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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…
| News | Fall Arrivals, HIRES, Hospitality Industry Refugee Employment, RAS, Refugee Athlete Stream, SRP, 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…
| News | SRP, SRP Summer Appeal, Student Refugee Program
The Student Refugee Program celebrates the class of 2021
Unusual, challenging, and isolating are all words that can be used to describe the 2020-2021 academic school year. The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected the lives of people around the world, particularly students. Universities, colleges, and CEGEPs across Canada and around the world have shifted to online learning. Resilience is another word that comes to…
| News | 2021, Graduating Class, Graduation, SRP, Student Refugees Program
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…
