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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Increasing Access to Study Abroad Opportunities for Students: Understanding and Reducing Barriers
This project aimed to understand barriers and facilitators to study abroad opportunities among students from various equity groups. The project engaged in retrospective data gathering and analysis, through data collection, by creating a portrait of students who currently go on exchange. The project investigated barriers and facilitators to study abroad opportunities that are faced by […]
Providing access to international business learning for low-income, rural and remote students
This project increased learning abroad opportunities for Indigenous and other students by developing an innovative form of outbound mobility: inter-professional education (IPE) abroad. This project developed a ready-to-implement mobility opportunity for student teams to learn by supporting the community-based organization, Beyond Hoops Africa, in Nairobi, Kenya. Students from a variety of health related disciplines will […]
Building Essential Skills and Best Practices:Guyana-CNA Furniture Making & Cabinetmaking Project
This project promotes peer-to-peer, faculty led cross-cultural learning and humanitarian support. Students in both College of the North Atlantic (Canada) and Government Technical Institute (Guyana) will work together to establish a learner community vis-a-vis industrial trades by sharing their project work, skills, and cultural diversity through a virtual platform. As part of the initial phase, […]
Study Abroad with International Partners: CNA-Q and CNA-NL
In phase one of the CNA-Q/CNA-NL Student Outbound Mobility Project, the steering committee focused on laying the groundwork for a semester abroad through studying or work terms in Doha, Qatar. This would be a student focused program opportunity where recruits would be able to avail of common programming and curriculum between the two institutions. In […]
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 […]