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Ruth Bonneville / Free Press LOCAL - SHELTER U GRAD Princess Nakpil receives her graduation certificate from Seyward Goodhand, the creative writing instructor and Aaron Klassen, Shelter U program director, in the chapel at the Salvation Army Thursday. Shelter U, a post-secondary institute with a mandate to recruit students experiencing poverty and searching for stable housing, celebrated the end of its pilot with a ceremony for its fourth batch of certificate graduates recently. Booth University College launched the project last winter, working alongside the Salvation Army. Thursday's certificate ceremony/graduation is celebrating the final group of graduates to participate in the pilot program its founder hopes will continue long into the future. See story by MAGGIE June 18, 2026