Intercultural meetings: development of a multidisciplinary online program
Looking to plan the creation of an online training course intended for both Université Laval students and students from our partner universities. This transdisciplinary training will bring together professors from various faculties and will focus on different aspects related to interculturality.
University of Toronto’s Global Challenges Hackathon
The Global Learning Case Competition invited student solutions to increase accessible and innovative educational mobility opportunities for Canadian post-secondary students. Over a 36-hour period, students from across the University of Toronto campuses and students from international partner universities worked in teams to conceptualize and present a career-relevant and cost-effective university global learning program. The criteria […]
Providing a wraparound support program to prepare TRU students for a study abroad experience
Thompson Rivers University (TRU) created a wraparound support program that provided domestic students the skills and confidence they require to feel comfortable going abroad to non-traditional destinations. The program prepares students for an outbound exchange opportunity and provides the framework for self-reflection upon their return. The program combined Spanish language training focusing on realistic scenarios […]
Circumpolar Studies
Trent University offers an online Circumpolar Studies (CS) Diploma and is developing a CS Institute to encourage new program development among post-secondary institutions. This project focus is to build a COIL virtual exchange framework that guides further developments and the implementation of a scalable COIL program.
Virtual laboratory for learning languages and cultures
The virtual laboratory for learning languages and cultures consists of pairing Université de Moncton students enrolled in Spanish II and IV courses in the winter 2021 session with students from Spanish-speaking partner universities in Mexico and Spain who are enrolled in French courses. The project objective is to enable students at participating institutions to communicate […]
Equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) and internationalization: building the foundation for equitable access to outbound mobility experiences
The project consists of establishing a portrait of obstacles to student mobility for students in the target groups, with an emphasis on students with disabilities and Indigenous students, using a variety of methods such as a literature review, focus groups, and a detailed and innovative analysis of our administrative data that examines the intersection between […]
Expanding access to global learning opportunities – an equity-based, student-centred re-design
This project was focused on expanding access to global learning opportunities, particularly for equity-deserving groups. It involved a review of existing communications and provided recommended marketing principles to adopt based on best practices in inclusive study abroad marketing. It also involved the development of both passive advising content and resources surrounding preparing to go abroad […]
Mobilizing the university community to increase international mobility
The project focuses on resolving systemic obstacles to mobility from 3 distinct angles: 1) training a group of “force multipliers” in intercultural skills to act as channels of influence and openness to the international community in their interactions with colleagues and students; 2) training trainers with a mission to facilitate intercultural development throughout our university […]
Strengthening Risk Management for Education Abroad Activities at StFX
St. Francis Xavier University, in collaboration with Aleas, are working together to strengthen the policies, processes, and institutional understanding of risk management for education abroad activities. Beginning with a top down approach of reviewing governance documents, to developing resources for students and faculty participating in education abroad activities that mitigate risk, to organizing an effective […]
St. Thomas Outbound Mobility Infrastructure
St. Thomas University has engaged consultants and experts to provide capacity building support through the enhancement of our outbound mobility infrastructure. The three main areas of work included: (1) Increase student mobility capacity by developing student pre-departure and re-entry programming; (2) Increase institutional capacity by developing and testing risk management framework and resources for students, […]