Faith John-Praise and Margaret Laurence Endowment Fund

BU: John-Praise, a former gender and women studies student who graduated from BU with a bachelor of arts in 2014, says that being an immigrant woman herself helps her understand the importance of community support, according to Brandon Sun. When I first moved here, I did not know half of what I know now, and I only know most of that because I'm active in the community, John-Praise said. The $4,000 grant, made possible by the Margaret Laurence Endowment Fund, has helped the resource centre extend the employment of Faith John-Praise, who will be putting on newcomers' skills workshops and information sessions through the summer. Originally from Nigeria, she moved to Brandon to attend BU in 2011 after coming to Canada a year earlier. Now there a lot more different cultures in Brandon, and we have to help them with the settling-in process. I remember my first year, I was the only black girl in a lot of my classes, John-Praise said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.