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Une politique d’admission spéciale de Laurier accorde la priorité aux demandes provenant d’Afghanistan
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Traduit en français par Elizabeth Calcutt et Jannine Crepelca. L’Université Wilfrid Laurier aide les réfugiés afghans à obtenir l’admission directe grâce à une politique spéciale. Depuis que les Talibans ont pris le contrôle de l’Afghanistan en août, le gouvernement canadien a annoncé son engagement à réinstaller plus de 20 000 réfugiés afghans appartenant à des…
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Laurier’s Special Admission Policy prioritizes Afghanistan applications
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Wilfrid Laurier University is helping Afghan refugees obtain direct admission through a special policy. Since the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan in August, the Canadian government has announced its commitment to resettle over 20,000 Afghan refugees from high-risk groups. In response to Canada’s special immigration policy, WLU supports Afghan refugees who wish to continue their…
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Laurier and Waterloo-Kitchener region both doing their part to help incoming refugees
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Community-based organizations in Waterloo have started a fund to help incoming refugees settle in the region. The Immigration Partnership Fund was created after an influx of arrivals from Afghanistan and works to help groups in the community bolster the services they offer to refugees entering Canada. One of the joint founders of the fund, Immigration…
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Laurier’s International Migration Research Centre brings attention to immigration detention with Canadian film premiere
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On Sep. 19, Wilfrid Laurier University’s International Migration Research Centre (IMRC) will host the Canadian premiere of Chauka, Please Tell Us the Time, a documentary film which looks at life inside Australia’s Manus Island detention centre in Papua New Guinea. “We have a lot of people who work on both movement, mobility, migration and also…
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EPOCH aids refugees in K-W region
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Students and Alumni at the University of Waterloo have started a new social enterprise project called EPOCH and their goal is to provide relief and assistance to refugees in the Kitchener- Waterloo Region. The project was founded by Jade Choy, an accounting and finance alumni, Keith Choy, masters of accounting alumni and CPA candidate, and…
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Vanderbeek and Raines in the spotlight
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The Laurier women’s swimming contingent is on pace for a historic season. The team has already experienced a number of individual and relay successes and was recently ranked inside the U-Sports top ten for the first time since 2006. Leading the way for the purple and gold this season are a pair of star performers,…
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WUSC sets up mock refugee camp
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Wilfrid Laurier University’s chapter of World University Service of Canada (WUSC) held a refugee awareness event in the concourse on Dec. 5. The event included a “simulated refugee camp,” according to the club’s Facebook event and was inspired by a similar event held at Laurier’s Brantford campus last year. According to WUSC’s director of events,…
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