Canadians are showing their support online for an international student who was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer.

A GoFundMe set up for Ajibola Olalusi, 39, describes the international student as a talented architect who moved to Canada to “further his education and career.” According to his online professional profile, he previously worked as an architect in Nigeria and earned a graduate certificate in construction management at Conestoga College in Ontario.

Olalusi certainly had plenty to look forward to, but while studying, he was diagnosed with advanced-stage peritoneal mesothelioma, an aggressive cancer caused by asbestos exposure. According to Cancer Care Ontario , peritoneal mesothelioma starts in the peritoneum (the membrane that lines the inside of the abdomen and covers

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