Increasing International Student Mobility in Atlantic Canada: Sharing Resources, Building Capacity and Networking through an Online Platform
Objectives: Increase the number of Canadian students benefiting from and engaged in international student mobility in Atlantic Canada, and to enhance program delivery and supports quality. Through improved collaboration, resource sharing and capacity building, Atlantic International Mobility (AIM) programs can establish a common quality standard to ensure exceptional and tailored services that meet the needs […]
Equity by Design – Expanding access to the outward mobility experience through the application of UDL practices and principles
Mount Allison University is seeking to develop a triad of faculty-led, for-credit field schools with partner universities in Ecuador (Universidad de San Fransisco de Quito), the Netherlands (Utrecht University) and South Korea (Ewha Womans University). Applying the principles of Universal Design for Learning at every stage of design and implementation, the programs will eliminate barriers […]
Nation to Nation: Building Indigenous Knowledge Across International Borders
In its first effort to work collaboratively on an education abroad activity, member institutions of the Maple League will mount an opportunity for Indigenous students to participate in an international experience together. The international offices of Acadia University, Bishop’s University, Mount Allison University and St. Francis Xavier University will work together to initiate a short-term […]
Building a Pilot Intercultural Training and Assessment Module to be completed throughout the International Mobility Experience
This project focused on developing a governance document that formalize risk tolerance for running international programs and a responsive intercultural training/ assessment module for students who participate in a mobility experience. This project was developed in two folds starting with working with Aléas to lay the foundation for developing both an institutional risk management and […]