Stories: Muslim Institute and Newcomer Women

stories: Newcomers face challenges in small-town Canada, but this one is 'heaven'Situation 'critical,' says Muslim Women's Institute, seeking donations for newly arrived refugees For the theatre's International Women's Week program playwrights from across the country submitted stories of new beginnings and moments of change, McIntyre said, according to CBC. Members of the theatre also met with newcomer women in the city who were eager to share their stories, she said. If you can understand what they've been through than there is greater empathy and a greater opportunity for us all to work together to make things better, said artistic director Hope McIntyre on CBC's Weekend Morning Show. Sarasvati Productions Transformative artistic director Hope McIntyre says if you can understand what other people have been through there is greater empathy. We sat down and what I thought would be a 20-minute conversation turned into two hours or longer, McIntyre said. Submitted to CBC Some women just wanted to be interviewed. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.