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Canada has announced youth mobility arrangements with both South Korea and Finland that the government says will provide reciprocal opportunities for young people to work and travel in one another’s country.

My name is Jessica, I’m in my second year of the Practical Nursing program at College of the Rockies and will be graduating in June. When approached in first year about College of the Rockies’ Nursing in Ireland trip, I realized this was something I would regret if I passed up. I’ve never traveled outside of Canada or the U.S. before, so I decided I had to go. We flew from Cranbrook to Vancouver, then to London. The plane to London was my first ever long flight!

Students from the Hairstyling diploma program at Saskatchewan Polytechnic’s Prince Albert campus spent a week in the United Kingdom in March practicing their trade and exploring the local culture. This global learning experience was funded by the Global Skills Opportunity Fund (GSO) which aims to empower post-secondary institutions to increase the participation of Canadians in international learning opportunities — especially Indigenous students, students with disabilities and those from low socio-economic backgrounds who have traditionally faced barriers to participation.