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Many years ago, around 2016, when I was working in the Financial District in downtown Toronto, I found myself deeply disturbed by the daily sight of homeless people sleeping on the street. It was a stark contrast—people living in extreme poverty amidst towering symbols of wealth and success.

Anastasiia or Nastya, as her family lovingly calls her, is a 25-year-old autistic newcomer from Ukraine who discovered a whole new world through painting. Her journey has been anything but[...]

For nearly 3 months, Ganna Sokolova, a 70-year-old Ukrainian newcomer, has been living in a hospital bed, trapped in a limbo no one should have to endure. She has dementia-like[...]

I learned about Christy Woods, a nurse from British Columbia who went on a humanitarian mission to Ukraine, from a group of Ukrainian newcomers staying at the Avid hotel in[...]

Vasyl arrived in Canada from Poland at the end of March and stayed for 2 weeks at a hotel for free, as part of the program for Ukrainian newcomers, where[...]

Dariia Kovalova and Oleksandra Yesipenko are two talented Ukrainian artists, illustrators and graphic designers that recently moved to Toronto from Kyiv, in hopes of finding a safer place, away from[...]

In Canada, here with my son, I feel safe. It is impossible to sail here in tanks. My name is Svetlana, I flew to Canada with my son. Most of[...]