Japanese monitoring trip
GSO program officer, Alice Valsecchi was in Tokyo, Japan this past October for an productive monitoring trip where she visited GSO students, partners, stakeholders and project sites. A highlight of her time in Japan was the opportunity to host a meet and greet session with students currently on their GSO experiences in the Japanese capital: […]
GSO at the Canadian Bureau for International Education conference
The Global Skills Opportunity team is heading to Vancouver, November 26-29 to attend the CBIE conference. There will be a lot of opportunities to engage with GSO team members, get updates about the program and learn from fellow GSO-implementing institutions. Join us at two GSO-led sessions Sharing Insights Across Global Skills Opportunity Projects Sunday, November […]
Strengthening Canada’s Global Skills: Our submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance Pre-budget Consultations in Advance of Budget 2024
The program has equipped a new generation of students, from all backgrounds, with global skills necessary to meet Canada’s ever evolving labour market needs. It is now time to make the program a permanent part of Canada’s skills strategy and approach to international education.
Seventy new GSO projects to support hundreds of students’ global work and study experiences
With funding from Economic and Social Development Canada, the new GSO projects will allow hundreds more Canadian students to gain invaluable global skills through international work and study experiences in countries around the world.
GSO Hits Milestone: 1,000+ Student Participants Have Gained International Experiences
Over the past few months, more than 1,000 Canadian post-secondary students have already embarked on life-changing and career-boosting international experiences through the GSO program. While we’d love to share all their stories, here are just a few examples: Western University students study health and aging in Scandinavia Twenty-nine students returned in mid-June from a 10-day […]