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John arrived in Canada alone at 19, a young man from Ethiopia facing a new country with no family, no network and no map for what came next.
He secured a work permit, then permanent residency, and completed a college diploma in General Arts and Science — supported along the way by a Sojourn House scholarship.
Next, he hopes to study Media Studies at the University of Toronto. “Making it happen,” for John, has been a step-by-step project: one permit, one course, one semester at a time.
Note: Name has been changed, and a stock image is used, to protect the individual’s privacy — as published by Sojourn House.
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