Fostering Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Outbound Student Mobility
Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) is committed to addressing the challenges of accessibility, alongside ensuring equity and quality of experience for all students. This project focused on implementing innovative initiatives that have a transformative impact on student programming and improve student’s experience in global learning particularly for equity-seeking groups. In consultation with students, pre-departure […]
Intercultural Learning for Students by Students
Saint Mary’s University launched a peer support project through which a group of students were hired as Global Learning Ambassadors and began the work of promoting international learning opportunities to all students but with special emphasis on those with disabilities and of indigenous backgrounds. Their work included in-depth research on partner institutions so that various […]
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 […]
Best practices in developing and assessing intercultural competence
The ability to effectively engage in intercultural interactions is essential for individuals to thrive in our interconnected, culturally diverse world. Mount Royal University seek to compare different methods of assessing intercultural development to determine if there is alignment among these instruments and identify the strengths of each assessment tool. With this recognition, there has been […]
Global Land-Based Learning: Indigenous Interconnection in Mobility Programming
This project produced a Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) module co-developed by staff at Humber and Otago Polytechnic for students at both institutions. Through indigenous teachings and group sharing, students explored their layered identities, relationships with land, and worked in teams on a “wicked problem” to build intercultural competence and professional networking skills. The project […]
Indigenous Student Mobility Capacity Building Pilot Program
The goal of the Indigenous Student Mobility Capacity Building Pilot Program is to provide Indigenous students access to innovative and culturally-relevant resources, support services, and materials needed to participate in international mobility opportunities. Implementing this pilot program will identify and address barriers to participation, thereby providing greater access for Indigenous students to take part in […]
A Building Block to Global Engagement
Student mobility is encouraged at McMaster as a means for meaningful global engagement, but in many instances, students are not adequately prepared to engage as reflexive global citizens. While the importance of preparing globally mobile students is recognized across campus, efforts to prepare students are fragmented. To engage meaningfully abroad, training in the foundations of […]
Effective Intercultural Communication Curriculum to Support Study Abroad and Intercultural Experiences
We purchased a licensing agreement from Simon Fraser University for the Effective Intercultural Communication (EIC) curriculum, to use in intercultural development training for students preparing to study abroad, MHC courses and programs wishing to include this content as well as embedded intercultural credentials. We worked with MHC faculty and staff to recruit 25 students for […]
Enhancing pan-university collaboration and inclusion to support learning abroad activities to non-traditional locales amongst underserved populations
Memorial University of Newfoundland created a pan-university resource hub built upon primary research conducted with the key demographics specified in the Outbound Student Mobility Pilot Program. The resource hub address barriers to accessing learning abroad opportunities, enhance the value proposition of learning abroad initiatives, and as well as increase mobility collaboration, knowledge sharing, and best […]
Global Mobility Peer Support
The Global Mobility Peer Support project provided a platform for students to address barriers to participating in outbound mobility. The focus was to engage in intercultural learning while travel is not possible. Online engagement sessions were organized for participants to engage with alumni students, international partner institutions, and past exchange students. Participants reported increased interest […]