Paralegal Student in Ukraine Featured in Canadian Lawyer
Longo Faculty of Business and Humber supports many students around the globe especially those from war zone countries. Jasteena Dhillon, a Longo Faculty of Business professor tells the story of one student in the Ukraine.
“I knew that Illia must be experiencing these challenges and wanted to help,” says Dhillon, who spent more than 20 years as an international human rights lawyer working in Bosnia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Ukraine, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and South Africa.”
Illia Marholin went back home to Ukraine in the spring of 2020 after finishing his first semester in the paralegal program at Humber College in Toronto. He knew things were a bit up in the air about whether his return to school in the fall of that year would mean in-class or online learning, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic.
However, almost two years later, what he didn’t bargain for was to still be in Ukraine, continuing his studies, with a war raging around him.
Longo Faculty of Business and Humber supports many students around the globe especially those from war zone countries. Jasteena Dhillon, a Longo Faculty of Business professor tells the story of one student in the Ukraine.