Canadian Alliance for Syrian Aid and Faisal Alazem

Syrian refugees: Faisal Alazem with the Canadian Alliance for Syrian Aid said the info-session was 'crucial' for newly arrived Syrian refugees. "By our interactions, we can see that there is a lot of emptiness in their lives, according to CBC. And we're trying to fill that, as well as facilitate the process." Faisal said the goal was to provide newly arrived refugees with useful information to ease the integration process. One organization hopes to make this next challenge easier for Syrian refugees in Montreal with the launch of a workshop series aimed at helping newcomers adapt to their new surroundings. "It crucial," said Faisal Alazem, a spokesman for the Canadian Alliance for Syrian Aid, the group that organized Sunday information session. That included workshops on education, Canadian banking, housing, access to French classes and tips on how to navigate the medical system. "The 8-1-1 number took me as an immigrant 10 years to realize that there was this service," Alazem said, referring to the telephone medical consultation service Info-Santé. They have been through a lot' Suleiman and her daughters arrived in Montreal without her husband — she said he was imprisoned by the Syrian regime and doesn't know if he alive. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.