roarrefugees
A successful auction fundraiser
Our grateful thanks to those who made our first Auction a success. ROAR has added $3,000 to our refugee support account. We hope all...
News Blog
roarrefugees
- Oct 26, 2019
- 1 min
ROAR has resettled three refugees
As 2019 draws to an end ROAR volunteers are thrilled at the success of the three newcomers whose resettlement we have assisted in. Two...
roarrefugees
- Jun 30, 2019
- 1 min
Picnic en Blanc, 2019
You are cordially invited to attend Nanaimo's second annual PICNIC EN BLANC. It's a real picnic, or peek-neek, however you pronounce it,...
roarrefugees
- Feb 20, 2019
- 1 min
Research on queer refugee couples in Canada
This chapter from a recently published book focuses on narratives of two queer refugee couples who made joint claims in Vancouver,...
roarrefugees
- Dec 11, 2018
- 1 min
How do you "prove" your sexuality?
A Pakistani refugee claimant is trying to prove he is bisexual so that he can remain in Canada. "It's pretty demeaning to have to go...
roarrefugees
- Sep 20, 2018
- 1 min
How journalists can do a better job of talking about refugees
How can the media do a better job of covering refugee issues? What tools and tips should refugees have when speaking with journalists? In...
roarrefugees
- Aug 31, 2018
- 2 min
Promoting the wellbeing of LGBT refugees in Canada
Canadian researchers are beginning to document the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender refugees who have been resettled...
roarrefugees
- Jul 17, 2018
- 1 min
Crisis? What crisis?
Jean-Nicolas Beuze, representative in Canada of UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, has written an article in the Toronto Star about recent...
roarrefugees
- Jun 18, 2018
- 1 min
We picnicked for a good cause
ROAR volunteers from Nanaimo put on a fabulous Picnic en Blanc in June. One hundred picnickers raised $2,000 for LGBT refugee...
roarrefugees
- Jun 16, 2018
- 1 min
They're coming to the picnic. Are you?
See at the Picnic en Blanc, Saturday, June 16 at 5pm. We are gathering at the Millstone Estate Winery, 2300 East Wellington Rd, Nanaimo....
roarrefugees
- May 28, 2018
- 1 min
A supreme dining experience
ROAR's major fundraising event of the year is coming in June! We want you dressed in white, but we know that you represent all the...
roarrefugees
- May 28, 2018
- 1 min
Strut Vancouver and Rainbow Refugee Society offer a lifeline to oppressed LGBT people
Imagine a walk-a-thon in stilettos. It sounds painful, but that's the point of the Foundation of Hope's annual Strut Vancouver...
roarrefugees
- May 4, 2018
- 2 min
What does it mean to sponsor a refugee?
A key way to help an LGBTQ refugee get accepted into Canada is to sponsor them. Private sponsorship, a distinctive Canadian achievement,...
roarrefugees
- May 4, 2018
- 1 min
ROAR's first newsletter is out
Find our newsletter on the web. 2018 is our breakthrough year. It began with the arrival in February of the first refugee ROAR sponsored....
roarrefugees
- Apr 27, 2018
- 1 min
No Longer Alone: LGBT Voices from the Middle East, North Africa
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) activists from Arabic-speaking countries in the Middle East and North Africa are defying...
roarrefugees
- Apr 27, 2018
- 1 min
How can I help LGBT refugees?
Hundreds of LGBT refugees come to Canada every year, escaping persecution and violence at home. They face “incredible odds,” says Kimahli...
roarrefugees
- Mar 29, 2018
- 1 min
Mr Gay Syria: A defiant documentary about LGBTQ refugees in Turkey
Female Turkish director Ayşe Toprak has taken a sensitive subtopic of the Syrian refugee crisis, LGBTQ refugees, and turned it into a...
roarrefugees
- Mar 29, 2018
- 1 min
In Canada, gay activist was a hero. In Montenegro, they wanted him dead
In 2013, Zdravko Cimbaljevic had the honour as serving as international grand marshal at Vancouver’s Pride Parade. A week later, he had...
roarrefugees
- Mar 16, 2018
- 1 min
"As I Am"
"As I Am: Understanding the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity of Refugees" is the first educational film specifically developed to...
roarrefugees
- Mar 16, 2018
- 1 min
"No Place for Me"
In "No Place for Me: the Struggles of Sexual and Gender Minority Refugees", lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI)...