Pueblos Originarios en Argentina: UBC and Universidad Austral
The Virtual Forum on Indigenous Peoples of the Global South consisted of four 1.5-hour long workshops for Indigenous students at UBC to learn with and from Indigenous peoples of Argentina and Brazil. Throughout the workshops students were in active discussions with Indigenous community members from Argentina and Brazil to learn about their life history, cultural […]
Understanding and Addressing Barriers to Participation in International Mobility at the University of Manitoba
Aims to create a baseline understanding of the systemic barriers that prevent underrepresented students from participating in outbound student mobility. This funding provided the University of Manitoba with an opportunity to hire a graduate student researcher for three months to start the process of conducting focus groups, community outreach/consultation and compile reports with initial recommendations […]
My intercultural journey
My intercultural journey allowed UWinnipeg to survey the needs of underrepresented students in exchange programs (Indigenous and Newcomers), implement a mentorship program to promote Exchange (with a focus on underrepresented groups), and to have a staff member trained to help students assess their intercultural competency pre- and post- outbound mobility experience.
TRU Indigenous Student Mobility Program
Thompson Rivers University’s Indigenous Education and All My Relations (AMR) Research Centre collaborated to expand the Indigenous Cultural Education Exchange (ICEE) to engage international partners in the creation of an international cohort of TRU’s Knowledge Makers Journal program. This program builds on the ICEE 3-week short-term program engaging Indigenous (CAN), Aboriginal (AUS) and Maori (NZ) […]
RRU/ITESO Project Collaboration: Capstone Projects that Make a Difference
Through the Outbound Student Mobility Pilot Program, Royal Roads University established a Collaborative Online Intercultural/International Learning (COIL) opportunity with students from ITESO University in Guadalajara, Mexico. In Stage 1 of the project, students worked in teams of Canadian and Mexican tourism students to examine the impacts of COVID-19. They explored creative solutions for companies to […]
Fostering Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Outbound Student Mobility
Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) is committed to addressing the challenges of accessibility, alongside ensuring equity and quality of experience for all students. This project focused on implementing innovative initiatives that have a transformative impact on student programming and improve student’s experience in global learning particularly for equity-seeking groups. In consultation with students, pre-departure […]
Intercultural Learning for Students by Students
Saint Mary’s University launched a peer support project through which a group of students were hired as Global Learning Ambassadors and began the work of promoting international learning opportunities to all students but with special emphasis on those with disabilities and of indigenous backgrounds. Their work included in-depth research on partner institutions so that various […]
A NU Take on Outbound Mobility: Re-branding Nipissing University’s Exchange Program
The project was driven by the objectives to increase student mobility, particularly with students with disabilities, indigenous students and low-income student and to promote mobility to non-traditional countries. We collected feedback from these demographics of students through a series of surveys. We used their feedback to tailor marketing material and plan recruitment events that addresses […]
International Online Residency Experiences (IORE)
Residencies are a common format for professional artists and designers to come together to explore new cultures and themes, experiment with new materials/media and expand their practice and network. International Online Residency Experiences (IORE) are faculty-led and engage students in producing collaborative work with peers from one or multiple partner institutions. Each residency aims to […]
International Mobility Online Mentoring Program
Seeking to provide a platform for students to connect and learn from each other before, during, and after their international experience, Ontario Tech University developed the International Mobility Online Mentoring Program. The platform was designed through google classroom and volunteer student mentors met with each other to discuss various topics surrounding internationalization and to connect […]