Hello and welcome to my blog…
Last week we began a new project called….Voices of the cove.
For this new project we will learn all about the way Canada (and the cove) has changed and stayed the same since the 1950s.
This week we specifically focused on Immigration. Looking at changes in policy, in people and law. While talking about immigration in class we spoke briefly about immigration in the past few years, Specifically refugees from Syria.
While growing up I remember hearing news of refugees from Syria. In my school a few children moved from there and I knew to a certain extent what immigration meant. Honestly I had heard small clips of conversation and stories, but never really zoned in on the experiences of these people. To better understand modern immigration, I read an amazing book.
This book was called Stepping Stones by Margriet Ruurs and Nizar Ali Badr.
Ruurs is a British Colombian author and Badr is a Artist from Syria.
One day Ruurs came across Badr’s art on Facebook. Together they created a story from the perspective of a young Syrian child, depicted by stones near Badr’s home.
The story begins in a small Syrian town, on a family’s farm. Violence find it’s way into the protagonists life and when all her neighbors and friends are gone her family decides to move as well. The family makes a long journey to a new country.
What I loved about Stepping Stones, was that it was from the perspective of a child. The story was simple but held a lot of meaning. Seeing a story as serious as this in a brighter way, gave me a better idea of what the true meaning of modern immigration is.
In reality I think immigration has changed a lot since the 50s, but the feeling is still the same. Immigration brings hope, not only to immigrants but to countries. Countries have always relied and hoped for immigrants to bring new possibilities, new ideas and new meaning.
See you next week, Kaia
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