The View from Syria to Canada – Part I: Leaving Syria

Ed. Note: On Wednesday, Sept. 2, the world woke up to a startling image of a three-year old Syrian boy, lying face down and lifeless on the Turkish shore near the town of Bodrum. Over the next day, we learned that Alan Kurdi’s father attempted to bring his family to Greece through a perilous five-kilometer…

China’s Economic Slowdown: The Beginning of an “Asian Fall”?

The Story Stock market indices across the world plunged on Monday, August 24, in response to recent signs that China’s explosive growth was hitting the brakes. In the United States, the Dow Jones Index dropped nearly 600 points on the latest version of “Black Monday”, marking the eighth-worst point drop in the index’s history. Meanwhile,…

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The View from Syria to Canada – Part I: Leaving Syria

China’s Economic Slowdown: The Beginning of an “Asian Fall”?