Laura travelled to Guatemala as a Human Rights Co-operant volunteer with Breaking the Silence Maritimes. She supported the Rabinal Legal Clinic, a group working on a case representing 36 Indigenous women who experienced sexual violence during the genocide. Laura gained experience in an area that she has been studying: post-genocidal political systems and society.
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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.