Lana Gonzalez, PhD student in Global Governance

Lana’s project on community building of migrant and refugee women led her to travel to Porto, Portugal. Lana is currently gathering data on how displaced women find social inclusion in their resettlement in Portugal, exploring aspects such as challenges, strategies, and successes. To do this, she is interviewing migrants, refugees, and those on the ground supporting them. Follow-up interviews will be conducted by the end of the trip.

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Graduate Student International Experience award funds are available to University of Waterloo graduate students who participate in:

• an academic exchange
• a study term abroad related to research or an academic requirement
• work, or volunteer experience in another country.