Play S2 E7 Bridging Borders is an emotional, eye-opening and inspirational documentary series that goes beyond the international headlines to showcase the incredible stories of everyday Canadians who band together to sponsor refugee families from overseas, then help them adjust to a new life in Canada. Each episode tells a unique heart-wrenching yet up-lifting story. For the Canadians wanting to make a difference, it’s an anxious journey of raising money, deciding to accept a family, renting and furnishing a new home for them, then anxiously awaiting complete strangers at the airport. For the arriving refugees, that airport is both the end of a difficult journey, but also the start of a new beginning filled with culture shock and anxiety, but also relief and the promise of a safe new life.
Episodes
7 — Episode 7 - 360 VR Exclusive Webisode
6 — Rihana Reunited
A small sponsor group in Saskatoon works to help a young refugee from Ethiopia reunite with her family in Canada after ten years apart.
5 — Different Worlds
A group in North Battleford faces unexpected challenges when they sponsor a family of three from Iraq.
4 — Fathers and Sons
After welcoming a Syrian family into their small community, a group in Rosetown, SK try to reunite them with a family member still stuck overseas.
3 — From Syria to Swift Current
Residents in Swift Current contact a Syrian family stuck in a refugee camp and work to bring them to safety.
2 — Without a Home
A young refugee family, unable to return safely to Iraq, dream of coming to Canada and starting a new life.
1 — Siblings Separated
A Saskatoon sponsor group struggle to reunite a brother and sister who were separated after fleeing the war in Syria.
1 — No Longer Refugees
A group of neighbourhood friends decide to sponsor a family of six refugees from Sudan, hoping they can bring them to safety in Canada and help them adjust to life in a strange new land.
2 — From Syria to Saskatoon
After fleeing the war in Syria, a young refugee couple and their one year old child get a chance to start a new life when a group of Canadians decides to sponsor them and bring them to safety.
3 — Where is My Family?
After fleeing war-torn Aleppo, a young Syrian woman enlists a sympathetic group of Canadians to see if they can help bring her remaining family, still stuck overseas in Lebanon, to Canada.
4 — The Universal Language
With the refugee crisis in the news, a well-known Canadian children’s choir decides to try and make a difference. Raising money with the help of song, they embark on an emotional journey, hoping to provide a safe new home in Canada to a young family.
5 — Ticking Clock
After arriving from Columbia to Canada a year earlier, a mother finds out her long-lost son is alive and struggles to bring him safely to Canada.
6 — Stuck Overseas
Neighbours on the same street decide to band together to sponsor a Syrian refugee family and help them start a new life in Canada.
