International Online Residency Experiences (IORE)

Residencies are a common format for professional artists and designers to come together to explore new cultures and themes, experiment with new materials/media and expand their practice and network. International Online Residency Experiences (IORE) are faculty-led and engage students in producing collaborative work with peers from one or multiple partner institutions. Each residency aims to create a professional opportunity for participants in each of the global locations, such as culminating public showcases. The IORE model has been developed to allow some residencies to transform into for-credit COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning) and COIL Plus (COIL with travel) programming moving forward.

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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.