Canada
Book Launch | Deadly Voyages: Migrant Journeys across the Globe
Join us on Monday, June 7 for a discussion with contributing authors of Deadly Voyages: Migrant Journeys across the Globe. Register today!
| Events | Canada, Durable Solutions for Refugees
Canadian organizations welcome G7 commitment on girls’ education, and call for funding to back ambition
A leading coalition of Canadian education organizations, the Canadian International Education Policy Working Group (CIEPWG), welcomes the newly announced G7 Declaration, Girls Education: The Heart of COVID-19 Recovery and Unlocking Agenda 2030.
| Press Releases | Canada, Education
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
Businesses Respond to the Global Refugee Crisis: A new model to think global and build local through welcoming workplaces
HIRES is a pilot initiative that resettles refugee youth who currently live in Kenya through a unique private sponsorship pathway that partners with Canadian businesses. This pathway involves vocational training and an employment placement upon arrival. Both, responding to persistent barriers to economic inclusion facing refugee populations and supporting Canadian employers to meet labour market…
| News | Canada, Durable Solutions for Refugees, Economic Opportunities, HIRES, Kenya
Doubling our impact – Third Country Higher Education Pathways For Refugees
In November 2019, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and WUSC (World University Service of Canada) brought together stakeholders with an identified interest or active engagement in developing education opportunities for refugees as complementary pathways for admission in third countries. The two-day international conference…
| Resources | Canada, Durable Solutions for Refugees, Education, Report, Student Refugee Program
Press Release: Impact and Innovation Award
The Canadian Council for International Cooperation (CCIC) and World University Service of Canada (WUSC), in collaboration with the trustees of the Lewis Perinbam Award, are pleased to announce the recipients of the Impact and Innovation Awards in Honour of Lewis Perinbam. Jim Cornelius, the Executive Director of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank, and iDE Canada are this year’s individual and…
| Press Releases | Canada, Lewis Perinbam Award
Student Refugee Program yields the Alumni Advisory Team, which engages in refugee programs and solutions
WUSC’s Student Refugee Program (SRP) transforms the lives of many — especially formerly sponsored students. After their studies, formerly sponsored students (or SRP alumni as they are known) have gone on to do many diverse things in Canada and globally. These range from ordinary — working and supporting a family — to extraordinary — playing…
| Success Stories | Canada, Durable Solutions for Refugees, Education, Student Refugee Program
Putting gender equality at the heart of education in emergencies
Introducing the new INEE Guidance Note on Gender by Nora Fyles & Dean Brooks This blog post was originally published by the Global Partnership for Education. As civil war engulfed her home country Somalia, eight-year-old Fatuma fled with her family to Dadaab, Kenya, site of one of the world’s largest refugee camps. With the support…
| Resources | Canada, Durable Solutions for Refugees, Education, Guidance Note, KEEP, Kenya, Student Refugee Program
Welcoming the 2,000th refugee to Canada through the Student Refugee Program
Every August, for the last four decades, WUSC community members have gathered at airports across the country. Together, with banners and smiles, they welcome newly arriving SRP students. This year, 123 students arrived to start their new lives in Canada, where they will be empowered to continue their post-secondary studies in safe and supportive environments.…
| Success Stories | Canada, Durable Solutions for Refugees, Education, Student Refugee Program
Call for Proposals – WUSC and CECI International Forum 2020
For more information about the WUSC and CECI International Forum, please visit: internationalforum.ca. WUSC and CECI are launching a call for submissions for inspiring talks and collaborative workshops to be held on Friday, January 24, 2020, as part of the 2020 International Forum. Please note that this call is open to individuals and organizations alike.…
| News | Canada
