Goat Salon owner Richard De Los Reyes, left, hopes he can help give people a positive experience after they've been uprooted from their lives and lost everything. In order to provide a culturally safe service, men and women were serviced separately, with a team of female stylists for the female clients.Įach group of clients had an interpreter with them, and the clients had pictures of their desired hairstyles on their phones.
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We just feel very honoured, said Amanda Weightman, manager of Goat Salon.Ī lot of us have immigrant backgrounds, and so I think it's an issue close to our hearts as well, added Weightman.ĭespite the impact of COVID-19 on this industry, Weightman says 20 stylists from several Calgary salons - including Notorious Hair Group, Ça Va Bien Hair Studio, Johnny's Barber + Shop, Social Cut & Shave and Red Bloom - have stepped forward to provide their services for free on their days off. The society reached out to Goat Salon in southwest Calgary to see if they could provide their services for free to a few folks. The refugees also spent a two-week stint quarantining in Toronto before heading west. Because they weren't prepared when they left Kabul, it kind of happened last minute, so some of them were feeling quite unkempt, said Bindu Narula, director of settlement and integration services for the Calgary Catholic Immigration Society.
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