Building a Foundation for International Education and Global Citizenship
Outbound mobility prepares students for living and working in an ever more global environment. As such, Keyano College is in the process of building the framework for our Outbound Mobility Program. The project aims to provide students with transformative experiences, which will cultivate cross-cultural sensitivity, bolster intercultural intelligence and competencies, and allows them to gain […]
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 […]
Out Front: Supporting Student Outbound Mobility
This project seeks to connect experiences of Canadian students, staff and faculty, with experiences from the international partner institution. Students participating in outbound mobility rely on the mobility infrastructure and support that is established by the staff and faculty within their home institution as well as support received from host institutions abroad. To determine how […]
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 […]
Digitization & Enhancement of Study Abroad programs at KPU
The overall objective was to digitize, expand, and enhance existing study abroad programs at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) to meet the needs of 2021 and beyond. The study abroad landscape has vastly changed in the last year, and KPU is ready to prepare and support its students with new virtual alternatives, preparing them for when […]
Enhancing Global Competence at Mohawk College through Virtual Exchange and Intercultural Orientation Development
The project comprised a Virtual Exchange between Mohawk College and The Jobs Academy (JAC) (Fondazione ITS per le nuove tecnologie per il Made in Italy) in Italy with the aim to build global understanding and intercultural competencies among students at both institutions. Workshops were embedded within a business course at each institution and students learned […]
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 […]
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 […]
Building Indigenous Community Relationships to Further Education Abroad – Students Connecting – Students within Indigeneous Communities
The Indigenous Study Abroad Collaborative Framework (ISACF) is a collaboration between Langara College located on the unceded and traditional territory of the Musqueam people, Douglas College located on the unceded and traditional territory of the QayQayt and Kwikwetlem First Nations, and the University of the Fraser Valley located on the unceded territory of the Stó:lō […]
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 […]