{"id":228942,"date":"2020-10-15T17:00:35","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T21:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/podcast\/navigating-the-pandemic-as-a-newcomer-to-canada-2\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T01:05:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T05:05:00","slug":"navigating-the-pandemic-as-a-newcomer-to-canada-2","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/fr\/podcast\/navigating-the-pandemic-as-a-newcomer-to-canada-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Navigating the pandemic as a newcomer to Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The last seven months haven\u2019t been easy on any of us. But newcomers, especially asylum seekers and refugee claimants, have had an especially hard time. To understand the unique challenges they face during COVID-19, we\u2019re joined by Dorota Blumczynska. She\u2019s the executive director of the Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization of Manitoba and president of the Canadian Council for Refugees. 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Tweet your questions and comments to @IRPP or @jbugiel, or to Dorota herself (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/blumczynska\">@blumczynska<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><strong>This podcast is part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/fr\/magazines\/september-2020\/combattre-les-inegalites-pendant-la-reprise-post-pandemie\/\">Tackling inequality as part of Canada\u2019s post-pandemic recovery<\/a>\u00a0special feature.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"image-caption\">Photo: Shutterstock.com, by <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/g\/Angelina+Bambina\" data-track-section=\"assetDescription\" data-track-action=\"click\" data-automation=\"AssetDetails_contributorLink\" data-track-label=\"contributorLink\">Angelina Bambina<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last seven months haven\u2019t been easy on any of us. But newcomers, especially asylum seekers and refugee claimants, have had an especially hard time. 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