Nickname Month: January Afternoon and Syrian Families

nickname month: Some citizens considered the project a humanitarian triumph; others believed the Syrians would end up isolated and adrift, stuck on welfare or worse, according to Hamilton Spectator. As 2016 turned to 2017 and the year-long commitments began to expire, the question of how the newcomers would fare acquired a national nickname Month 13, when the Syrians would try to stand on their own. Ordinary Canadians had essentially adopted thousands of Syrian families, donating a year of their time and money to guide them into new lives just as many other countries shunned them. On a frozen January afternoon, Liz Stark, a no-nonsense retired teacher, bustled into a modest apartment on the east side of this city, unusually anxious. But the improvised family had a deadline. She and her friends had poured themselves into resettling Mouhamad and Wissam al-Hajj, a former farmer and his wife, and their four children. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.