Advancing International Relations through Partnerships

Farzana Karim-Haji

Director

University Partnerships Office

Farzana Karim-Haji joined the Aga Khan University (AKU) in 2001 to work on the strategic planning and development of AKU’s emerging international projects in Egypt, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Syria and Afghanistan. In 2006, she took on a new global role of establishing and developing AKU’s University Partnerships Office, responsible for the management, development and strengthening of academic partnerships with national and international Universities in collaboration with colleagues across AKU and the agencies of the Aga Khan Development Network. Her portfolio includes harnessing resources, implementing AKU’s global engagement strategy, institutional innovation, and the development of new partnership programmes and activities, a flagship initiative being, AKU’s international mobility platform.

Before joining AKU, Farzana worked at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), based in New York, as a policy specialist on international development issues, focused on poverty alleviation and gender development supporting UNDP offices in 166 countries. In addition, she has consulted for UN Women formerly UNIFEM, in the area of human rights and gender development.

Born and raised in Kenya, she received her BA in Anthropology from the University of California at Berkeley, and her MSc in International Development from the London School of Economics and Political Science. She also completed a Post Graduate degree in Islamic Studies and the Humanities from the Institute of Ismaili Studies, including time at Cambridge University and the American University in Cairo.

Andrea Delgado Morrow

Director, International Relations

University of Calgary

Co-Chair 2020-2022

Andrea Delgado Morrow is the director, international relations for the University of Calgary’s international office where she and the team are responsible for institutional partnerships and agreements. She holds an MA in intercultural and international communication from Royal Roads University. Andrea has over 15 years of experience working in post-secondary education.

This includes University of Calgary, regional manager (Asia Pacific) and associate faculty member at Royal Roads University and Mount Royal University (Faculty of Communication). Throughout her career Andrea has been active in the international education realm sitting on various committees and currently sits on the steering committee for the Canadian Bureau for International Education’s international relations professional learning community.

Janine Denis Gonzalez

Partnership Development Specialist

University of Ottawa

Incoming Co-Chair 2021-2023

Janine Denis Gonzalez is the Partnership Development Specialist at the University of Ottawa. She is responsible for managing international partnerships that support institutional internationalization objectives. She also advises faculties on their international engagement initiatives and manages programs in strategic spheres.

Janine has diverse experience in the field of international education, having held roles in international relations, student mobility, recruitment, external relations and marketing.

She holds an MA in Multilingual Communication from the Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium and a BSocSc (Hons) in International Studies and Modern Languages from the University of Ottawa, Canada.

She currently serves as a steering committee member of CBIE’s International Relations Professional Learning Committee.