The Canadian University Dubai, also known as CUD, is a private university that was founded in 2006. CUD is the first licensed Canadian University outside of Canada, thus being an extremely valuable portal into Canada. With over fifty international academic partners, more than thirty degree programs, and over a hundred student nationalities, CUD proves to be a diverse environment for growth and learning and has had over 4000+ graduates since its establishment. 

 

CUD’s mission is to promote progressive perspectives in learning, research, and application. This is nurtured from the appreciation and respect for the diverse culture and values in the UAE.Canadian University Dubai has always been an attraction for new students and is proudly home to 127 nationalities.  As claimed by the CUD website, there is a wide selection of cultural events held throughout the year. Most of these events consist of Global Day, Arts Nights, cultural festivals from across the globe, entertaining events such as Halloween parties and national day celebrations. The events at CUD play a vital role in constituting their own cultures where students commemorate the diversity of their country through fashion, food, art, music, and dance performances. The Office of Student Affairs at the university also organizes plenty of events where they raise awareness on issues found worldwide or in the community such as Breast Cancer Awareness and Autism Awareness.

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With this in mind, CUD Reads was established as a means to promote reading amongst the CUD community members while engaging them in interactive programs such as debates, scavenger hunts, discussion groups, lectures and competitions. CUD Reads chooses a book for the year and then centers all the games and activities around the chosen book. The books chosen work on a three-year cycle with choices that represent three categories of authors, which are; global, Middle Eastern and Canadian. CUD Reads aims to celebrate international and regional authors while exploring memorable and thought-provoking literature. The book selection for the first three-year cycle of CUD Reads is as following;