Go Where Eagles Dare Program and Service Innovation
Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies (SIIT) credit-granting outbound mobility program, Go Where Eagles Dare (GWED), provides Indigenous students international work, study, and travel opportunities. SIIT students from diverse academic and geographic areas are given equitable opportunities to develop the fluency and connection required to enter an international labour market. During this Innovation project, SIIT focuses […]
Improving the Delivery of International Mobility Wraparound Services to Indigenous and Low-income Students
Indigenous and low-income students in GSO programs often encounter obstacles while travelling abroad due to the absence of tailored pre-departure training and orientation. This can result in difficulties adapting to cultural differences, language barriers, and other challenges. This project aims to provide better resources and training modules primarily for Indigenous and low-income students, who make […]
Exploring Culture, History, and Local Water Security in Costa Rica and the Yucatán
Taught and Term Abroad programs provide more students with the ability to travel safely in groups and for shorter lengths of time. This innovative new project aligns with several USask signature research areas: Water; Communities and Sustainability; and Agriculture, Energy, and Mineral Resources. This project also incorporates issues of Indigenous cultures, sustainable development, equity, social […]
Build it and More Will Come: Outbound Mobility Development Program for Faculty and Instructors
This project will assist faculty members in creating, facilitating, managing and assessing taught abroad programs. This program will be available to support faculty and provide training on course creation, risk management, student well-being, ethical engagements and logistics. These tools will help faculties develop and build on their ideas to create programs to give students an […]
UofR International Innovation Project
UR International is looking to expand and strengthen international mobility opportunities for University of Regina students. With more than 450 partner universities in 70 countries throughout Europe, Asia, Oceania, North America and South America, UofR students can experience a semester, summer or academic year abroad with program options such as: global exchanges, internships, practicums and […]
Where History Meets the Future: Giving our Students the World by Giving the World our Students
By strengthening our international partnerships we will expand the number of outbound offerings with priorities going to underrepresented students and more diverse locations. Students will bring international skills and experience home while sharing our home with the world. They will become the leaders who transform Saskatchewan into a more innovative and connected place.The largest cohort […]
Cultivating Tomorrow’s Leaders: Outbound student experiential learning opportunities in agriculture and horticulture
Our program will increase the capacity of outbound Canadian undergraduate students trained through experiential, engaged learning in agriculture and horticulture. Through collaborative learning projects using virtual and physical (short, medium, long term) mobility approaches, students will gain important knowledge and skills in these faculty-guided degree credited courses. The projects build on our existing successful collaborations […]
Go Where Eagles Dare! International Work and Study Opportunities for Indigenous Students
Providing Indigenous students with International work and study opportunities ensures student success through innovative programming, and enriches Canada’s post secondary sector and economy with Indigenous perspectives and global partnerships. In Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies’ (SIIT’s) proposed project, (36) students from diverse academic areas will have the opportunity to prepare for and engage in domestic […]
Improving International Outbound Mobility Opportunities for Indigenous and Low-income Students
With post-secondary institutions utilizing global learning experiences to develop intercultural competence, it is imperative that all students have access to such programming. Indigenous students make up 19% and 38% of Sask Polytech’s and Parkland College’s student population respectively. However, their participation in international mobility programming does not positively correlate to their representation on campus. This […]
St. Thomas More College Latin American Field School
The Latin American Field School presents an opportunity for students to engage with issues of solidarity, justice, charity and globalization in a timeframe that works for them. Through short-term and mid-range education abroad opportunities, students can live with, and learn from, innovative farmers’ cooperatives such as La Cooperativa La Esperanza de Los Campesinos in Panama […]