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Supporting Refugee Students Beyond the Syrian Scholars Initiative

Aki Takada displaced, Japanese language, Japanese language school, refugee, scholarship, SSI, student, students, Syrian Scholars Initiative September 21, 2022

JICUF has helped recruit seven Syrian students through the Syrian Scholars Initiative. This year marks the final year of student recruitment for SSI, and we will continue to support refugee and displaced students through other means, including funding the Japanese Language School Pathways program administered by the NPO Pathways Japan.

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JICUF Grantee Highlight: Mikiko Saigo – Teaching Japanese as a Foreign/Heritage Language in Canada

Luke Palermo Canada, grant, grants, Japanese, Japanese language, research, student, student travel, student travel fund December 18, 2018

Earlier this year, fourth year language education major Mikiko Saigo was awarded ¥188,000 via the JICUF Student Travel Fund to conduct her research project “Teaching Japanese as a Foreign/Heritage Language in Canada: Ethnography and Interviews to Reconsider the Approaches.” Mikiko traveled to Canada from June to September, and the JICUF grant covered her airfare.