Durable Solutions for Refugees
WUSC partners with Peace by Chocolate to help create more opportunities for refugees in Canada
Increasing access to quality opportunities for young refugees to learn, work, and lead is core to our vision of a better world for all youth and is a cornerstone of our programming around the world. In Kenya, we improve learning outcomes for girls in refugee and host communities with the support of UK Aid and Global…
News | Canada, Durable Solutions for Refugees, Student Refugee Program
|“So What If an Organization Shuts down In A Year?” Five Key Insights From This Year’s WUSC International Forum
Author Neha Chollangi This year’s International Forum dove into the “common purposes and shared futures” of social movements and global development leaders WHY IT MATTERS? Many communities in need are fighting multiple battles including the pandemic, climate change, and social justice issues. While local and international groups are pushing for change, intersectional and sustainable efforts are…
Development Perspectives | Durable Solutions for Refugees, Education
|Time to Act: How to be an Ally to Young Refugees
Roundtable Report Highlights (read full report here). Spanish and Arabic to follow. It is essential to include those who will be impacted (“nothing about us without us”) in developing policies and programs that affect them. Refugees have for too long been left out of processes and decisions that impact their lives and communities. This is…
Resources | Durable Solutions for Refugees, Report
|Reflections from young refugee leaders: Key takeaways from our global discussion on refugee leadership
On November 17, WUSC co-hosted an exciting Roundtable Discussion: State of Play on Refugee Leadership: Young Refugee Leaders in Conversation with Allies. The global virtual event, organized with the Global Refugee Youth Network (GRYN), brought young refugee leaders from around the world, together with international practitioners, including representatives of governments, NGOs, multilateral organizations, academia, and…
Development Perspectives | Durable Solutions for Refugees, Youth
|Roundtable : State of Play on Refugee Leadership: Young Refugee Leaders in Conversation with Allies
Event Description WUSC and the Global Refugee Youth Network (GRYN) are pleased to invite you to our virtual Roundtable Discussion, State of Play on Refugee Leadership: Young Refugee Leaders in Conversation with Allies. The virtual event will take stock of the state of refugee youth leadership globally and explore key trends, existing partnerships, best practices…
Events, News | Canada, Durable Solutions for Refugees
|WUSC partners with Camosun and Canadian workplaces to welcome nine refugee youth from Kenya to British Columbia through HIRES
CANADA (Nov. 9, 2021) – This fall, WUSC and Camosun College welcomed nine refugee youth from Kenya to British Columbia, Canada through HIRES, a unique new employment-linked sponsorship pathway in collaboration with Tofino’s hospitality sector. Participants will complete a two-month hospitality management education program at Camosun College in Victoria before joining their new workplaces and…
News, Press Releases | Canada, Durable Solutions for Refugees, HIRES
|Stepping Up To Support Young Afghans
Join us online on October 26 from 12:30pm to 1:30pm EDT to hear more about how we can all make a difference in the lives of displaced youth.
Events | Durable Solutions for Refugees
|Virtual series: Expanding Durable Solutions for Refugee Youth through Higher Education
From October to December, the Global Task Force on Third Country Education Pathways (GTF) is organizing a series of virtual sessions on supporting higher education pathways for refugee youth. WUSC is Chair and host of the Secretariat of the network. Participants are invited to join the new Global Community of Practice. The aim of the…
Events | Durable Solutions for Refugees, Education
|WUSC Celebrates 2021 Fall Arrivals
Every year in August and September, members from the WUSC community across the country prepare to welcome a new cohort of refugee youth to Canada. Through our various sponsorship programs, these youth are given the opportunity to continue their studies at Canadian universities, colleges, and CEGEPs, and now expanded to Canadian workplaces. In total, WUSC…
Success Stories | Durable Solutions for Refugees, Economic Opportunities, Education, HIRES, Refugee Athlete Stream, Student Refugee Program
|How Jacob Pursued his Dreams Through the WUSC Student Refugee Program
Jacob has always been passionate about his studies. While growing up in a refugee camp in Uganda, he devoted a lot of time to studying to achieve his dream: to win a scholarship to study aerospace engineering at a university. He did well on the final exams to get his high school diploma, with an…