Evidence-Based Policies: Canadian Society and Howard Ramos

evidence-based policies: This number includes nearly five million Syrians who have fled their country since the outbreak of civil war in March 2011, according to The Chronicle Herald. There never been a time in modern history when so many people have been displaced, said Howard Ramos, who will be visiting New York with his colleague Martha Crago. The summit is being billed as an opportunity to craft a blueprint for a better international response to an ongoing global crisis that had displaced 65.3 million people by the end of 2015. Together with their colleague Michael Ungar, the professors are working with the Canadian Refugee Child, Youth and Family Research Coalition to develop evidence-based policies and interventions to help refugees under the age of 25 settle into Canadian society. While global refugee numbers are currently even greater those from World War II, Canada has successfully resettled — and benefited from — successive waves of refugees since 1945. The coalition is also collaborating with both the federal and provincial governments, as well as service providers across Canada, toward their goal of gathering data and building new approaches. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.