#The strange experience of starting university during a pandemic

Admin5 years ago09 mins

“#The strange experience of starting university during a pandemic” It isn’t easy, but being able to study during the crisis is a blessing, says Sham Al Mukdad, a Syrian-Canadian who lived most of her life in Syria and experienced a different, harsher kind of lockdown I didn’t expect to start university during a pandemic. But…

#’Life isn’t a given, it’s a gift’: Read this Syrian-Canadian teen’s valedictorian address

Admin6 years ago015 mins

“#’Life isn’t a given, it’s a gift’: Read this Syrian-Canadian teen’s valedictorian address” Sham Al Mukdad grew up in Daraa, Syria and fled the war-torn country to Turkey in 2014. Sham, her parents, and two sisters lived there for two years before arriving in Canada as refugees. Sham was 14 years old. She started high…