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In this issue

Gimme Refuge Why asylum seekers are slipping through the cracks.

Come From Away - How Charlottetown became Canada’s unlikeliest immigration hot spot.

Unsettled - The long and awkward process of private refugee sponsorship...

Nigara Shaheen, Toronto-based judoka and refugee Olympian, fought her way to the top

NIGARA SHAHEEN'S ROAD to this year's Paris Olympics has been more treacherous than most. Born in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, in 1993, she was just six months old when her parents carried her across the mountainous border into Pakistan, fleeing the country's raging civil war.

9 mins

The Big Idea - Capture Carbon From the Air - Companies need to stop their emissions from polluting the skies. Direct air capture can help absorb what's already up there.

Companies need to stop their emissions from polluting the skies. Direct air capture can help absorb what's already up there. The world’s first DAC technology was developed by research groups at the University of Calgary and ETH Zurich about a decade ago. Canada is well positioned to be a world leader in DAC. The technology requires two main ingredients: plenty of that porous geologic storage and renewable energy infrastructure. Canada has an immense amount of storage capacity.

5 mins

The Old Soul

How Luna Elle honed her mature, Sade-esque sound and nabbed a Juno nom-all before turning 20

2 mins

Ship Shape

For 50 years, the Port of Montreal catered to out-of-town cruise passengers. Its splashy new waterfront tower is amonument to local life.

2 mins

How we got to 41 million - For decades, Canada has been a model of inclusive immigration

Canada had grown more quickly than expected-by 1.1 million people over the previous 12 months, mostly due to a huge wave of international students and temporary foreign workers. And yet, despite the fanfare, this population boom wasn't a good-news story. Because there were not enough homes for all those new people.

10+ mins

NOW HERE TO GO

Thousands of refugees live in shelters, hotels and on the streets of Canada's largest cities. How the country is struggling to cope with a massive surge in global asylum seekers.

10+ mins

BOOM TOWN

For more than half a decade, Charlottetown has sustained the highest immigration rates in Canada. The influx has saved PELL. from demographic oblivion—and made it a case study in the perils of ultra-rapid growth.

10+ mins

THE RELUCTANT REFUGEE

I was one of the first Syrian refugees to land in Canada in 2014. The settlement process was confusing, prolonged and alienating. How Canada finally became home.