From Refugee to Cabinet Member

Meet the Honourable Ahmed Hussen. He is a graduate of the
University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law, co-founded Regent Park
Community Council, was national president of the Canadian Somali
Congress, and practised criminal, immigration and human rights law.
Elected in 2015, Minister Hussen served as Minister of Immigration,
Refugees and Citizenship and now is Minister of Families, Children
and Social Development. This is a pre-recorded event hosted by the
University of Ottawa Public Law Centre. Professor Vanessa
MacDonnell and I trace his remarkable journey from refugee to law
school, to the Federal Cabinet.