Opening Ceremonies: Surrey and City Conference

opening ceremonies: Related stories:Surrey program encourages immigrants to help other immigrants Surrey initiative offers refugees a toolkit to tackle trauma Meet your neighbour: Metro chats with refugees in Vancouver The designation was announced Monday as part of the opening ceremonies of the three-day Creative City Conference in Surrey this week, according to Metro News. We'd like to bring a writer at risk because of their work to come to Surrey — who needs refuge because in their country they're not able to write freely, explained Surrey Coun. The move to bring one refugee to the city on a sort of artist-in-residence fellowship, with support from the city libraries, Simon Fraser University, and Kwantlen Polytechnic University, will make B.C. fastest-growing municipality the third of its kind on the continent. Judy Villeneuve, co-chair of the city Local Immigrant Partnership committee, and was herself long-involved in the Writers' Union of Canada. It a part we can play in the international effort to promote the democratic process — and of people being able to be creative and express their opinions. We want to be a beacon to other cities in Canada. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.