By: Jagandeep Singh

It was only nine months ago that I picked him up from the airport. When he landed for the first time in this country, he was excited and full of hopes. He stayed with me and my girlfriend for a couple of days before I dropped him off at the place he rented. I had no clue then that I’d be going back to that same place to pick up all his belongings.

He was the best uncle to my cat, whom he took care of for about a month when I was in India getting married just last month. He had the purest of hearts, and I can’t even begin to explain the loss our family has suffered. He will always be missed.

Your support would mean the world and help pay for any expenses related to getting his body to India and financially supporting his parents:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/financial-support-for-parents-who-lost-their-young-son

By: Asima Vezina, President and Vice-Chancellor of Algoma University

Our hearts are heavy at Algoma this week as we mourn together the loss of Suryadeep, a student who recently came to Canada, and our University – with wonderful dreams and ambitions. He was a friend to many at our university. It is hard to understand why young people are taken from this world so early and I know this will be a difficult time for friends, family, faculty and staff as together we mourn this loss. Our hearts and prayers are with all of you and we hope that in some small way, the stories you share here, the memories and the moments, will bring some sense of comfort to those reading the pages that will follow. Suryadeep will be missed by the Algoma U family and community and while only with us for a short time, we are grateful for what we did have. Thoughts and prayers with all of you. Asima

By: Yuka Yamada

My deepest condolences to Suryadeep’s family and friends. AU community felt the sorrow as we received the news of Suryadeep’s passing. As a parent myself, I can only imagine what the family might be going through with the loss of their son. My thoughts are with you all.