Account run by the Refugee Education Council, supported by the Government of Canada
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We’re proud to launch something we’ve been working on together: 📘 “Learning in Crisis, Leading for Peace” – A Refugee Education Call to Action!
We’re also excited to share something new with it:
🖇️Visit refugeeeducationcouncil.ca to read the full Call to Action and learn more.
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Stay tuned for Digital Human Library by REC “Stories that Stay”, launching on June 20🤗
@CanadaDev @EduCannotWait @Refugees @EiEGenevaHub @INEEtweets @GlobalEdCluster
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Join two REC members and other youth in this important webinar ahead of #WorldRefugeeDay. Thank you @Education2030UN and SDG 4 Youth & Student Network for organizing this event.
@CanadaDev @EduCannotWait @Refugees
What does meaningful education look like for refugee youth? 🌍📚 Ahead of #WorldRefugeeDay, join this youth-led webinar by the SDG 4 Youth & Student Network. From access gaps to digital exclusion, let’s rethink what needs to change and hear directly from youth leaders.
👉 Learn more and register: unesco.org/sdg4education2030…
#LeadingSDG4Youth
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What does meaningful education look like for refugee youth? Ahead of #WorldRefugeeDay, join youth-led webinar where two REC members will be featured as speakers and sharing their lived experiences.
@CanadaDev @Education2030UN @EduCannotWait
Register: unesco.org/sdg4education2030…
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Some forms of knowledge are easy to measure.
Others are lived.
For refugee and displaced youth, education is not only about schools, classrooms, or enrollment rates. It is also about adaptation, identity, belonging, hope, and rebuilding a future.
@CanadaDev @EduCannotWait
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Yet these experiences are often missing from the conversations that shape policies, programmes, and public understanding.
@INEEtweets @UNICEFEducation @GlobalEdCluster @GPforEducation @Refugees @Education2030UN
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This World Refugee Day, we're launching something that places lived experience at the centre.
Coming June 20.
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The REC is participating @thewalrus Talks at Home: Education in Crisis event to discuss refugee education and the importance of youth voices in shaping education responses. @SaveChildrenCan @OxfamCanada @WarChildCan @CanadaDev @EduCannotWait
Join us: eventbrite.ca/e/the-walrus-t…
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End PERIOD STIGMA. Hear directly from our own Chairperson, Louange.
@CanadaDev @Refugees
Take it from Louange: No refugee girl or woman should have to hide her period out of fear or shame.
No girl or woman should.
Without privacy, protection and dignified menstrual hygiene support, stigma can translate into real danger.
End the stigma. Period. 🔴
#MHDay
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Refugee Education Council retweeted
May 27
From teachers working outside traditional classrooms to local educators drawing on community history and customs, how can we guarantee that refugee children have access to an education? Find out @SaveChildrenCan, @OxfamCanada, @RECforLearning and @WarChildCan present The Walrus Talks at Home: Education in Crisis. eventbrite.ca/e/the-walrus-t…
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Refugee Education Council retweeted
Despite education’s proven long term benefits, it remains underfunded.
Petra Heusser of @EiEGenevaHub explains how school closures, job losses, and reduced services are robbing children—especially refugees—of learning opportunities.
#FundEducation
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Join us for this important talk on June 17!
Register: eventbrite.ca/e/the-walrus-t…
@thewalrus @SaveChildrenCan @OxfamCanada @WarChildCan @CanadaDev @worldvisioncan
May 22
For children who are refugees, education is a vital lifeline. Leaders will share what it takes to deliver it at @SaveChildrenCan, @OxfamCanada, @RECforLearning, and @WarChildCan present The Walrus Talks at Home: Education in Crisis.
Online on June 17. Join us eventbrite.ca/e/the-walrus-t…
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Education is more than learning — for refugee and migrant youth, it is stability, protection, inclusion, and hope for the future 🌍
REC Communications Lead participated in the International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) in New York 🇺🇳 alongside partners.
@CanadaUN @CanadaDev
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We were also proud to see refugee youth voices represented during the UN side event: “Advancing Meaningful Migrant Participation: Nothing About Us, Without Us.”
Thank you to MYCP for the partnership and for creating space for youth voices in global conversations 🤍
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REC members joined the INEE Meet-ups in Toronto and Vancouver this month to engage with advocates, researchers, practitioners, and community leaders working to support crisis-affected and displaced learners 🌍🇨🇦
@CanadaDev @RightToPlayCAN @righttolearnorg @INEEtweets
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The discussions highlighted the importance of inclusive education, collaboration, and lived experience in shaping stronger Education in Emergencies (EiE) responses.
Thank you to @RightToPlayCAN and @righttolearnorg for organizing these meaningful conversations 🤍
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Refugee Education Council retweeted
📣@EduCannotWait warmly welcomes #Germany’s €100M commitment – a powerful and sustained investment in education for children affected by conflict and crisis.
As #ECW’s top donor, 🇩🇪is helping drive real impact, expanding access to quality education for girls and boys left furthest behind.
Thank you to @BMZ_Bund for stepping up at a critical moment and to @GlblCtzn & @JohnLegend for helping spotlight the urgent need to invest in #EiE.
At a time of rising needs, this pledge sends a clear message: education must remain a priority. Because when learning continues, so does #hope.
Just in — 🇩🇪 Germany's @BMZ_Bund appeared via video w/ @johnLegend to announce a pledge of €100M to @EduCannotWait— €20M a year from 2027 to 2031 — for children caught in conflict and crisis. This is what showing up for education looks like. Thank you! 📚 #GlobalCitizenNOW
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Our very own Chairperson at the REC! We are so proud of you Louange 👏👏
@CanadaDev @EduCannotWait @worldvisioncan @EiEGenevaHub @INEEtweets @GPforEducation @Refugees @GlobalEdCluster
Every semester during nursing school, Louange went back to the camp she grew up in.
She knew better than anyone what people there couldn't access. And she knew the skills she was building could start to change that.
Happy #InternationalNursesDay.
#NursesDay
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📢 Call for Stories
The REC is inviting refugee & displaced youth (18–29) to share their lived experiences for “Stories that Stay: Digital Human Library by REC”
Your story will help inform advocacy on #EducationInEmergencies, shape global conversations and be featured online.
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📅 Deadline: May 25
🎁 $50 CAD for top stories selected
🔗forms.gle/EKGboL7oRFE1Z3ATA
@CanadaDev @worldvisioncan @EduCannotWait @INEEtweets @EiEGenevaHub @GlobalEdCluster @GPforEducation @UNICEFEducation @UNESCO @Refugees
#StoriesThatStay #WorldRefugeeDay
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234 million children in crisis contexts need urgent access to quality education. This is why sustained and long-term investment in education in emergencies is more important than ever.
REC joined @CanadaDev & CIEPWG in Ottawa to welcome @EduCannotWait new Executive Director.
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We shared our youth-led Call to Action from 55 countries with @MaysaJalbout and welcome ECW focus on lived experience and localisation. The REC stands ready to support ECW's new strategic plan and replenishment.
#EducationCannotWait #EducationInEmergencies #InvestInEducation
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