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In the Field | Nov 27, 2012 | 25:00

Grace under pressure for the endangered, the dispossessed and grieving Part 2

A look this week at Hemingway-eque grace under pressure. There's the graceful welcome by an immigration officer to a young Canadian man fleeing danger in Syria. The physically disabled Toronto women learning to defends themselves at their Wen-Do class. And the man in Yellowknife who is building his way out grief after losing his wife of 52 years.

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