Thu, October 19, 2017 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM UBC Robson Square. Free. Join us for a series of panel presentations that will illustrate the various important contributions that government-assisted refugees, refugee claimants, immigrants and other newcomers make to our communities.
Panelists include Dan Hiebert, UBC Geography Professor; Patrick MacKenzie, CEO of the Immigrant Employment Council of BC; Farid Rohani, immediate past Chair with the Laurier Institution; Zhila Pirmoradi, an analyst with the City of Vancouver and former participant with the IEC mentorship program;Viken Majarian, Syrian refugee settling in Vancouver; Cormac O’Reilly, Program Manager with the BC Alliance for Manufacturing.
Light dinner offered. Please RSVP.
This event is part of After the Flight: Community-University Refugee & Migration Symposium hosted by AMSSA, MOSAIC, ISSofBC, Vancouver Association for Survivors of Torture (VAST), the Vancouver Immigration Partnership, UBC Community Engagement, UBC Liu Institute for Global Issues and the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, UBC International Student Development, the UBC Graduate Student Migration Network, and the UBC Equity and Inclusion Office.