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Cbc Zakko: Zakko and Neck Surgeon

cbc zakko: While relieved to reach the safety of Canada with their loved ones, they worry they may never find work in their chosen fields here, according to CBC. Were trying, Zakko said. Kasbarsoum was a head and neck surgeon with 10 years experience in Aleppo and Zakko had just graduated from dentistry school before the couple fled their war-torn hometown. The government has given us a chance at a good life... but if there no working, there no money. CBC Zakko and Kasbarsoum were two of hundreds of Syrian refugees who gathered in Montreal Sunday to mark a year since the first group of Syrians arrived in Canada under a federal program that has promised to resettle 25,000 by the end of 2016. George Kasbarsoum and Chama Zakko worry their medical qualifications wont be recognized in Canada, even if they pass a series of exams. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.