SEPTEMBER

2016S M T W T F S

28 29 30 31 1 2 3

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15 16 17

18 19 20 21 22 23 24

25 26 27 28 29 30 1

LEGEND Student Refugee Program Students Without Borders® International Seminar WUSC TrainingOne WorldShine A Light

DECEMBER

2016S M T W T F S

27 28 29 30 1 2 3

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15 16 17

18 19 20 21 22 23 24

25 26 27 28 29 30 31

STUDENT REFUGEE PROGRAM CHECKLIST

SRP student completes Mid-Sponsorship Evaluation

Confirm student’s holiday plans

Ensure students are registered for Winter courses

Update activities and events on mycommittee.wusc.ca

OCTOBER

2016S M T W T F S

25 26 27 28 29 30 1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15

16 17 18 19 20 21 22

23/30 24/31 25 26 27 28 29

STUDENT REFUGEE PROGRAM CHECKLIST

Thanksgiving: Opportunity to share Canadian culture with SRP students

Check-in on academics: Deadline to drop courses

Ensure SRP students have weather appropriate clothing

FEBRUARY

2017S M T W T F S

29 30 31 1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8 9 10 11

12 13 14 15 16 17 18

19 20 21 22 23 24 25

26 27 28 1 2 3 4

STUDENT REFUGEE PROGRAM CHECKLIST

Confirm SRP student’s plans for Reading Week

Confirm status of travel loan

APRIL

2017S M T W T F S

26 27 28 29 30 31 1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15

16 17 18 19 20 21 22

23/30 24 25 26 27 28 29

STUDENT REFUGEE PROGRAM CHECKLIST

Confirm summer employment & housing

Help complete income tax return

Help apply for student loan Complete & submit immigration forms for 2017 student

MARCH

2017S M T W T F S

26 27 28 1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8 9 10 11

12 13 14 15 16 17 18

19 20 21 22 23 24 25

26 27 28 29 30 31 1

STUDENT REFUGEE PROGRAM CHECKLIST

Assist SRP student find a summer job

Review budget for summer and modify if necessary

Easter: Confirm holiday weekend plans for SRP student

Review 2017 candidate dossiers Transfer of knowledge and responsibilities to new members

JANUARY

2017S M T W T F S

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

15 16 17 18 19 20 21

22 23 24 25 26 27 28

29 30 31 1 2 3 4

STUDENT REFUGEE PROGRAM CHECKLIST

Review budget with SRP student

Confirm course selection for second semester

Update and register new members on mycommittee.wusc.ca

Attend SRP National Training at Forum in Montreal

NOVEMBER

2016S M T W T F S

30 31 1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16 17 18 19

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

27 28 29 30 1 2 3

STUDENT REFUGEE PROGRAM CHECKLIST

Check-in about reception of the SRP student’s Permanent Residency (PR) card

Intent to Sponsor forms due November 27th

STUDENT REFUGEE PROGRAM CHECKLIST

Confirm class registration Deliver orientation Review SRP budget

Discuss cross-cultural communication Register all members and emails on mycommittee.wusc.ca

WUSC Local Committees are active on more than 85 college, CEGEP, and university campuses across Canada and West Africa, comprising

the largest network of student groups of its kind in Canada.

EDUCATION CHANGES THE WORLD!

wusc.ca

Toronto Regional Meeting

MY COMMITTEE DEADLINE: Activity & Member sign up

International Day of Girl Child

World Teacher’s Day

Walk or cycle for the SRP!

DEADLINE Apply for SWB placements

Halifax & Winnipeg Regional Meetings

Quebec Regional MeetingWorld Car Free Day

#Uniterra #OneWorld

International Literacy Day

SRP ‘THANK YOU’ BLITZGET CREATIVE & THANK YOUR CAMPUS FOR THEIR SUPPORT!

REPORT OUR LOCAL COMMITTEE’S ACTIVITIES ON MY COMMITTEE!

GOOD LUCK TO ALL LOCAL COMMITTEES HOLDING SRP REFERENDUMS

HAVE A THANK YOU SOCIAL FOR YOUR MEMBERS!

NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEKValentine’s Day

International Women’s Day

Daylight Savings Begins

Refugee Rights Day World Health Day

Earth Day

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

DEADLINE Apply for SWB May 2017 placements

Submit contribution fund for Fall 2017 sponsorships

International Forum First Early Bird Deadline

International Forum Second Early Bird Deadline

RECRUIT & TRAIN NEW MEMBERS!#WUSCLEADERS

SRP AWARENESS MONTH#SRPCHANGESLIVES

RECRUIT & TRAIN NEW MEMBERS!#WUSCLEADERS

SIGN UP FOR THE INTERNATIONAL FORUMAND APPLY FOR WUSC TRAVEL SUBSIDIES!

SIGN UP FOR THE INTERNATIONAL FORUM

Daylight Saving EndsInternational Volunteer Day Human Rights Day

MY COMMITEE DEADLINE: Report your activities and events

DEADLINE Submit Intent to Sponsor forms

World AIDS Day

World Food Day

#OneWorld #EthicalFoodie

JOURNÉES QUÉBÉCOISES DE LA SOLIDARITÉ INTERNATIONALE (JQSI) PLAN UNITERRA SYMPOSIA #UNITERRA #ONEWORLD

SHINE A LIGHT WEEK. MOBILIZE YOUR CAMPUS ON REFUGEE GIRLS’ EDUCATION #SHINEALIGHT INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT WEEK PROMOTE ETHICAL CONSUMPTION & PLAN UNITERRA SYMPOSIA #UNITERRA #ONEWORLD

International Forum in Montreal

MY COMMITEE DEADLINE: Report your activities and events

VOTE ‘YES’!

Don’t forget!Meet/Skype your WUSC Regional Liaison Officer!Send thank you to

SRP supportersStart connecting with media

Don’t forget!

Hold group training

for members!

Plan the year

ahead!

Contact Regional

Liaison Officer for

meeting.

Don’t forget!Sign up for the International

Forum and apply for WUSC travel

subsidies!

Don’t forget!

My Committee:

Complete your

annual Activity

Report to secure

next year’s Catalyst

Fund of $250.

Don’t forget!Update any changes

to primary/summer

contacts so WUSC can

reach you.

Decide who your LC

will send to Leadership

Meeting in August

Don’t forget!

Report activities

online to secure

next year’s Catalyst

Fund of $250!

Thank all members

for a great session

Relax! :-)

International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

MY COMMITEE DEADLINE: Apply for WUSC Catalyst Fund ($250)

WUSC LOCAL COMMITTEEC A M P U S C A L E N D A R

MY COMMITTEE DEADLINE: Apply for Uniterra Symposia funding (up to $500)

DEADLINEApply for Forum Travel Subsidies

International Day of Tolerance

DEADLINEApply to the Summer International Seminar!

DEADLINESubmit seminar candidates to head office

TAKE PART

IN THE

#SRPCHALLENGE!

HOLD AN INFOBOOTH FOR SRP AWARENESS MONTH

LC Leadership & SRP National Training

GREAT MONTH

FOR FIRST

#UNITERRA #ONEWORLD

ACTIVITY ON

CAMPUS!HAPPY ETHICAL HOLIDAYS!

THINK ABOUT THE TRANSITION OF SRP STUDENTS: JOB, ALLOWANCES, MOVING, ETC.

@WUSCcampus | wusc.ca

#Uniterra #OneWorld

#Uniterra #OneWorld

#Uniterra #OneWorld

Fairtrade Halloween

May Support transition if 2016 SRP student(s) is/are moving off campus for summer

May Begin the official admission and registration process for the 2017 SRP student(s)

June World Refugee Day (20th)

June Confirm the 2017 SRP student(s)’ accommodations

June Register for the Leadership Meeting

July Prepare for the arrival of the 2017 SRP student(s)

August Attend/follow Leadership Meeting 2017

August Welcome the new SRP students

SUMMERSRP CHECKLIST

UNITERRA SYMPOSIA SERIES CONSUMING ETHICALLY FOR WORLD SYSTEMS THAT WORK BETTER FOR PEOPLE & THE PLANET

Ethical consumption is critical in a world struggling to sustain its population and an environment unable to cope with our current consumption behaviors. Though we are members of a global economy and international market systems, we often do not think about how our consumption choices are connected to the world’s most vulnerable populations. Let’s change this for our #OneWorld.

BRINGING THE REST OF CANADA INTO THE DISCUSSION

Bring together international development experts, young entrepreneurs, leaders, and local organizations to discuss the diverse perspectives on what it means to consume ethically now and for the future. Dig deep into the role of youth and the range of approaches to stimulate ethical consumption. Encourage consumers in Canada to think critically about their choices and even produce some recommendations informed by your discussion.

ONE WORLDOur world faces increasingly urgent and interconnected challenges that affect us all through our environment and economies, and the most vulnerable are disproportionately affected. As consumers in one of the world’s largest economies, we are in a unique position to drive global change through our individual and collective consumption choices. What a chance to improve our #OneWorld.

PUTTING OUR PURCHASING POWER TO GOOD USE

WUSC Local Committees have taken inspiring initiative to promote ethical consumption choices in their communities and on their campuses for nearly a decade. It’s time to take it to the next level! While remembering that every consumption choice we make in Canada can improve the lives of others and the state of our environment, let’s engage academic and business experts from here and abroad, youth leaders and Uniterra volunteers and partners to examine what it means to consume ethically.

ACT NOW!

• Organize a panel on girls’ worldwide access to education.

• Hold a signature coffee house, dinner-event, or trivia night.

• Get creative: Lead a glow-in-the dark Zumbathon, yoga

or flashmob.

• Host our “In this together!” former refugee girl letter exhibit to focus on young women’s leadership.

• Partner with like-minded organizations or light-themed

events!

MAKE IT HAPPEN! RESOURCES (wusc.ca)

• Shine a Light info-sheet.• Download and feature our “In this together” Former

refugee girl letter exhibit.• Download and screen our “Camp to Campus”

SRP story-album to provide

context at your event.

• Distribute ‘Education

changes the world’

pencils at your

event.

PROMOTE OR BECOME AN SWB VOLUNTEER!

• Check for available placements on

uniterra.ca/en/volunteering/student-volunteering.

• Put up Uniterra Volunteer Overseas posters on your

campus and at your international office.

• Ask a returned volunteer to share their experiences at an

info-session and recruit new members!

• Talk about Uniterra overseas opportunities on your

campus: Have a booth at your campus’ clubs fair,

promote the program at your Uniterra Symposium,

organize a radio interview with your campus radio.

uniterra.ca/en/volunteering/student-volunteering

GET INVOLVED!

Help us recruit the best participants on your campus by using the Seminar Guide & Interview Toolkit:

• Submit your own application to participate in the

Seminar!

• Place Seminar posters around your campus and at

various departments this Fall!

• Promote Seminar recruitment on your social media

platforms (Instagram too!).

• Have info at your WUSC kiosk and recruit new

members looking for overseas experience!

uniterra.ca/en/volunteering /international-seminar

ACT NOW!

• Host a critical panel on ethical consumption with

academics, business people, Uniterra volunteers, etc.

• Skype in an overseas Uniterra volunteer or LC members in

West Africa for a unique perspective.

• Host a Uniterra Photo Exhibit as part of your event.

ACT NOW!

• Organize a Uniterra Symposium to spark a vibrant critical

discussion on your campus.

• Encourage your community and student body to share

their #EthicalFoodie choices on social media!

• Advocate with your campus administration to improve/

create an Ethical Purchasing policy.

• Promote ethical holidays, like #Fairtrade Valentine’s

Day or Reverse Trick or Treat with ethical products at

Halloween.

RESOURCES (mycommitteewusc.ca)

• Reserve materials for your Uniterra Photo

Exhibit by contacting us; and

• Contact us to invite field staff or overseas

volunteers to join your panel.

RESOURCES (wusc.ca)

• Read the related info-sheet;

• Participate in our Fall webinar to learn and get inspired; and

• Contact us to invite field staff or overseas volunteers to

participate in your next event for a fresh perspective.

srp.wusc.ca

Girls in refugee camps are expected to help with domestic chores and sibling care, limiting their opportunity to go to school. Most of them don’t get to finish primary school, let alone high school. In many secondary school classrooms, boys outnumber girls 4:1.

PUT A SPOTLIGHT ON GIRLS’ ACCESS TO EDUCATION AND YOUNG WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP.

Help us raise funds so we can continue with our goal of supporting refugee girls’ education, while talking about the obstacles girls around the world face in pursuing school. With your support, young girls in refugee camps can continue to study and gain the self-confidence they need to succeed!

STUDENTS WITHOUT BORDERS®

Students Without Borders® offers Canadians studying or recently graduated from Canadian universities, CEGEPs, and colleges the opportunity to volunteer overseas and contribute to sustainable development projects with partner organizations across Africa, Asia, and the Americas.

SWB volunteers are provided with a tangible learning experience as they support organizations in developing countries. Qualified students work overseas for 3 to 12 months where they can apply theoretical concepts to real work environments.

Apply for Winter 2017 placements before Sept 25, 2016Apply for Summer 2017 placements before Jan 29, 2017

INTERNATIONAL SEMINARConnecting youth across regions of the world to collaborate on an impact-driven research project linked to the work of local organizations in Africa, Latin America or Asia, the Uniterra International Seminar is an incredible overseas volunteer opportunity. For 65+ years, it has offered Canadian students and young professionals a cross-cultural learning opportunity, and contributed to valuable applied research.

HOW CAN TOURISM CONTRIBUTE TO MORE SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES AND AN INCLUSIVE ECONOMY?

The Summer 2017 International Seminar will be held in Bolivia! Together, student-leaders from Canada and Bolivia will explore the ways in which tourism can influence the sustainable and inclusive development of the economy and communities. Participants will work with actors like local businesses, organizations, government and academic institutions as they reflect on the intersection of these areas, and the ways in which they foster the development.

ACT NOW!

• Raise awareness about forced migration.

• Ride for Refuge on Oct 1 and raise funds for the SRP

national campaign.

• Organize a “Thank you for supporting the SRP!” event.

• Take part in our national #SRPchallenge in January!

RESOURCES (wusc.ca)

• Check out the SRP & Referendum guides;

• Use the Raising Awareness tip sheet;

• Host an exhibit with WUSC’s ‘Camp to Campus’ photo series;

• Use WUSC’s media cheat-sheet to engage the media; and

• Watch our instructional videos on the WUSC YouTube channel

Since 1978, WUSC Local Committees have sponsored student refugees to resettle in Canada and pursue their higher education at safe and supportive Canadian universities, CEGEPs, and colleges. WUSC is the only organization in the world that combines resettlement with post-secondary education. This unique sponsorship model includes vital social, academic, and financial support for at least 12 months upon arrival in Canada.

FROM CAMP TO CAMPUS, THE #SRPCHANGESLIVES

The SRP changes lives of refugee youth and students involved in this unique youth-to-youth sponsorship program. The program also offers students in Canada a chance to learn about issues such as forced migration and develop valuable cross-cultural and leadership skills as they support these newcomer students to their campus. To this end, WUSC provides training and support to Local Committees, facilitates overseas selection, and prepares SRP students for immigration.

THE CAMPUS ENGAGEMENT TEAM IS HERE FOR YOU!We are an energetic and skilled team that supports WUSC Local Committees all year from Ottawa! If you have any questions, concerns, or ideas, we are here to help you.

Get in touch with our WUSC Regional Liaison Officers

• Western Canada and Prairies: campuswest@wusc.ca• Ontario: campusontario@wusc.ca• Atlantic Canada and Quebec: campuseast@wusc.ca

General email: campus@wusc.ca

RESOURCES TO MULTIPLY YOUR IMPACT!

SRP GUIDE Everything you need to know about sponsoring and supporting an SRP student on your campus.

CAMPUS CONNECTIONS EMAIL Sign-up on MyCommittee to receive our special campus emails! Stay up to date with what our network is up to and get campaign updates! Our emails feature key dates, information for upcoming trainings, success stories and tips for your Local Committee.

BEST PRACTICE GUIDE Get inspired! This guide is full of ideas to help you build a strong committee, organize attention-grabbing activities, and increase your impact on campus!

SRP TRAINING VIDEOS Seven special SRP training videos created by Local Committees for Local Committees are available online! Get tips to better support SRP students and trainings for your new members.

Consult our resource page to download our Local Committee & SRP guides, posters, and other helpful resources to amplify your efforts.

wusc.ca/en/local-committees

Use it to:• Provide contact info of your

members to ensure they get our emails and support;

• Apply for funds;• Sign-up for campaigns;

Get your login details: campus@wusc.ca

MY COMMITTEE ONLINE PLATFORM mycommittee.wusc.ca

shinealight.wusc.ca uniterra.ca

Report your activities

& access

$250 in Catalyst

Funds!

Apply for up to $500 for your Uniterra Symposium before OCT 30!

Uniterra volunteers in Bolivia SRP student arrival

OVER

800 STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN

OVERSEAS WORK

FROM

55+ CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES, CEGEPS AND COLLEGES

OVER

1600 STUDENTS

FROM

39+ COUNTIRES OF ORIGIN

RESETTLED AT

100+ INSTITUTIONS

Days of actionMay 14 World Fair Trade DayJune 20 World Refugee DayJuly 15 World Youth Skills DayAugust 12 International Youth Day

August 19 World Humanitarian Day

Back to

schoolThe Uniterra program receives funding from the Government of Canada, provided through Global Affairs Canada

The Uniterra program, carried out by CECI and WUSC , allows Canadians to make a lasting commitment to increasing the economic power of women and youth in 15 countries.

OVERSEAS OPPORTUNITIES