Toronto Star
Aweys Isak
Publishing · On our record since 2024
Where this writer stands
Public safety1 piece
Prevention and restraintEnforcement and sentencing
“If governments remove one safety measure, they have a responsibility to replace it with something real.” Read the piece
Immigration1 piece
Higher permanent intakeLower intake
“The truth is that immigration has long been a source of strength, not weakness. Immigrants contribute to long-term economic growth.” Read the piece
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Recent work
- War took us around the world. Toronto brought us back togetherOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 8, 2026
- The final chapter in my friend Hilal’s search for safetyOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 10, 2026
- I came to Canada fearing winter. No one warned me about the heatOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 15, 2026
- Getting my child to school safely shouldn’t make me feel like thisOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 10, 2026
- Moving to Canada was hard. It often wore me down. This gesture changed thingsOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 29, 2026
- Watching the FIFA World Cup was banned where I grew up. I watched anyways. And now I’m living a dreamOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 23, 2026
- Set to become the first Somali World Cup referee, a border stops a dreamOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 11, 2026
- The day my children and I became Canadian, our long journey finally felt completeOpinion · Toronto Star · May 7, 2026
- I’m a Somali immigrant to Canada. This is what I hear in Donald Trump’s ominous warnings about the ‘Third World’Opinion · Toronto Star · Apr 14, 2026
- Conflict robbed me of my chance to say goodbye to my fatherOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 28, 2025
- From death threats to safety to deportation. The desperate decisions of a man seeking refuge in CanadaOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 21, 2025
- Transforming loneliness into belonging: my experience in TorontoOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 26, 2025
- In a city of strangers, I found a community of friendsOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 25, 2025
- I expected to face challenges moving to Toronto as a refugee — but finding a home was even harder than I thought it would beOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 3, 2025
- Looking for a home in a city of strangers is daunting. Thankfully there are people who careOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 2, 2025
- I thought my education and professional experience would help me build a better life in Canada. Instead, I had to start over from zeroOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 4, 2025
- The ghosts and ghouls of Halloween remind me of my haunted past in MogadishuOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 31, 2024