International Seminar 2021: Applications Open!
The International Seminar is an annual WUSC event for young leaders from around the world to collaborate, share ideas and create long lasting relationships. Each year explores a different contemporary development issue through youth-driven ideas, research and solutions. Since its first iteration in 1948, the International Seminar has seen thousands of participants collaborate on projects…
Events | Canada, Economic Opportunities, Ghana, IGNITE, International Seminar, Kenya, Malawi, Sri Lanka, Uganda, Vietnam, Volunteering for Development
|Fireside Conversation on Refugee Education
Canada is a global trailblazer in feminist international assistance, on girls’ education in conflict-affected contexts, and in providing durable solutions for refugees. This has been demonstrated time again by commitments such as the Feminist International Assistance Policy, the Charlevoix Declaration, and the Private Sponsorship of Refugees Program. Recently, Canada once again demonstrated its commitment through…
Events, News | Durable Solutions for Refugees, Education
|Press Release: Innovation and Impact Award
Cooperation Canada and WUSC, in collaboration with the trustees of the Lewis Perinbam Award, are pleased to announce the 2020 recipients of the Innovation and Impact Awards in Honour of Lewis Perinbam. Kehkashan Basu, Founder of the global social innovation enterprise Green Hope Foundation, and Développement international Desjardins (DID) are this year’s individual and organizational…
Press Releases | Lewis Perinbam Award
|Fostering a Culture of Collaborative Partnership for Innovation
A Case Study of the CECI – WUSC Partnership There is a critical need for bold and collective action to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. Unfortunately, far too few partnerships and consortiums succeed. This case study examines the strategies that drive effective partnerships. But more so, it explores the strategies needed to…
News, Resources | Report, Resources, Uniterra, Volunteering for Development
|Our 2019 – 2020 Annual Report
Our 2019 – 2020 year was filled with momentum, milestones, and new beginnings. Our Annual Report shares the results of select initiatives that have moved us closer toward our vision of a better world for all young people. These results are snapshots, localized expressions of our ambition for global systems change. They are examples of…
News | Annual Report, Education
|International Development Week – Open Letter from Canada’s Volunteer Cooperation Programs
Together stronger From February 7th to 13th, we invite Canadians to celebrate International Development Week – a unique tradition that highlights Canada’s commitment to sustainable development around the globe. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected our lives in significant ways. We have all been impacted by the closure of schools and businesses, job losses, and the…
News | Volunteering for Development
|One year in: How the WUSC network is fulfilling the pledges we made at the 2019 Global Refugee Forum
It has been a little over a year since we participated in the first-ever Global Refugee Forum (GRF), hosted by the UNHCR in Geneva. The Forum was an opportunity to demonstrate international responsibility-sharing, one of the key principles contained in the Compact on Refugees (GCR). During the event, various international actors, such as States, organizations,…
News | Durable Solutions for Refugees
|WUSC elected Co-Chair of newly established Global Task Force on Education Pathways for Refugee Protection
In 2019, there were 26 million refugees around the world, 65% of whom are under the age of 25. Education pathways, such as our Student Refugee Program, offer a unique avenue for displaced youth to build a brighter future for themselves and their families. Today, only a tiny fraction of the world’s post-secondary education institutions…
News | Durable Solutions for Refugees
|How we are working with partners to prevent gender-based violence (GBV) during the COVID-19 pandemic
Around the world, nearly 1 in 3 women are affected by gender-based violence (GBV) in their lifetime. While men, women, girls, and boys all experience GBV to varying degrees, women and girls are often disproportionately affected. GBV includes, but is not restricted to sexual, emotional, and psychological violence, early and forced marriage, domestic violence, female…
News | COVID-19, Durable Solutions for Refugees, Economic Opportunities, Education, Empowerment, Jordan, KEEP, Kenya, WE LEAD, Webinar
|Shaping our Future: Reimagining a Better World
Save the Date for our 10th annual International Forum where the best ideas and practices for global development are shared! When: 7 February – 6 March 2021 Where: Online! The pandemic, climate change, and global demonstrations on racism and justice have shone a spotlight on inequality and exclusion around the world. While many are impacted…