<human>: My SO [24M] of 5 months is from the UK, and has been living here (Canada) for 10 months. We met when he started as a graduate student in my department, and we were close platonic friends for over 4 months before we started dating. As is such, we have the same group of friends within our university department, and are constantly invited to the same events, outings, etc. with this group of friends. 

I am originally from this area, and have over the years established several different friendship groups (friends from home, from my first degrees, from travelling, from work, etc.). My SO on the other hand, has not been able to make those kind of links with outside friendship groups, and it has been weighing heavily on him. It puts some pressure on our relationship because if we were to break up, we would both still be in the same friendship group, and while I have other friends close by his other friends are all across the Atlantic. 

I think that the transition from a close-knit, undergraduate experience in the UK to a more detached graduate school experience in Canada is really getting him down. It can be very difficult to make new friends in our department (I myself struggled for the entirety of my first year, and really relied on my non-uni friendships), and I think that the lack of a separate group of friends outside of our relationship coupled with the fact that he is missing home is really getting him down.

I would really like to help him in whatever way I can - if that means spending less time with our mutual friends, or giving him more space, or anything else, I am willing to do it. I have also previously lived in another country, and can somewhat empathise with what he is feeling.

What else can I do to help? Are there any suggestions for places for him to make connections with people that are not in our department? Usually sports would do it for him, but he has an injury that is preventing him from doing that. It is quite hard to get out there and make new connections in a place like where we are (Western Canada, very sprawling city), and the 6 months of winter we just got through didn't help. Thanks in advance!

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<bot>: Foreign SO is finding it hard to make new friends in his new country outside of our shared group of friends. How/what can I do to help?