugee Centre, therefugeecentre.org

Point of Entry's second part of our COVID-19 Response series features Samuel Watts, CEO/Executive Director of Mission Bon Accueil. Mission Bon Accueil is the largest doorway to help Montrealers in need. They offer many programs to support those experiencing homelessness, families, and at-risk mothers and youth. They provide hope through concrete actions and effective solutions.

Listen in to hear Samuel speak on navigating the COVID-19 pandemic, his experiences within Mission Bon Acceuil & how he envisions the role of community organizations. 

To learn more about Mission Bon Acceuil head to https://welcomehallmission.com/about-us/.

Point of Entry into COVID-19 Response introduces you to Tony Alfonso, the Outreach Coordinator at Ami Quebec, a non-profit organization that supports families manage the effects of mental illness through support, education, guidance, and advocacy.

Tune in to listen to Tony speak on how COVID-19 has affected the mental health sector & how we can push forward post-pandemic. 

To learn more about Ami Quebec head to https://amiquebec.org/ or call (514) 486-1448. 

✨SPECIAL EPISODE✨

March 8 was International Women's Day but we've decided to celebrate all month long with 2 special episodes of our podcast! For our second episode, we have 2 wonderful women who work everyday to serve the Montreal community: Tina Ali a tech powerhouse working at Shopify & Fabiola Ngamaleu Teumenia politician, activist and founder of the Black Girls Gather book club.

Tune in to listen to them discuss their community work, the obstacles faced by the women they work with and how they #BREAKTHEBIAS !

✨SPECIAL EPISODE✨

March 8 was International Women's Day but we've decided to celebrate all month long with 2 special episodes of our podcast! For our first episode, we have 2 wonderful women who work everyday to serve the Montreal community: Dolores Chew, who works at the South Asian Women's Community Centre, an organization that dedicates their services to empowering women of South Asian origin and Lilly Nicole, who works at Chez Doris, a women's shelter in Montreal, as their Inuit Assistance Program Caseworker. 

Tune in to listen to them discuss their community work, the obstacles faced by the women they work with and how they #BREAKTHEBIAS !

For Point of Entry's 10th episode, we meet with Carolina Manganelli, the Executive Director of Actions Réfugiés, a nonprofit organization in Montreal that fights for justice for asylum seekers and refugees. They support individuals with the private sponsorship process, advocate for those detained for immigration reasons and host a unique twinning program, which we dive deeper into during this episode.

To learn more about The Refugee Centre visit our website at therefugeecentre.org

Point of Entry's ninth episode introduces Sharon Nelson, the Vice-President of The Jamaican Association of Montreal. Listen in as Sharon discusses her experience as a community worker and how she helped created The Jamaican Association's Au Futur Program, a program that caters to young Black single mothers, held in partnership with Maison d'Haïti, another Montreal community organization. This insightful episode explores the intersectional needs that many newcomers have and how community workers and organizations work towards meeting them.

To learn more about The Refugee Centre, please visit our website: therefugeecentre.org