{"id":365995,"date":"2023-01-18T14:54:20","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T19:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/?page_id=365995"},"modified":"2025-12-05T14:06:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T19:06:40","slug":"sanctuary-scholars","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/bridging-programs\/sanctuary-scholars\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanctuary Scholars\u2019 Bridging Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>The Sanctuary Scholars program offers an academic bridging course for students who hold precarious immigration status and who want to explore the possibility of university study while upgrading their critical thinking, reading, writing and speaking skills.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading text-uppercase h5\">Quick Links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list list-unstyled\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/programs\/undergraduate\/\">Undergraduate Programs<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/international\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">York International<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/futurestudents.yorku.ca\/transfer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transfer Students<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/futurestudents.yorku.ca\/requirements\/mature\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mature Students<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/programs\/graduate\/\">Graduate Programs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the Program<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For this program, the term \u2018precarious immigration status\u2019 is used to include students who are in the process of applying for permanent status in Canada through refugee claims, refugee appeals or judicial reviews, humanitarian and compassionate grounds applications, pre-removal risk assessments, or those who currently have no immigration status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading h5 text-uppercase text-primary\">Eligibility<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Course participants must be comfortable in both spoken and written English, since this course is not designed to be an ELL course.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading h5 text-uppercase text-primary\">Course Instructor<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The instructor has been carefully chosen to be sensitive both to the needs of the community and to the academic standards of university-level education. This program is subsidized by 快播视频 and has no cost for students.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading h5 text-uppercase text-primary\">Course Completetion<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A grade of 'B' or better offers admission to the Faculties of Liberal Arts &amp; Professional Studies and programs at Glendon campus, in addition to some programs in other Faculties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group grey-bg-block has-very-light-gray-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bridging Course<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading h5 text-uppercase text-primary\">Course Details<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bridging course runs for 13 weeks, with classes held once a week for two hours. The course, Critical Theories of Migration and Uprootedness, is based in the Sociology department and provides an introduction to key concepts and debates in migration studies. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading h5 text-uppercase text-primary\">Course Content<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Areas of discussion include migration theories; contemporary migration trends; debates about immigrant \u201csettlement,\u201d integration and multiculturalism; forced\/refugee migration; gendered and queer migrations; and social movements. The course also provides an introduction to 快播视频 and its communities through tours, workshops and presentations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns learnmore-block is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/wp-content\/plugins\/yu-blockpatterns\/img\/learnmore.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11892\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Questions?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about the Sanctuary Scholars bridging course, or to register, please contact the program coordinator at&nbsp;<a 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