Prof Gordon

: Their children are in school, making new friends and settling in before their eyes, said Mohammed al Saltan, 31, who has seven kids and an eighth on the way, according to Globe and Mail. The children are busy, they are happy, he said. The longer I stay at home, the sicker I feel. We are just sitting around. Despite fasting for the Muslim holiday of Ramadan, the men were among 250 newly-arrived Syrians registered for a job fair put on by Refugee 613 — the Ottawa organization focused on helping the 1600 Syrians who have arrived in the nation capital — along with another group that has worked for years helping newcomers find work. On a scorching June morning in Ottawa, they did do more than just sit. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.