UWinnipeg first to offer Youth in Care tuition waivers

University of Winnipeg offers tuition waivers to students aging out of care in Canada.

When she was 14-years-old, Shirley Delorme Russell and her five siblings were placed in foster care. She would change homes three times in the next several years. Although she was a bright student, Shirley stopped going to school after graduating from Kelvin High School…

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Source: University of Winnipeg

 

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