This month’s graduate student profile features Zaitun Pwin, a third-year PhD student in the Graduate Program in Education. Her research focuses on the role of education for Rohingya youths in Canada and the language and cultural socialization with regard to Canadian schooling. Pwin is the first Rohingya woman to study in a Canadian PhD program.

"My advice is always believe in yourself and listen to your heart," she says. "Most of the answers lie in you because this journey is about you and what you want to contribute to the community."