Thank you Alina, of the Polish Academy of Canada, for once again inviting us to meet with Polish high school students visiting Canada for an intensive cross-country leadership program!
For nine years, we’ve met 2 or 3 times each year with the visiting Polish students to discuss such topics as immigration and citizenship in Canada, Canadian education systems, and the intertwined roles of leadership and global citizenship.
Since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in early 2022, we have incorporated into our workshops discussion of the changes in Europe, in the world and, particularly, in Poland.
According to the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), Poland is sheltering nearly 1 million Ukrainians, mostly women and children. Every one of the students that we’ve met since 2022 knows a Ukrainian in Poland. A classmate at their school, a neighbour, or someone working with their parents or in their community.
Each session ends with postcard-writing to Defenders. The student messages typically reflect heartwarming bonds shared between friends and neighbours who are, in many ways, cultural brothers and sisters.
Thank you, Alina, for introducing to us another group of future leaders keen to explore their potential roles and responsibilities in our global community!
Please tell others about this project.
Ask family and friends to write cards. Involve your children and grandchildren. Defenders especially appreciate postcards with drawings from children.
Not sure how to get started? Check our “How to” page, and our Ukrainian phrases page. Maybe you want to organize a group of family, friends or others to write postcards? We have a page with suggestions about How to Run a Postcard-Writing Workshop.
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