Mohammad A. graduated from a top-rated university in Jordan in 2013 with an ICT (computer science) degree. After a year searching for a job, he was hired by a regional telco for 300 JD ($500) per month. Even though the job was in the call center, he considered himself lucky. Of the 6,000 ICT graduates […]

  Being a refugee is not a label that one would wish to have. Despite the 44 years that have gone by and the acquisition of Canadian citizenship, I never forget that I am indeed, a refugee. Today we recognise World Refugee Day. But for more than 65 million refugees — over half of whom […]

  June 20 marks World Refugee Day, a day when we recognize the tragic impact that war, persecution, conflicts, and natural disasters have had on millions – causing them to flee their homes. Today, nearly half of the world’s refugees are children and some of the most vulnerable are the more than three million Syrian children who have […]

We live in a world where we have a greater sense of interconnectedness than ever before due to access to social networks, the ever-present media and the larger awareness of the events that are happening in remote areas of the earth where we did not have access previously. Due to this inflow of information, we […]

  As a country, the size of problems within India often mars our perspective on issues that are changing global dynamics. This dawned on me after spending two weeks in Greece learning about the global forced migration and refugee crisis as a part of the WISE’s Learner’s Voice Program. They were the two most intense […]

Social change is a nebulous and frightening topic. What is it exactly? Who is in charge of deciding the objectives for change? How is social change measured? Does society need to change? What role do educators play in determining what exact change should and will take place in our classrooms and in the world? None […]

Editor’s note: This article is part of a series on how to combat inequalities in participation in higher education. The scale of the challenges where extending access to higher education is concerned looks overwhelming. In sub-Saharan Africa for example, the current higher education enrolment ratio for is 8% but the goal is to increase participation to […]

  Mahmoud faced the sea again. It was only 3 months after he arrived to the island of Lesvos in Greece, near the border with Turkey. “We were 60 people on a boat, we were on the sea for 4 hours and the engine came to an abrupt halt. We thought that was the end […]