Shams, who escaped to Canada from Afghanistan in 2012 to pursue an education with the Star’s help, graduated on Friday afternoon from the University of Ottawa. Afterwards, an 80-person celebration was planned at Ashbury College, the prestigious high school Shams attended in Ottawa after it waived her tuition, charting her path to Canada. But Shams knew that to help her country, she had to leave, at least for a while. Now that she’s graduating, even though she wants to continue with school, Gray said it’s “very emotional” to see Shams’ journey come full circle. “I’m the luckiest one who got an education, who got outside of the country,” Shams said, adding many military families have lost their parents.

Source: thestar November 02, 2019 12:56 UTC