It has been one year since a Ukrainian airliner was shot down over Iran, killing all 176 people aboard, including 138 with ties to Canada. The missiles “shattered the idea of safety and security for many who were not even aboard that flight,” Edmontonian Pegah Salari writes.

I looked at the crowd and all of a sudden I felt so strong. These are my people, all of them, Iranian or not. I knew that in my heart.