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SUMMARY:Deciphering the Current US Policy Landscape: Perspectives and Potential for Canadian HEIs
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row text_align=”center”][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″]Watch Recording[/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Session Overview \nHosted by the International Relations Professional Learning Committee (IR-PLC) at CBIE\, this event is intended to serve as a forum for International Relations Officers (IROs) to gain a better understanding of the potential impacts for Canadian HEIs resulting from the policy changes that are likely to be introduced by the new US administration. This panel will feature policy experts from both Canada and the United States\, who will provide us with their insights on anticipated US policy changes\, immigration\, the landscape of Higher Education\, and prospective scenarios that may have an impact upon Canadian institutions. We hope this event will help IROs in deciphering the current policy landscape in the US thus helping Canadian HEIs in preparing and strategizing for the anticipated changes in the coming months.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] \nModerator\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row class=”facilitator-row”][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2″ width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] \nDr. Adel El Zaïm\nChief Internationalization Officer\nThe University of Ottawa\, Canada \nDr. El Zaïm is the Chief Internationalization Officer of the University of Ottawa\, Canada\, in the office of the Vice-President International and Francophonie. He oversees the International Office and the acceleration of the University’s internationalization efforts. \nDr. El Zaïm has worked for several organizations\, most recently the University of British Columbia (UBC) when he held the position of Executive Director for International. He was Director General\, Internationalization\, at Université de Sherbrooke\, in Quebec\, Canada\, and Senior Program Specialist\, Information and Communication Technologies for Development with Canada’s International Development Research Centre\, Middle East and North Africa Regional office. \nDr. El Zaïm is President of the Association of International Education Administrators (AIEA)\, located in the USA. He also assumed the chairmanship of the AIEA Awards Committee and was a member of the AIEA Strategic Planning Task Force. Adel was founding member\, Vice-President and President of the Internet Society in Québec (ISOC-Québec) and he was a member of the Civil Society Bureau for the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS-UN) from 2003 to 2005. He served as a member of the board of several organizations including Association ISOC Quebec\, Collège de Maisonneuve (Montréal)\, Association of Arab Translators (Beirut) and the Economic Local Development Centre Sherbrooke Innopole (Sherbrooke\, Quebec). \nHe frequently speaks on internationalization of higher education strategic issues\, strategy development and implementation\, evaluation of internationalization\, and the contribution of internationalization to the different dimensions of HE. \nDr. El Zaïm was born in Tripoli\, Lebanon. After graduating from the Lebanese University in French Language and Literature\, he prepared a Master in Didactics at the University of Paris III\, Sorbonne-Nouvelle\, and received a PhD in Linguistics (Semantics\, 1994) from the University of Paris IV\, Sorbonne. Adel El Zaim undertook his post-doctorate research at the University of Québec at Montréal in Semiotics and Human Language Technologies.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] \nSpeaker\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row class=”facilitator-row”][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2″ width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] \nBernard Burrola\nVice President\, International Programs\nAssociations of Public & Land-Grant Universities (APLU)\, USA \nBernie Burrola joined APLU in February 2020. He provides leadership to the APLU Office of International Programs and the APLU Commission on International Initiatives (CII) and is responsible for strengthening the global engagement and impact of member universities in the United States\, Mexico\, and Canada. \nBernie led a five-year bilateral presidential initiative to increase higher education partnerships\, research collaboration\, and student exchange among U.S. and Indonesian universities. He also worked within the Office of Global Educational Programs at the U.S. Department of State to promote U.S. higher education abroad and increase the number of international students studying at American universities. \nEarlier in his career\, Bernie worked in college admission at Claremont McKenna College and served on the admission committee at the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy at Tufts University. Currently\, he serves as an application reviewer for the Schwarzman Scholars Program at Tsinghua University in China. \nBernie earned his master’s degree in development economics from the Fletcher School at Tufts University and his bachelor’s degree in international relations from Claremont McKenna College. He is a former Peace Corps Volunteer in Cape Verde\, West Africa and is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row class=”facilitator-row”][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2″ width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] \nAlex Usher\nPresident\nHigher Education Strategy Associates (HESA)\, Canada \nAlex Usher is the President of Higher Education Strategy Associates\, a role he has held for over a decade. He is an internationally recognized consultant and expert in post-secondary strategic planning and counselling. He is regularly engaged by Canadian and international clients for projects on student financial aid and access to post-secondary education; rankings\, benchmarking and quality measurement in higher education\, and development of strategic plans in higher education at the national\, provincial\, and institutional levels. \nPrior to founding Higher Education Strategy Associates\, Mr. Usher served as the Director of Educational Policy Institute Canada and as the Director of Research and Program Development at the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation. From 1996 to 1998\, Mr. Usher served as a researcher and lobbyist for the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada and before that was the first national director of the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations. He holds degrees from McGill University and Carleton University. \nMr. Usher is regularly consulted by the media for his expertise\, making appearances and providing editorials to a range of publications including The Globe and Mail¸ Macleans\, CBC\, Radio–Canada\, Inside Higher Education and others. He has also authored several scholarly publications\, including pieces with Harvard University Press\, Oxford University Press\, and McGill-Queen’s University Press. He is a frequently requested conference speaker\, and has presented at conferences in Canada\, the United States\, the United Kingdom\, China\, Russia\, and elsewhere. His internationally read (and free) daily intelligence e-mail\, One Thought to Start Your Day\, has 10\,000 subscribers. He also regularly engages with fans and critics alike on Twitter (@alexusherhesa). \nWhen Alex is not thinking about post-secondary systems and outcomes\, he can be found raiding used bookstores for their most eccentric titles\, ardently cheering for Toronto FC\, or obsessing about the latest developments in sumo.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://cbie.ca/event/preparing-for-policy-changes-in-the-us-the-ugly-the-bad-and-the-good-for-heis-in-canada/
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SUMMARY:Decolonizing International Partnerships presented by the International Relations Professional Learning Community
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row text_align=”center”][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″]Watch Recording[/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] \nView Resources  \nSession Overview \nOn behalf of the CBIE International Relations Professional Learning Community in Canada\, we are pleased to invite you to a conversation to critically examine our own practice and approach to international partnerships through a decolonial lens. \nContext:\nThe coronavirus (COVID-19) has sparked social movements and highlighted the need for equity and inclusion all around the world. These factors are particularly important in higher education institutions and internationalization where diverse perspectives are critical in educating global citizens. \nInternational Relations Offices play a key role in shaping and influencing their institutions’ global engagement and the development of international partnerships. But how are we constructing these collaborations? Are they actually mutually beneficial?\nUsing a decolonial lens\, this conversation will explore imbalances inherent in North-South partnerships and challenge us as IR practitioners to be agents of change when engaging in international partnerships. \nJoin us as we begin to explore the complexity of decolonization in international education and the importance of co-creating equitable partnerships. \n\nLearning Objectives \n\nTo understand how power\, privilege and inequities can play a part in international partnerships through an open and honest conversation.\nTo discuss how coloniality plays a role in higher education North-South partnerships\, and the impact of using a decolonial lens when establishing and maintaining these partnerships.\nTo understand how International Relations practitioners can facilitate mutually beneficial partnerships.\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] \nSpeakers:\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_section” class=”facilitator-row”][vc_column column_padding=”custom-padding” column_custompadding=”0px 50px 20px 0px !important” width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”custom-padding” column_custompadding=”0px 50px 20px 0px !important” width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] \nDr. Samia Chasi\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Strategic Advisor\, International Education Association of South Africa (IEASA)[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Dr Chasi currently serves as the Strategic Advisor to the International Education Association of South Africa (IEASA). She is passionate about facilitating deeper understanding and connections between diverse people and institutions by creating spaces for critical engagement and constructive dialogue.\nDr Chasi is a practitioner-scholar in higher education internationalisation with more than 20 years of experience in this field through positions in international offices of German and South African universities\, an agency of the European Commission as well as representations of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)\, Nuffic and the British Council in South Africa. While higher education partnerships have been the main focus of her work\, she also has gained valuable insights and experience in vocational and entrepreneurship education through initiatives driven in partnership with education institutions\, government departments and the private sector.\nDr Chasi graduated with a Doctor of Philosophy in Education from the University of the Witwatersrand\, Johannesburg in 2019. Her doctoral thesis critically examines North-South partnerships in higher education from a global South perspective\, facilitated by a postcolonial framework. She also holds a Master of Philosophy in Engineering Management from the University of Johannesburg and a Master of Arts in English\, Russian and Sociology from the University of Rostock\, Germany.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_section” class=”facilitator-row”][vc_column column_padding=”custom-padding” column_custompadding=”0px 50px 20px 0px !important” width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”custom-padding” column_custompadding=”0px 50px 20px 0px !important” width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] \nDr. Kumari Beck\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Associate Professor\, Faculty of Education\, Co-Director\, Centre for Research on International Education (CRIE)[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Kumari Beck is Associate Professor\, and Co-Director\, Centre for Research on International Education in the Faculty of Education at SFU. Her research interests span internationalization of higher education in Canada\, international education\, internationalization of curriculum\, globalization\, postcolonial theory\, and issues in education and international development. She is interested in how the experiences of those who participate in international education and internationalization processes can inform ways in which we understand and practice internationalization. Her teaching interests include equity and social justice\, international and global education\, anti-racist and multicultural education\, and current issues in curriculum and pedagogy.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] \nEvent MC:\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_section” class=”facilitator-row”][vc_column column_padding=”custom-padding” column_custompadding=”0px 50px 20px 0px !important” width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”custom-padding” column_custompadding=”0px 50px 20px 0px !important” width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] \nMs. Andrea Delgado Morrow\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Steering Committee Member\, International Relations Professional Learning Community\, Canadian Bureau for International Education and Director\, International Relations\, University of Calgary\, Canada.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]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. \nThis 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.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_section” class=”facilitator-row”][vc_column column_padding=”custom-padding” column_custompadding=”0px 50px 20px 0px !important” width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”custom-padding” column_custompadding=”0px 50px 20px 0px !important” width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] \nMs. Janine Denis Gonzalez\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Steering Committee Member\, International Relations Professional Learning Community\, Canadian Bureau for International Education and Partnership Development Specialist\, University of Ottawa\, Canada[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]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 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.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] \nHosted by the International Relations Professional Learning Community\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_section” class=”facilitator-row”][vc_column column_padding=”custom-padding” column_custompadding=”0px 50px 20px 0px !important” width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”custom-padding” column_custompadding=”0px 50px 20px 0px !important” width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] \nMs. Carol Zachs\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Co-Chair\, International Relations Professional Learning Community\, Canadian Bureau for International Education and Director\, Global Engagement\, Simon Fraser University\, Canada\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Carol Zachs serves as Director of Global Engagement at Simon Fraser University and has worked in the field of international education for 20 years. At SFU\, she is responsible for promoting and enhancing SFU’s global engagement through the strategic management of partnerships and initiatives. Prior to joining SFU\, Carol oversaw the study and research abroad program at UBC. She has worked abroad in Denmark and volunteered for WUSC/Uniterra in Ghana. She is also co-founder and co-chair of the International Relations PLC hosted by CBIE. Carol holds a Masters of Education from UBC with a focus on global change and adult learning.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://cbie.ca/event/decolonizing-international-partnerships/
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SUMMARY:Global Engagement Amid Global Uncertainty
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row text_align=”center”][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″]Watch Recording[/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Session Overview \nRecent events have had and will continue to have\, a major impact on how international offices carry out the important work of global engagement. How do we ensure that we not only continue our ongoing work but use these challenges to adapt\, innovate and emerge stronger than before? Join presenters from the University of Calgary International to hear about lessons we are learning and discuss how to ensure internationalization doesn’t get put on the backburner. We will share examples of how we have pivoted over the last four months\, as well as how we are strategically planning the work ahead to adapt to our new international reality. In addition\, we will present the strategic framework that we are using to guide us through the next 1 to 2 years. \n\nLearning Objectives \n\nIdentify creative solutions in all areas of global engagement to address current challenges while being flexible\, agile and nimble\nLearn the importance of developing a solid plan for core areas of internationalization\nExplore the components of a new strategic framework for global engagement that can be used both during and after the current crisis\nShare best practices and learn from each other\n\n\nFacilitators:[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_section” class=”facilitator-row”][vc_column column_padding=”custom-padding” column_custompadding=”0px 50px 20px 0px !important” width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”custom-padding” column_custompadding=”0px 50px 20px 0px !important” width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] \nColleen Packer\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Director\, International Learning Experiences[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]University of Calgary[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Colleen Packer\, M.Ed.\,has worked in the field of international education for over 20 years. She is currently the Director\, International Learning Programs at University of Calgary International\, where she provides leadership for the University’s education abroad programs\, working with stakeholders across campus to support the institution’s international strategy. In addition to serving on various internal and external committees\, Colleen is the co-chair of the CBIE’s Education Abroad Professional Learning Community and is a frequent presenter at both national and international conferences. Prior to joining University of Calgary International\, Colleen also worked in France\, the USA\, the Netherlands\, Wales and Japan. Colleen has an M.Ed. in adult learning from the University of Calgary.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_section” class=”facilitator-row”][vc_column column_padding=”custom-padding” column_custompadding=”0px 50px 20px 0px !important” width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”custom-padding” column_custompadding=”0px 50px 20px 0px !important” width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] \nJanaka Ruwanpura\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Vice-Provost (International) and Professor[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]University of Calgary[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Janaka Ruwanpura is the Vice-Provost (International) at the University of Calgary since 2013. He is also the current elected Executive Chair of the Commission of International Initiatives of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU). He was a full Professor and Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Project Management Systems (2007-13) in the Schulich School of Engineering at the University of Calgary before he became the VPI. He is a Professional Engineer and a Professional Quantity Surveyor. During his 7 years as VPI\, he has brought new initiatives to the University of Calgary including developing and implementing collaborative degree models for undergraduate and graduate levels\, offering customized training and capacity building programs\, co-developing Global Research Initiatives and Sites in China and Mexico and raising funding for research and infrastructure\, establishing and promoting new research opportunities and partnerships in number of countries\, promoting and developing new funding models for opportunities for students’ international experience and to enhance international exposure for faculty and staff and securing\, raising research internships through MITACS and lobbying for international development grants. Because of these initiatives UCalgary won 6 competitive excellence and innovation awards since 2016 from CBIE\, APLU and AIEA. He recently led to develop an International Partnership Assessment Rating Index (IPARI) to assess existing university partnerships\, identify top partners in each country and develop strategic partnerships.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_section” class=”facilitator-row”][vc_column column_padding=”custom-padding” column_custompadding=”0px 50px 20px 0px !important” width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”custom-padding” column_custompadding=”0px 50px 20px 0px !important” width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] \nBuffy St-Amand\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Director\, International Relations[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]University of Calgary[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Buffy St-Amand has worked in higher-education and the social sector for over 20 years in Calgary and internationally. Her specialties are in the areas of alumni and community engagement\, philanthropy\, international education and partnership development. She is currently the interim Director\, International Relations at the University of Calgary\, where her team is responsible for institutional partnerships\, agreements\, data management and assessment to support UCalgary’s Global Engagement Plan. Activities also include hosting of incoming international delegations\, plan executive level missions\, and make recommendations for local/global activities\, agreements and protocol matters. Buffy’s academic background includes a Bachelor Degree in Sociology from Université de Moncton\, a Certified International Trade designation\, and a certificate in Non-Profit Executive Leadership. In addition to serving on various internal university committees\, she currently sits on the National Advisory Committee for Canada’s Volunteer Awards\, she also volunteers with the Calgary Foundation\, and is a mentor with the Scholars’ Academy Mentorship program at UCalgary.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://cbie.ca/event/global-engagement-amid-global-uncertainty/
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