"Oh Canada" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Missy Higgins, and inspired by Alan Kurdi—a drowned Syrian boy whose body washed up on a Turkish beach in September 2015.
The track was released on 19 February 2016 with 100% of net profits from the song to the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre.
It was produced by stark raving productions and features drawings by children affected by the crisis in the Middle East, accompanied by picture-book-like animation narrating the story of the Kurdi family.
The video concept needed to bring the song and Alan's story to life sensitively, boldly, but also without overwhelming either of them."
Pincus said she spent weeks planning the clip, "But when I discovered drawings online that had been made by refugee children as part of rehabilitation programs around the world, I knew I had stumbled on the concept I needed to focus on.