University of Ottawa Refugee Hub-Pathways International Fellowships 2025 for Refugee Leaders – YOA

Deadline: July 11, 2025

Applications are open for the uOttawa Refugee Hub-Pathways International Fellowships 2025 for Refugee Leaders. The uOttawa Refugee Hub-Pathways International Fellowships for Refugee Leaders provide a novel OPPORTUNITY for people with lived expertise of pressured displacement to speed up their skilled development whereas contributing to options for displaced individuals and a more practical international system.

As part of the uOttawa Refugee Hub-Pathways International crew, fellows will actively contribute to the work on international pathways, constructing on their very own experience by way of publicity to uOttawa Refugee Hub-Pathways International’s agile and entrepreneurial method to pathways design and techniques change. This will embrace studying about and contributing to 1 of our international initiatives or workstreams targeted on rising pathways to safety for refugees and migrants.

Both fellows can even be integrally concerned within the broad dissemination of the Toolkit for Mentorship of Refugee Leaders, which will likely be shared with educational establishments, NGOs, companies, and different organizations. 

Benefits

Each fellow will:

• Commit 20 hours/month to this system for 12 months.
• Receive devoted mentorship from a senior member of the uOttawa Refugee Hub-Pathways International crew, and have interaction with our intensive international community of leaders within the area.
• Have a tailor-made growth plan based mostly on their pursuits, abilities, and expertise, co-developed with their assigned mentor.
• Receive a $20,000 stipend and $5,000 in skilled growth funds to help actions of their tailor-made growth plan.
• Serve as a member of the Refugee Advisory Board for uOttawa Refugee Hub-Pathways International’s flagship capability constructing undertaking in Latin America.

Eligibility

• Applicants will need to have lived expertise of pressured displacement.
• Demonstrated potential for social entrepreneurship and excessive-affect management.
• Proven management in a Refugee-Led Organization (RLO), a Refugee Advisory Group, or in a displacement-targeted initative, clearly outlined contributions.
• A monitor file of impacting coverage, applications, or practices associated to refugees.
• Proficiency in English; information of different languages is an asset.

Other abilities they’re trying for:

• Ability to work collaboratively with various groups and companions.
• Effective written and verbal communication abilities.
• Willingness to journey for program-associated actions.
• Strong analytical and downside-fixing abilities.
• Experience in occasion administration or stakeholder engagement is welcome.
• Familiarity with the worldwide refugee safety system is taken into account a power.
• An enquiring, modern, and entrepreneurial mindset is inspired.

Application

• Submit your CV.
• Provide a 2-3 minute video responding to the next query:
  • What private experiences have formed your journey as a refugee chief, and the way will taking part on this fellowship assist you make a long-lasting affect on refugee communities?
  • Send your video to [email protected]

For extra data, go to uOttawa Refugee Hub-Pathways International Fellowships.