This year marks the sixth year that the student-led Refugee Awareness Week at York University’s Keele Campus will take place. Refugee Awareness Week will take place Jan. 28 to Feb. 1 and will feature keynote talks, a film screening and refugee advocacy training with leading experts in refugee and human rights.
The coalition of participating groups includes Amnesty International at York, the Centre for Refugee Studies (CRS) and its Syria Response & Refugee Initiative (SRRI), Islamic Relief at York University, RefugeAid, the Student Council of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (SCOLAPS), UNICEF at York and the World University Services of Canada (WUSC) Keele Campus committee.