Refugee Stories at World Affair Colloquium, Friday 26-Feb-2010
February 23, 2010 by TrentWUSC-IT · Leave a Comment
On Friday, February 26th, the World Affairs Colloquium will be hosting a talk about Refugee Stories and WUSC‘s Student Refugee Programme. Among the speakers are McAnthony Keah, author of “Growing Up Naked”, who will be sharing the stories that inspired his book, and Michelle Manks, the current Programme Officer for the SRP in WUSC Ottawa. Come join us in discussion at the LEC Pit (3:00pm on Friday) as we take this opportunity to learn more about the issues being faced by refugees.
Those Trent University students who supported us in January’s Levy Petition are especially invited to attend this talk. Invite your friends! The occasion promises to be quite informative and engaging.
Invitation to the CCR Fall Consultation in Toronto
October 23, 2008 by TrentWUSC-IT · Leave a Comment
Are you interested in learning more about refugee issues? Then read the following, which comes to us from WUSC in Ottawa:
Since it began in 1978, the Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR) has had a profound impact on refugee and immigrant rights in Canada. This year, the CCR is marking 30 years of building a home of justice for refugees and immigrants. Participate in the CCR Fall Consultation in Toronto from November 27-29 and join hundreds of refugee and immigrant rights advocates in sessions that cover a wide range of issues affecting refugee protection and newcomer settlement and integration.
Subsidies are available for youth participants who will be traveling to CCR Fall Consultation. Application forms and more information can be found on the Canadian Council for Refugees website.
World Refugee Day 2008
June 20, 2008 by TrentWUSC-IT · Leave a Comment
Under the theme of “Protecting Refugees: Rebuilding Lives in Safety and Dignity”, UNHCR, Citizenship and Immigration Canada and local aid organizations will come together to commemorate World Refugee Day today, June 20th, 2008.
World Refugee Day is celebrated around the world and is an occasion to extend encouragement, support and respect to refugees. In Canada, events are organized in several cities including Vancouver, Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal.
Find out about more locations across Canada where you can find World Refugee Day events:
Darfur discussion a great success!
March 16, 2007 by TrentWUSC-IT · Leave a Comment
On Monday, March 5th 2007 WUSC – Trent Local Committee hosted a special lecture in the Wenjack Theatre on the current genocide in the Darfur region in Sudan, Africa. Although the turn-out was small it nevertheless provided the most intimate setting for such an informative and tremendously awakening event.
First on the agenda was a presentation given by two WUSC representatives Kayembe Tshikele and Rocky Katunda. These presentations were immensely indulging and offered the audience an insight into the hardships and struggles of a refugee. Next was a talk given by Professor Tim Stapleton, one of Trent’s own professors from the History Department who highlighted the history of the Darfur from as early as the eighteenth century. To conclude, Professor Ismael Montana also of the Trent History Department, elaborated on the current war and genocide in Darfur, the source of the problem and he went as far as to offer some solutions.
One aspect that is sure to linger in the minds of the addressees is that it is not enough to make formal peace treaties but the major effort lies in making certain that these treaties are subsequently enforced.
All in all, the discussion was highly enlightening. The audience walked away with a widened scope of this ghastly issue.
- Nakita Ashanta Haynes