Join us for a series of panel presentations that will illustrate the various important contributions that government-assisted refugees, refugee claimants, immigrants and other newcomers make to our communities.

Panelists include: Professor Dan Hiebert, Patrick MacKenzie, CEO of the Immigrant Employment Council of BC, Farid Rohani, immediate past Chair with the Laurier Institution, Zhila Pirmoradi, an analyst with the city of Vancouver, Viken Majarian, a Syrian refugee, and Cormac O’Reilly, a Program Manager with the BC Alliance for Manufacturing.