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These two Canadian families have given up gifts and treats this holiday to support Syrian refugees

The image of the young refugee, who drowned along with his mother and brother while his family fled from Turkey to Greece, appeared on over 20 million screens in 12 hours according to research from Sheffield University’s Visual Social Media Lab. It galvanized global awareness about the growing Syrian refugee crisis and was named one of Time magazine’s most influential photos of 2015. Born in Iran and of Armenian descent, Babayan was already familiar with the crisis in Syria through the Armenia