Survival Skill: Mennonite Centre and Karin Linschoten

survival skill: The life of most Canadians is highly structured with fixed routines around going to work or school at the same time every day, Linschoten said, according to CBC. For somebody in a camp where the situation is very dangerous, if they do the same thing every day at the same time, they wont do it very long, she said. Karin Linschoten, a senior therapist at the Mennonite Centre for Newcomers, hosted the workshop for volunteers who work with Syrian refugees to help them understand why refugees do what they do. Their survival skill is to not have routines. If a volunteer has an understanding that this is not disrespect; this is not an I dont care attitude, but it comes from a whole life experience this person had, it makes it easier to be patient and to teach rather than punish, she said. Linschoten said for a client who is very late for an appointment, it may be their survival instinct kicking in. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.