Using student exchange opportunities to build twin-city post-industrial revitalization efforts in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality and the city of Walbrzych, Poland
Cape Breton University deepens the ties to the Cape Breton Regional Municipality’s (CBRM) Partner City, Walbrzych, Poland, by taking advantage of our student exchange agreement with the Angelus Silesius University of Applied Sciences and sending CBU students on summer exchanges to Walbrzych. Students progress their academic program in Political Science/Public Administration at CBU, gain valuable […]
Global WorkAbilities: Gaining intercultural work competencies across disability barriers
Work abroad, especially for undergraduate, non-research, have historically been limited in opportunities and financial accessibility. The global networks needed are expensive and the resources at institutions are less established. For students with disabilities, these programs are specifically difficult to access because of added barriers to workplace accommodation and competing disability policies. This program provides high-quality, […]
Global Employability Skills – International Summer Schools
NSCC provides international learning opportunities for students and employees through a variety of international summer schools with partner institutions in several non-traditional mobility countries around the world. All of these programs are focused on developing important global employability skills and provide inclusive and equitable learning experiences for all. Students not only learn within the “walls” […]
Infusing Intercultural Competence Development into Faculty-Led International Courses
St. Lawrence College’s Global Engagement Strategy calls for enriched intercultural learning experiences. Faculty-led courses to international locations are exceptional opportunities to advance this objective while reinforcing global citizenship. Building on the success in the past, SLC will expand offerings to more students from underrepresented groups. Up to 72 students in three courses will benefit from […]
International Experiences for Portage College Students
Portage College is a rural Alberta college with greater than 45% Indigenous students. Large steps have been taken in 2020-2021 to develop an International Strategy, that includes virtual and physical international experiences and is approved by our BOG. Portage was successful in acquiring the Outbound Mobility Grant and this funding was used to complete research […]
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 […]
RDC Abroad – Experiential Learning in International Settings
This project creates opportunities for Red Deer Polytechnic learners within the Practical Nursing Diploma and the Bachelor of Sciences, Biology programs to engage in transformative experiential learning in international settings. Through these outbound experiences, participants develop a sense of global citizenship, social responsibility, and intercultural competence. In the Practical Nursing program, participants complete their final […]
Overcoming Barriers by Crossing Borders: A Partnership with Kamuzu College of Nursing (2021-2025)
The Vanier College Malawi Nursing Exchange offers graduating students a credited seven-week internship to Malawi, Africa to apply their knowledge and skills in a different context. Students learn how limited resources and cultural beliefs and values impact health outcomes. Scarce resources, both human and material, force the students to rely on assessment skills instead of […]
Red River College Interprofessional Skills and Study Abroad (ISSA) in Denmark and Finland
The Interprofessional Skills and Study Abroad project creates opportunities for underrepresented students in RRC’s School of Health Sciences and Community Services and School of Skilled Trades and Technology to broaden their skills, experiences and knowledge while creating new connections specifically in Denmark and Finland. These opportunities not only enrich and strengthen their global skills and […]
Developing Conservation Competencies in Namibia – the Cheetah Ecosystem (2021-2025)
Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) is an internationally recognized center for conservation of cheetahs and their ecosystems located in Namibia, Africa. One of the greatest threats to cheetah is human wildlife conflict since 90 percent of the world’s cheetah live outside protected areas. Vanier College students will learn to create a sustainable space; a world in […]