Support to the international community
The projects and programs described here aim to offer support and help integrate the international community at UFSC.
If you know of other projects with this purpose at UFSC, please inform us at direcao.sinter@contato.ufsc.br.
SINTER Projects and Programs
| Project | Description | Contact info |
| SINTEGRA: International student paths | The SINTEGRA: International student paths: support and integration project aims to promote spaces that offer support and strengthens the integration of international students from the Programa Estudantes-Convênio de Graduação (PEC-G) into UFSC. The project approaches academic issues, the sense of university community, cultural issues, and ethnic and racial issues. SINTEGRA is a partnership between SINTER and the Department of Psychology at UFSC. It is coordinated by Professor Elka Hostensky, with the collaboration of Professors Lígia Feitosa and Denise Cord and from Psychology undergraduate students. Currently, the project runs weekly meetings with international students, develops instructional materials about university life at UFSC, promotes training sessions for staff and students, organizes a Student Integration Program, and produces content on Instagram. | · SINTEGRA webpage |
| National Migrant Registration (RNM) Support | SINTER’s International Programs Coordination Office has an International Support Service that assists the international community with the migrant registration and renewal processes as required by the Federal Police (PF). | · Telephone: +55 48 3721-6206
· Email: imigracao.sinter@contato.ufsc.br
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| Welcome Session for International Students | Every semester, SINTER holds a welcome session for international exchange students at UFSC. In the session, the students are welcomed and given important information regarding migration procedures, the structure of UFSC, academic life, and the various resources available at the institution. | · Telephone: +55 48 3721-6200
· Email: incoming.sinter@contato.ufsc.br
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| Study Buddy Program | SINTER’s Study Buddy Program was created to give guidance and assistance to international exchange students at UFSC on how to proceed in their first days in Florianópolis and at UFSC and, in return, provide Brazilian students the opportunity to get in contact with students from foreign universities and cultures from all over the world. Application opens every semester and information is available on SINTER’s website. | · Telephone: +55 48 3721-6200
· Email: incoming.sinter@contato.ufsc.br
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Other Projects and Programs at UFSC
| Intercultural Clinic | The Intercultural Clinic, run by the Center for Studies on Psychology, Migrations and Cultures (NEMPsiC), offers a sensitive listening environment for the encounter between cultures. Consisting of professors, psychologists and undergraduate and graduate Psychology students at UFSC, the Intercultural Clinic provides psychological care specialized in complex mental health issues raised by refugees and immigrants. The activities developed include clinical intervention with populations of refugees and immigrants who have been exposed to extreme situations: wars, genocides, torture; who have severe symptoms of psychological stress or post-traumatic stress disorder; who express this stress through culturally decoded symptoms; and who have mental health problems related to acculturation and adaptation to the host society. | · Telephone: +55 48 3721-8571
· Email: psicologia.intercultural@gmail.com · Intercultural Clinic webpage
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| Institutional Program for Educational Support to Students (PIAPE) | The Institutional Program for Educational Support to Students (PIAPE) is run by the Pedagogical Support and Evaluation Coordination Office (CAAP) of the Prorectorate for Undergraduate Studies and Basic Education (PROGRAD). It provides educational support and guidance to all undergraduate students at UFSC, including international students. The objective is to develop activities that favor student retention and the quality of training in undergraduate programs, meeting learning needs and offering conditions for better academic performance. | · Telephone: 48 3721-8307
· Email: piape@contato.ufsc.br
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| Immigrant and Refugee Support Center (NAIR) |
The Immigrant and Refugee Support Center (NAIR) is an outreach project developed by the Center for Decolonial and Postcolonial Research and Practices Applied to International Relations and to International Law (Eirenè) at UFSC. NAIR is coordinated by Professor Karine de Souza Silva. The project carries out the following activities: 1) daily assistance to immigrants and refugees in partnership with the Federal Public Defender’s Office (DPU), in the areas of Consular Law, International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights; 2) promotion of events and research on immigration, black diaspora and racial hierarchies; 3) organization of a database on immigration in greater Florianópolis; 4) promotion of concrete actions aimed at integrating immigrants and refugees into UFSC and the region; 5) participation in the Immigrant and Refugee Support Working Group (GTI) of the Legislative Assembly of Santa Catarina (ALESC) and in the Greater Florianópolis Immigrant and Refugee Support Group (GAIRF); 6) implementation of social actions to help immigrants in vulnerable situations. At the DPU, service is dedicated to promoting free legal assistance for low-income people, advice on migration regularization, asylum requests, family reunion, degree legalization, passport renewal, case status verification, renewal of files, mandates, etc. |
· Email: eirene@contato.ufsc.br
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| Sérgio Vieira de Mello Chair (CSVM) |
The Sérgio Vieira de Mello Chair (CSVM) aims to promote support for immigrants and refugees. The project is developed by the Center for Decolonial and Postcolonial Research and Practices Applied to International Relations and to International Law (Eirenè) at UFSC. It is coordinated by Professors Janaina Santos, Maria Helena Lenzi and Daniel Granada. CSVM promotes actions in three dimensions: teaching, offering courses on asylum, human rights, immigration and statelessness; research, producing and supervising undergraduate and graduate research studies; and outreach, comprising four projects: 1. Eirenè/NAIR – Immigrant and Refugee Support Center, 2. NUPLE – Portuguese as a host language; 3. Immigrants’ and Refugees’ right to the city in Greater Florianópolis: integration into public services and leisure activities, 4. Center for Studies on Psychology, Migrations and Cultures (NEMPsiC). The outreach projects offer Portuguese classes, promote training and events, produce educational materials, and provide legal assistance to refugees, stateless persons and immigrants. CSVM works together with several partners, in particular, the Migrant Pastoral Center in Florianópolis and the Federal Public Defender’s Office (DPU). It has an active participation in the Immigrant and Refugee Support Working Group (GTI) of the Legislative Assembly of Santa Catarina (ALESC) and in the Greater Florianópolis Immigrant and Refugee Support Group (GAIRF). |
· Email: csvm.ufsc@gmail.com
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Escuta Preta Project – Support, listening and reflection group |
The Escuta Preta [Black Listening] Project – Support, Listening and Reflection Group is a partnership between the Department of Psychology and the Prorectorate for Affirmative Action and Equity (PROAFE) aimed at promoting support and empathic listening for black students at UFSC regarding the psychosocial effects of racism. Black students from any program on UFSC Florianópolis Campus can participate, except for Psychology students. |
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| Kadila Institute for African and Diaspora Studies | The Kadila Institute for African and Diaspora Studies develops teaching, research and outreach activities in the field of African and diaspora studies. It interacts with local, national and international networks and with academic and civil society institutions and associations. It is an interdisciplinary institute for the promotion of studies on Africa and its diasporas, committed to a democratic society based on respect for diversity and plurality. | · Email: institutokadila@gmail.com
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