Monday, Oct. 16
Panel: How are we doing? Refugee Private Sponsorship in Canada
VENUE: Global Lounge, UBC
TIME: 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Light dinner offered.

Panelists will talk about the current private sponsorship program, the work of the Sponsorship Agreement Holder Council, Canadian Council for Refugees and the international attention that the program is receiving. The panel will also highlight the WUSC program to sponsor refugee students and the Journey Home Community Association’s program to sponsor refugee claimants.

This session is open to students, faculty, volunteers, people who arrived as refugees, claimants and immigrants, settlement sector providers, and anyone interested in the private sponsorship of refugees.
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This event is part of After the Flight: Community-University Refugee & Migration Symposium hosted by AMSSA, MOSAIC, ISSofBC, Vancouver Association for Survivors of Torture (VAST), the Vancouver Immigration Partnership, UBC Community Engagement, UBC Liu Institute for Global Issues and the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, UBC International Student Development, the UBC Graduate Student Migration Network, and the UBC Equity and Inclusion Office.

Find more details on symposium events between October 11 – October 19, 2017 here.

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