Hassan Al Kontar Shares His Inspiring Story
“Talking to students is so important to me because they’re the future, they’re the hope,” said Hassan Al Kontar, a former Syrian refugee, as he spoke at assembly to Trafalgar Castle School students from his home in Fort St. John, British Columbia. Before being granted asylum in Canada in 2018, Al Kontar spent seven months […]
Let Us Hold the Torch High
Albert Edward Foster, or Bert as he was known, was my grandfather. He was born in England, immigrated to America, married, and had a family in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1940, telling Evelyn, his wife (and my grandmother) that he was going north on a fishing trip, he drove to Toronto and enlisted in the Canadian […]