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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...
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roarrefugees
Oct 26, 20191 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, 20191 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, 20191 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, 20181 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, 20181 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, 20182 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, 20181 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, 20181 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, 20181 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, 20181 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, 20181 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, 20182 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, 20181 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, 20181 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, 20181 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, 20181 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, 20181 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, 20181 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, 20181 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)...
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