2017/18 LOCALCOMMITTEE C A M P U S C A L E N D A R

WUSC Local Committees are active on more than 80 college, CEGEP, and university campuses across Canada, comprising the largest network of student groups of its kind in Canada.

EDUCATION CHANGES THE WORLD!

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STUDENT REFUGEE PROGRAM CHECKLIST � Confirm class registration � Confirm monthly allowances (how, when, who’s in charge)

� Deliver orientation on campus and on your city

� Review the budget with SRP students � Review and sign the SRP Tripartite Agreement with SRP students

� Do the paperwork (SIN, PR card, Provincial health care)

STUDENT REFUGEE PROGRAM CHECKLIST � Review budget with SRP students � Confirm course selection for second semester

� Attend national SRP training and Forum in Ottawa

� Support SRP students’ participation in the post-arrival session for newly arrived SRP students at the International Forum

STUDENT REFUGEE PROGRAM CHECKLIST � Thanksgiving: opportunity to share Canadian culture with SRP students

� Check-in on academics: deadline to drop courses

� Connect SRP students with academic and financial advisors

� Ensure SRP students have weather appropriate clothing

STUDENT REFUGEE PROGRAM CHECKLIST � Confirm SRP student’s plans for reading week

� Confirm status of travel loan

STUDENT REFUGEE PROGRAM CHECKLIST � Check-in about reception of the SRP student’s Permanent Residency (PR) card

� Check SRP students’ interest in post-arrival session at the International Forum

� Check-in with SRP students about midterms and finals

STUDENT REFUGEE PROGRAM CHECKLIST � Assist SRP student to find a summer job. � Review budget for summer and modify if necessary

� Easter: Confirm holiday weekend plans for SRP students

� Provide support to SRP students to complete income tax return

� Send all SRP dossiers to admission for assessment

STUDENT REFUGEE PROGRAM CHECKLIST � SRP student completes mid-sponsorship evaluation

� Confirm student’s holiday plans � Confirm if residence and/or cafeteria is closed during holidays

� Confirm if the monthly allowance will be sufficient for holidays

� Ensure students are registered for winter courses

STUDENT REFUGEE PROGRAM CHECKLIST � Confirm summer employment & housing

� Support SRP students to apply for student loans

� Complete & submit immigration forms for 2018 students

� Confirm the primary and summer contacts with the SRP team

Student Refugee Program Uniterra Overseas Opportunities Key Dates WUSC TrainingUniterra One WorldShine A Light @WUSCcampus | wusc.ca

GREAT MONTH FOR FIRST

#UNITERRA #ONEWORLD ACTIVITY ON

CAMPUS!

International Literacy Day

International Day of the Girl Child

Daylight Saving Ends

Daylight Saving Ends

International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

International Women’s Day

Daylight Savings Begins

Halifax Regional Meeting

Vancouver Regional Meeting

LC Leadership & SRP National Training

Apply for May 2018 overseas opportunities

Submit contribution fund for Fall 2018 sponsorships

Montréal Regional Meeting

Toronto Regional Meeting

Walk or cycle for the SRP

World Car Free Day

Fairtrade Halloween

Valentine’s DayBe an ethical valentine

and organize a

spontaneous action!

World Food Day

#Uniterra #OneWorld

#Uniterra #OneWorld

#Uniterra #OneWorld

#Uniterra #OneWorld

SRP Roles & Responsibilities

Public Engagement: One step further

Holding a Successful Referendum

MY COMMITTEE Register for activities & member sign-up

Apply for January 2018 overseas opportunities

International Forum Apply for travel subsidies

Submit In tent to Sponsor forms

Refugee Rights Day

FAIR TRADE CAMPUS WEEKPROMOTE ETHICAL CONSUMPTION ON CAMPUS!

RECRUIT & TRAIN NEW MEMBERS!#WUSCLEADERS

RECRUIT & TRAIN NEW MEMBERS!#WUSCLEADERS

SRP AWARENESS MONTH#SRPCHANGESLIVES

GOOD LUCK TO ALL LOCAL COMMITTEES HOLDING SRP REFERENDUMS#SRPCHANGESLIVES

NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK

HAVE A THANK YOU SOCIAL FOR YOUR MEMBERS!

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

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

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

MY COMMITTEE Apply for WUSC Catalyst fund ($250)

Deadline

Intent to Sponsor form 101

Ethical ConsumptionInternational Forum Early Bird Deadline

International Day of Tolerance

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

World AIDS Day

International Volunteer Day

World Health Day

Human Rights Day

HAPPY ETHICAL HOLIDAYS!

#ONEWORLD START YOUR ETHICAL COUNTDOWN TO THE

NEW YEAR!MY COMMITTEE Report activities and events

International Forum in Ottawa

TAKE PART

IN THE

#SRPCHALLENGE!

HOLD AN INFOBOOTH FOR SRP AWARENESS MONTH

Ethical tourism: Travel Differently

Understanding the Placement Process

Webinar

SHINE A LIGHT WEEK!MOBILIZE YOUR CAMPUS ON REFUGEE GIRLS’ EDUCATION! #SHINEALIGHT

MY COMMITTEE Report activities and events

Earth Day

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

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!Report activities online to secure next year’s Catalyst Fund of $250!Thank all members for a great sessionRelax! :-)

It's not too late!

Sign up for the

International

ForumJanuary 19-20

in Ottawa

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!Complete your

annual Activity

Report to secure

next year’s Catalyst

Fund of $250

Reading week is a great opportunity to promote ethical tourism on your campus and raise

awareness to travel differently!

November 9-18Journées québécoises de la solidarité internationale (JQSI) Plan Uniterra Symposia or participate in one of the activities organized in your region! #JQSI #Uniterra #OneWorld

February 4-10

International

Development

Week Promote

ethical consumption

on campus! Plan

Uniterra Symposia!

#Uniterra #GlobalDev

#OneWorld

#Uniterra #OneWorld

srp.wusc.ca

ACT NOW!• Raise awareness about forced migration• Ride for Refuge on Sept 30 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!

ACT NOW!• Organize a panel on girls’ access to education

worldwide• Hold a signature coffee house, dinner-event, or

trivia night• Get creative: Lead a glow-in-the dark zumbathon,

yoga class, or flashmob• Partner with like-minded organizations!

ACT NOW!• Organize a Uniterra Symposium or event to spark

a vibrant critical discussion on your campus about ethical consumption habits and their impacts

• Encourage your community to take a first step and change at least one habit by sharing the impacts of this single change. Be creative and use consumption habits people are familiar with, such as Halloween, winter holidays or Valentine’s day! #OneWorld

• Advocate with your campus administration to create/improve their ethical consumption policy

PROMOTE UNITERRA OR BECOME A UNITERRA 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

ACT NOW!• Encourage consumers in Canada to think critically

about their choices! Organize a panel on the subject!

• Organize a trivia night or a contest on campus to test your community’s knowledge and raise awareness on ethical consumption

• Skype in a Uniterra local partner organisation member or an overseas volunteer to get a different perspective

• Brainstorm with your local committee and think outside the box to come up with an original idea to spark discussion on your campus!

RESOURCES (wusc.ca)• Check out the SRP & Referendum guides• Use the Raising Awareness Responsibility tip sheet• Host WUSC’s ‘Camp to Campus’ photo exhibit• Use WUSC’s media cheat-sheet to engage the

media• Watch our instructional videos on the WUSC

YouTube channel

RESOURCES (wusc.ca)• Check-out the Shine a Light public engagement

tip sheet• Display the “In this together!” letter exhibit to

highlight young women’s leadership

• Display WUSC's “Camp to Campus” photo series at your next event

RESOURCES (wusc.ca)• Read the One World tip sheet• Participate in our webinars to learn and get

inspired• Contact us to invite overseas volunteers, field staff

or Uniterra local partners to participate in your next event for a fresh perspective

RESOURCES (wusc.ca)• Refer to the Symposia info sheet and

Local Committee Best Practice Guide for ideas

• Contact us to invite overseas volunteers, field staff or Uniterra local partners to join your panels

Since 1978, WUSC Local Committees have sponsored student refugees to resettle in Canada! They arrive as permanent residents and pursue their higher education at safe and supportive Canadian universities, CEGEPs, and colleges. The SRP is the only program of its kind to combine 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.

#SRPCHANGESLIVESThe SRP changes lives of refugee youth and the students in Canada involved in this unique youth-to-youth sponsorship program. SRP students continue their education in Canada and students in Canada learn about forced migration and develop valuable leadership and cross-cultural skills as they support these newcomer students on their campus. WUSC provides training and support to Local Committees, facilitates overseas selection, and prepares SRP students for immigration.

Managing expectations of household work and family care, displaced and conflict-affected girls often miss classes or drop out of school altogether. Education is critical for a brighter future. It can enable girls and women to overcome the many barriers they face in their day-to-day lives. Let’s #ShineALight on refugee girls’ access to education and help them reach their full potential!

PUT A SPOTLIGHT ON GIRLS’ ACCESS TO EDUCATION AND YOUNG WOMEN’S LEADERSHIPLocal Committees help raise funds so we can continue with our goal of supporting displaced and conflict-affected girls to pursue quality education. LCs also play an important role in raising awareness about the obstacles girls around the world face in accessing education, and in advocating for girls to be admitted to their campus as SRP students.

ONE WORLD We live in an interconnected world, but not all of us are affected on the same level by increasingly urgent economic, social, political and environmental challenges our world faces. Generally, the most vulnerable portion of the population is disproportionately affected by these challenges, and we, as global citizens, do not always understand the impacts of our own individual consumption choices. As consumers in a global economy, we are in a unique position to drive global changes through our individual and collective choices!

PUT YOUR CONSUMPTION HABITS 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. While remembering that every individual consumption choice we make is important, let’s take it to the next level by engaging academic and business experts, youth leaders and partners to examine what it means to consume ethically, but also understand the glocal impacts of our choices!

OVERSEAS OPPORTUNITIES Uniterra overseas opportunities offer Canadians studying or recently graduated from Canadian universities, CEGEPs, and colleges the opportunity to volunteer overseas through the Uniterra program, and contribute to sustainable development projects with partner organizations across Africa, Asia, and the Americas.

Uniterra 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 2018 placements before: Sept 24, 2017Apply for Summer 2018 placements before: Jan 28, 2018

UNITERRA SYMPOSIA SERIES CONSUMING ETHICALLY: THE GLOBAL IMPACTS OF OUR CHOICESWe are all members of a global economy in the international market system, but we don’t always think about how our consumption choices are connected to the One World we live in as global citizens. Our actions and consumption choices can have a positive or negative impact on the most vulnerable people of our interconnected world without most of us even knowing about it.

BRINGING THE REST OF CANADA INTO THE DISCUSSIONWhat does ethical consumption mean? What are the actual impacts of our consumptions habits? What role can we play? Bring together international development or trade experts, young entrepreneurs, leaders and local organizations to discuss these questions and better understand the implications behind ethical consumption and its various approaches.

JOIN US IN OTTAWA JANUARY 19-21, 2018!

The International forum is an annual event organized by WUSC and CECI that gives you the opportunity to connect with over 600 students, academics, professionals, representatives of governments, civil society, and social movements to learn about and discuss current shifts in international cooperation. Together, we will explore their implications for inclusive global development.

Join us in Ottawa this January for two days of panels, workshops, discussion, and exchange. Our goal is to spur debate and search for innovations that transcend borders and boundaries.

WUSC’s Annual General Assembly is also held during this time, giving you the opportunity to learn about WUSC’s governance and even run for a position on our Board of Directors.

The Forum is not only an opportunity to learn about international development issues, but also for Local Committee members and SRP students to participate in important WUSC training sessions, like the national SRP training and consultation for SRP students! Also, we will announce the winners of the Local Committee of the Year award and Campus Awards.

Travel subsidies available! Apply on MyCommittee!

OVER

1700 STUDENTS

FROM

39+ COUNTIRES OF ORIGIN

RESETTLED AT

100+ INSTITUTIONS

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

Apply for up to $500 for your Uniterra Symposium on MyCommittee!

OVER

950 VOLUNTEERS PARTICIPATED

IN OVERSEAS WORK

INCLUDING STUDENTS FROM

55+ CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES, CEGEPS AND COLLEGES

Uniterra volunteers in Bolivia

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.

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

Report your activities

& access $250in Catalyst

Funds!

May Support transition if 2017 SRP students are moving off campus for summer

May Begin the official admission and registration process for the 2018 SRP students

June #WorldRefugeeDay (20th)

June Confirm the 2018 SRP students’ accommodations

June Register for the Leadership Meeting

July Prepare for the arrival of the 2018 SRP students

August Attend/follow Leadership Meeting 2018 #RLM2018

August Welcome the new SRP students!

SUMMERSRP CHECKLIST

Back to school

Days of actionMay 14 World #Fairtrade Day (Also Fairtrade month!)June 20 World Refugee DayJuly 15 World Youth Skills DayAugust 12 International Youth Day #WUSCleaders August 19 World Humanitarian Day

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 REMINDERS EMAILS 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 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 guides, posters, and other helpful resources to amplify your efforts.

wusc.ca/resources

SRP student arrival

Consume locally, explore

remotely and discover

ethically!

Summer is an opportunity to travel the world and live amazing experiences, but don’t forget to go off the beaten path.