Global Competency Mobility Bursary Program
The Global Competency Mobility Bursary Program (GCMBP) will increase all student uptake of study abroad through a targeted bursary program that leverages the new college-wide Global Competency Certificate (GCC), existing funding for mobility, existing outbound international partnerships (24), annual short-term programs (8-10), and our recent work funded by ESDC Canadian Student Mobility Pilot Program focused […]
Understanding barriers to student participation in outbound mobility to Latin America
To increase collaboration with Latin American universities, Vancouver Island University undertook a survey of students to understand, the main barriers to outbound mobility. The survey paid particular attention to perceptions of Latin America to better understand how to motivate students to participate in mobility opportunities in that region to identify barriers to participation in mobility […]
Making transformative learning more accessible: identifying systemic barriers for Social Sciences students to study and work abroad.
The University of Victoria’s Faculty of Social Sciences aims for transformative learning though strong academic programs, Indigenous reconciliation, and global citizenship. To make transformative learning more accessible, the project seek to identify and address systemic barriers for students with disabilities, Indigenous students, and low-income students to study and work abroad. This multi-stage and multi-partner approach […]
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) […]
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 […]
Bridging Barriers – Virtual Language Learning and Cultural Collaboration
Bridging Barriers designed three components to engage students, instructors, and alumni with virtual experiences for outbound cultural collaborations. The project successfully implemented the following: Virtual Partnership Program – connecting members of the Selkirk Community (internationally and locally) to participate in intercultural exchanges with zoom and iLearn support site . Virtual TESOL Practicums – provided opportunities […]
Mobility and Access – Virtual Study Abroad for Health and Human Service Students with Barriers
Selkirk College and NVIT Indigenous, low-income and students with disabilities in the Health and Human Service students participated in a virtual study abroad experience with our overseas partners. Nursing, Rural Pre Medical and Access to Practical Nursing students worked alongside nursing faculty at a medical center in Uganda. Social Service Worker students participated in a […]
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 […]
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 […]
Breaking out of the box: A non traditional decolonized toolkit for international study abroad and intercultural exchange.
This project tests a brand-new, decolonized approach to recruiting and preparing Indigenous and under-represented low-income visible minority students for a culturally relevant, industry focused, study abroad experience in Japan. It takes an integrative, thematic approach to increase the participation of targeted students through the cultural relevancy of the topic, a decolonized, asynchronous pedagogy and a […]