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Program: Showcase Canada

program: That program allows Canadians to sponsor a refugee family coming to Canada, according to Metro News. University of Ottawa professor Jennifer Bond is among the organizers of the event. The Global Refugee Sponsorship Initiative is hosting a three-day conference from Tuesday to Thursday aiming to showcase Canada private refugee sponsorship program. She said Canada system is unique in the world and has a lot to offer. Representatives from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Germany, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States are coming to the conference. There have been a few very small scale pilots in a couple of jurisdictions, but really Canada is the only country that has a big robust program, she said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.