“I went to the president and asked if two refugees could come here with their tuition free for one year, and he said ‘sure.’”

“These kids are totally psy- chologically traumatized for life. Those are such formative ages, and it is hard to replace with a schoolroom the power they had.” He describes the work with such children as “a horrific challenge.”

Dr. Hazelton’s work with refugees will continue. In ten days, he will be in Angola, then Namibia, then Botswana and then by January he will be stationed on the India-Pakistan bor- der.

His legacy is also felt here at UPEI. He and “a small core” of three or four students, as well as librarian Leo Cheverie, became very interested in hosting refugee students. This work would result in the formation of a UPEI WUSC Local Committee in 1983.

“It was very, very easy, actual- ly,” he says, explaining that this proj- ect took only a day to initiate, “The response of the university was absolutely amazing. I went to the president and asked if two refugees could come here with their tuition free for one year, and he said ‘sure.’ I went to the bookstore manager to see if we could provide the students with free books and he said ‘sure.’ Then food,

‘sure,’ and dorms, ‘sure.’ It was very simple.”

Hazelton believes that a smaller university is ideal for easier adjustment for international students. One thing that helps, he adds, is that these students receive landed immi- grant status as soon as they arrive in Canada, which allows them to work, apply for student loans and become eligible for health care. After a year, the students are expected to operate just like other students. The program essentially helps these students to adjust to a new society, a new lan- guage, a different university system and the traumas that may accompany them from their experiences at home.

Ultimately, Dr. Hazleton believes that the most important thing for students to do is to “develop an awareness, which is relatively easy to do if you develop enough interest and read... reading The Globe and Mail every day would be a start.” He adds that a much more objective, analytical approach is needed along with a sense of history, citing that he’s “sick of people who try to reduce things to simple causes.”

Finally, Dr. Hazelton believes that, “we’re often in too much of a rush. ...there’s time to do things.”

“I’ve never worried about my security. ...1 could have remained as a professor and retired. But it’s been worth it, I don’t care.”

“My philosophy is if you’re not living on the edge, you’re taking up too much space.”

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