From Local to Global

Niagara College (NC) has long-standing experience in supporting students to study and work abroad. The Global Skills Competency funding will assist in the exponential growth in our development of more opportunities and increase in access to participation.

Anticipating a gradual re-entry to travel abroad, we will begin by offering virtual learning opportunities, which will strategically ladder into short term (7-10 day) experiences abroad for targeted student groups. These activities will offer students’ academic credit for their classroom learning and during their journey abroad.

Latest Publications

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Strengthening Canada’s Global Skills: Our submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance Pre-budget Consultations in Advance of Budget 2024

The program has equipped a new generation of students, from all backgrounds, with global skills necessary to meet Canada’s ever evolving labour market needs. It is now time to make the program a permanent part of Canada’s skills strategy and approach to international education.
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Louisane LeBlanc: If the Global Skills Opportunity pilot ends, Canadians with disabilities will miss out

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Seventy new GSO projects to support hundreds of students’ global work and study experiences

With funding from Economic and Social Development Canada, the new GSO projects will allow hundreds more Canadian students to gain invaluable global skills through international work and study experiences in countries around the world.