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Results of the 2021 – 2023 Partner Innovation Fund Cohort With more than 120 million people forcibly displaced around the world, all organizations, institutions, and businesses need to examine how they can better integrate refugees and other displaced people into their programs and services. Stand alone initiatives for refugees are no longer sufficient to enable…

As social innovators and funders from across Canada gather for the Social Finance Forum in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver, WUSC is pleased to announce one of our own most recent social impact investments.  WUSC’s agenda has grown over the years as we have matured as an organization and young people’s needs and opportunities have evolved.…

Canada’s commitment to expanding durable solutions for refugees through new complementary pathways has been demonstrated through initiatives like the Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot (EMPP), offering skilled refugees a chance to immigrate to Canada while also enabling Canadian employers to access a new pool of qualified candidates to fill job openings. At the Global Refugee Forum,…

Results of the 2021 – 2023 Partner Innovation Fund Cohort Our current climate crisis is something that deeply affects everyone around the world. There is an urgent and unmet need for solutions at the local level that, together, can have a global impact. Yet not everyone has the same access to the resources that would…

There are many ways to address today’s most pressing global challenges. We believe the most effective ones are grounded in the experience and expertise of community-based organizations who are closest to the challenges and opportunities impacting their communities.  Our Partner Innovation Fund supports inclusive social innovation and social entrepreneurship through two-year awards given to community-based…

WUSC, in partnership with Criterion Institute, is pleased to release a new resource: Translating between Gender and Finance for Increased Impact: Best Practices of Canadian Practitioners. This resource is the outcome of close to a decade of collaborative efforts, building upon earlier work exploring the potential of international and local volunteers to play a translation…

Are you interested in global development, seeking opportunities to give back, gain new experiences, or exchange skills through volunteering? If so, we have an exciting event for you to mark on your calendar: the WUSC International Volunteer Information Session: Spotlight on Malawi! Date and Time: May 22nd at 12 p.m.  EDT Since 1977, WUSC has…

WUSC, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, Light for the World, and Solid Minds, has released a guidebook to support universities in understanding an intersectional approach to equity and inclusion, especially for youth with disabilities, refugees, and displaced persons.  The guidebook, entitled Journey to Success: A Guidebook on Inclusion for Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program Partners,…

Author Aly Muhammad Sayani This year, what’s at stake?  WUSC’s 13th Annual International Forum had at its centre the theme “Doing Different Things, and Doing Things Differently”. The axis of this theme lies at a point of reflection, as the halfway point to the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been passed. While there…

With protracted conflict and record-high numbers of refugees around the globe, the imperative for durable solutions for refugees resonates now more than ever. In countries of asylum, many refugees have the personal ambition, skills, and capacity to work, but are often prevented from accessing legal employment opportunities. Meanwhile, with acute and persistent labour shortages impacting…