The Brock community is encouraged to embrace the saying, \u201cthe more the merrier,\u201d and welcome international students into their homes during the holiday break.<\/p>\n
While many of the University\u2019s students head home over the holidays to spend time with family and friends, hundreds of international students are unable to make that journey.<\/p>\n
Brock\u2019s annual Home\u00a0for\u00a0the\u00a0Holidays\u00a0program<\/a>\u00a0strives to provide international students with a memorable holiday experience in Canada.<\/p>\n The program, which runs from Dec. 22 to Jan. 8, invites host families to open their doors during the festive season and invite students to share in a holiday tradition, activity or event.<\/p>\n This could mean welcoming students to a special dinner with family and friends, watching a popular holiday movie together or, if the weather co-operates, taking in a popular winter pastime such as ice skating and tobogganing, among other activities.<\/p>\n When Brian Chan (BA \u201922) was unable to travel to see his family during last year\u2019s winter break, he turned to the Home for the Holidays program.<\/p>\n \u201cThe experience made me feel like I was part of a warm community,\u201d said the Brock graduate and former international student, who now works in the University\u2019s International Mobility Office.<\/p>\n The program provides students with the valuable opportunity to make connections, try something new and immerse themselves in the local community, Chan said.<\/p>\n Having previously participated in Home for the Holidays, Darryl Veld, Brock\u2019s Associate Director, Student Affairs, said the program was a rewarding experience for his family.<\/p>\n \u201cWelcoming international students into our home to celebrate made the holiday special,\u201d he said. \u201cSharing a meal and a few laughs around our table with a traditional holiday dinner made the students feel a little less distant from family and their home traditions.\u201d<\/p>\n To register as a host for the program, fill out a short form on the Home for the Holidays website<\/a>.<\/p>\n Both international students and prospective hosts looking to learn more about Home for the Holidays are invited to attend an online information session on Tuesday, Dec. 13 from noon to 1 p.m. Details are available on ExperienceBU<\/a>.<\/p>\n The deadline to apply as a host is Thursday, Dec. 15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Brock community is encouraged to embrace the saying, \u201cthe more the merrier,\u201d and welcome international students into their homes during the holiday break.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":82418,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7484,7,3319,4052,1,4],"tags":[159,5754,6003],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82417"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82417"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82429,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82417\/revisions\/82429"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}