Burnhamthorpe Community Centre and Polycultural Immigrant Community Services

Toronto: It one of several organizations ready to lend a helping hand to the newcomers, according to CBC. Syrians arrive in Toronto with stories of heartbreak, resilience Toronto Pearson airport unveils special terminal for Syrian refugees Syrian refugees offered help by Toronto largest clothing bank On Tuesday, over 200 community leaders and frontline workers from the health, education and mental health sectors converged on Burnhamthorpe Community Centre in Mississauga to discuss how the region would support the refugees. Alkabani, who came here from Syria with her family six years ago, is the programs manager at Polycultural Immigrant & Community Services. Alkabani said she was "very impressed and touched by the amount of support and passion everybody showing to help the refugees who are coming here. Everybody wants to embrace them and it gives you a great feeling." Alkbani acknowledged the newcomers would face several challenges in their new home but said one of her main concerns is the myth surrounding them. "I know a lot of people have a lot of fears," she said. "One of the reasons they fled their homes is because they did not accept what ISIS was imposing on them. And I was very happy that not everybody addressing them as refugees but as newcomers, new residents, new citizens. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.