Student Population: School and Carson Grove

student population: This was my introduction to Canada, according to CBC. It was the place where I integrated, the public school. Carson Grove Elementary School has welcomed 110 Syrian refugee children since February, accounting for more than one-third of the student population. And I cannot over-emphasize how important it is for kids.'- Sheema Khan Several mosques and Muslim associations banded together to raise the money, plus an additional $11,000 to be donated to other schools in Ottawa whose students are dealing with socio-economic hardships. Public schools 'introduction to Canada' "I was very emotional because it reminded me of when I came … I went to a school just like this," said Khan. The fundraising was spearheaded by Sheema Khan, a Kanata woman who said she decided to help after being reminded of her own experience as a young immigrant in the Canadian public school system. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.