Building Global Competencies
UFV’s “Building Global Competencies” project aims to equip students with the necessary skills and applied experiences to engage richly with the global world, while simultaneously acquiring invaluable cross-cultural communication and hands-on opportunities to learn from diverse cultures and settings. Further, the Project will address inequality and advocate for student representation from those with Indigenous backgrounds, […]
Inclusive International Summer Field Schools
This project will offer five- to 10-week, and two- to four-week faculty-led, summer academic international summer field schools (IFSs) across a variety of disciplines and countries. The IFSs will be designed and promoted to encourage and facilitate the participation of underrepresented students including Indigenous students, students with disabilities and those in financial need. One IFS […]
Global Platforms Project
The Global Platforms Project aims to increase access to innovative global mobility opportunities for Canadian post-secondary students through a tiered system of accessible initiatives. Students can choose to participate in one or both virtual and physical mobility platforms: Global Classrooms and the Global Learning Case Competition. This project aims to connect up to 200 students […]
Inclusive Study Abroad
The Centre for International Programs will implement a comprehensive strategy to reconcile systemic barriers to participation across outbound mobility programs in non-traditional countries. CIP will: 1) review policies and procedures from an EDI lens and leverage 15 exchange partners offering specialized supports for underrepresented student groups, 2) strengthen relations with on-campus partners, faculty and alumni […]
Employability, Engagement and Experience (3E): Preparing our students for the future
Four units at the University of Victoria dedicated to cooperative education, Asia-Pacific initiatives, Indigenous research and community-led engagement, and development studies have come together to offer innovative student mobility opportunities in the Global South. We do so by leveraging established partnerships and years of wrap-around programming in Asia and Africa to provide 64 students (90% […]
Go Global! Removing barriers and providing wrap-around support for student-initiated opportunities
The project aims to provide opportunities outside the standard semester exchange programs. By using existing curricula and more than 50 international partners to leverage their knowledge base, the University of Lethbridge is creating new programming to encourage all students that student-initiated opportunities are possible and can be created specifically to meet their needs. Activities will […]
UVic International Mobility Access Project
The UVic International Mobility Access Project aims to reduce barriers for University of Victoria undergraduate Indigenous students, students with disabilities and low-income students to access and participate in UVic’s international exchange programs. The project includes collaboration with specialized units across campus and international exchange partners with expertise in the delivery of programs and services for […]
Kw’seltktnéws, TRU Indigenous Culture and Knowledge Makers Exchange Program
Building on Indigenous Cultural Education Exchange program successes and implementing outcomes of Thompson River University’s Indigenous Innovation GSO project, Kw’seltktnéws expands physical and virtual exchange opportunities for Indigenous students at TRU. The project focuses on increasing Indigenous student’s participation in mobility by reducing two critical barriers: cost and the need for wraparound supports. The program […]
Momentum for Mobility: Global Pathways for Inclusion
Spanning faculty-wide initiatives Momentum for Mobility: Global Pathways align credit bearing opportunities in target countries with a specific emphasis on physical mobility. Queen’s University seeks to leverage existing mobility programs for expansion and create dynamic new offerings in undergraduate research, STEM:inA Abroad, 1Million Teachers and enhancements to the Global Health & Disability curriculum. All efforts […]
Developing a Collaborative Online (COIL) Cultural Learning Course that will include both virtual and in-person opportunities
The project aims to increase understanding of — and respect for — culture within our global community. Trent University develops a COIL course in cultural learning and literacy in collaboration with their partner in Chile. Five specific international projects are developed or enhanced with partners in Mexico, Chile, Honduras, Alaska (USA) and Germany, where students […]