Symposium en ligne 2020
2020-06-29
ere [/vnc_column] Visionnez les vidéos du symposium Le Bureau canadien de l’éducation internationale (BCEI) lance son premier symposium en ligne sous le thème « Réimaginer l’internationalisation dans le contexte de la Covid-19 ».
Le symposium du BCEI donnera aux participant.e.s l’occasion de réfléchir à la Covid-19, à son impact sur leurs priorités stratégiques institutionnelles et à la façon dont elle a propulsé des innovations vers l’internationalisation avec des implications actuelles et futures.
Le symposium servira à partager des solutions ingénieuses des établissements canadiens face à des défis complexes et donnera aux participant.e.s un aperçu clair de l’état actuel du secteur canadien de l’éducation internationale, des conseils scolaires, cégeps, collèges et universités.

2020 Online Symposium
2020-06-30
Watch Symposium Videos The Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE) is launching its first online symposium with the theme of Re-imagining Internationalization in a Covid-19 World.
The CBIE symposium will provide participants with opportunities to reflect on Covid-19, how it has impacted their institutional strategic priorities, and how it has propelled innovations to internationalization with present and future implications.
The symposium will highlight Canadian institutions’ resourceful solutions to complex challenges and provide participants with a clear overview of the current state of the Canadian international education sector, from K-12 to Cegeps to colleges and universities.

Global Engagement Amid Global Uncertainty
2020-08-27 13:00 - 14:15 (America/Toronto)
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Recent 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.

Learning Objectives

Identify creative solutions in all areas of global engagement to address current challenges while being flexible, agile and nimble
Learn the importance of developing a solid plan for core areas of internationalization
Explore the components of a new strategic framework for global engagement that can be used both during and after the current crisis
Share best practices and learn from each other

Facilitators:
Colleen Packer
Director, International Learning Experiences University of Calgary 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.
Janaka Ruwanpura
Vice-Provost (International) and Professor University of Calgary 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.
Buffy St-Amand
Director, International Relations University of Calgary 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.

Internationalization and the SDGs
2020-09-29 11:00 - 14:00 (America/Toronto)
Session Overview
On behalf of the International Relations Professional Learning Community in Canada, we are pleased to welcome you to the Internationalization and the SDGs event. This gathering aims to provide a forum for universities and their collaborators to exchange ideas, experiences and strategies around the challenges and opportunities involved in international collaboration to advance the UN 2030 SDGs Agenda.
We are delighted to have in attendance guests from different universities, governments and foreign representatives from various countries. We hope you will have the opportunity to network and learn more about how you can further advance Internationalization and the SDGs. We wish you an informative and fruitful event!

Context
The United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030 Agenda is a global framework between 193 UN Member States. Composed of 17 goals, 169 targets, and 223 indicators, the SDGs aim to tackle the world’s most pressing challenges including poverty, hunger, and inequality, while ensuring social inclusion, environmental sustainability, economic prosperity, peace and good governance. Universities are hubs for knowledge, discovery, and innovation that can provide the expertise, resources, and know-how to contribute and move the UN 2030 Agenda forward. In this context, International Offices within universities are particularly well positioned to serve as active agents and contributors to both local and global communities.
In an effort to recognize and capture the universities’ impact on society, the Times Higher Education (THE) has recently launched the Impact Rankings, which measure progress made by universities on delivering on the SDGs. While acknowledging the debates around rankings and methodologies, it does offer a tool by which universities are assessed on their efforts and ability to reflect and act on their own commitments to address global challenges.
Most recently, the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has exposed huge inequalities – which have always existed – both between and within countries, and at the same time, has opened a deeper discussion on the role universities play in contributing to the implementation of the UN 2030 Agenda. This pandemic has shown that addressing global challenges requires universities to dedicate their efforts collectively, using creative and innovative approaches, as no single country, institution or individual can address them alone. The SDGs can serve as a set of guiding principles that guide universities in translating their core values, missions, and aspirations into measurable, comparable, and sustainable impacts, leading to more equitable outcomes. This approach would allow universities to embed our practices within a humanitarian context, ensuring that « no one is left behind ».
Keynote Speaker

Dr. Alex Awiti
Vice Provost Aga Khan University, Kenya Read bioAlex O. Awiti was appointed Vice Provost at Aga Khan University in 2018. He has also served as the interim Dean of the Graduate School of Media and Communications in 2019. Before assuming the role of Vice Provost, Awiti was the Founding Director of the East Africa Institute of Aga Khan University.
Awiti is an interdisciplinary scholar, whose research intersects agriculture, ecology, education, climate and society, health policy and the economy. As one of Kenya’s leading public intellectuals he has written over 700 opinion articles published in local, regional and international publications, including the International Policy Digest and The Conversation. He is a regular and commentator on public policy issues on news networks in East Africa and international media such as CNBC, CGTN, Bloomberg News and Al Jazeera TV.
Awiti is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Geography and Environment at University of the Fraser Valley in BC, Canada. He is also a Governor of the Board of Governors of the of IDRC (International Development Research Centre), a Crown corporation of the Canadian government that funds research in developing countries.
Prior to joining the Aga Khan University, Awiti was a postdoctoral fellow at the Earth Institute at Columbia University in the City of New York. He was also an adjunct assistant professor at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs.
Awiti was a scientist at the World Agroforestry Centre in Nairobi for 9 years where with colleagues he pioneered the application of application of infrared spectroscopy for diagnostic surveillance of soil quality at the farm and landscape scale.
Awiti is an alumnus of the CSC Leaders program, a global leadership program for exceptional leaders from the Commonwealth, run in partnership with the Duke of Edinburgh’s Commonwealth Study Conference. He is an Associate Professor and holds a PhD in Ecosystems Ecology.
Agenda
11:00 am EDT | Welcome and Introduction of Keynote Speaker
● Mr. Julio Sevilla, Co-Chair, International Relations Professional Learning Community, Canadian Bureau for International Education and Responsible for International Projects at Concordia University, Canada
● Ms. Larissa Bezo, President and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Bureau for International Education, Canada

11:15 am EDT | Opening Remarks
● Dr. Alex Awiti, Vice Provost, Aga Khan University, Kenya

11:40 am EDT | Panel I: Strategies in Internationalizing the SDGs in Higher Education Institutions
● Moderator: Dr. Rajesh Tandon, UNESCO Co-Chair on Community Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education; Founder, Society for Participatory Research in Asia, India
● Dr. Greg Moran, Executive Director, Academics Without Borders, Canada
● Dr. Meghna Ramaswamy, Director, International Office, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
● Mr. Duncan Ross, Chief Data Officer, Times Higher Education (THE), UK

12:40 pm EDT | Panel II: Case Studies: Universities as the Engine of Transformation to achieve the SDGs
● Moderator: Ms. Shaheen Nanji, Acting Executive Director, SFU International, Simon Fraser University, Canada
● Ambassador Miguel Ruiz Cabañas, SDGs Initiative, Director, Tec de Monterrey, Mexico
● Mr. Jon Beale, Manager, Sustainable Development Solutions Network Canada, University of Waterloo, Canada
● Prof. Jonathan Grant, Professor of Public Policy, Policy Institute, King’s College London, UK

1:40 pm EDT | Next steps and Wrap up
Community discussion on potential initiatives to strengthen links between universities on international cooperation and the SDGs
Discussion and consultation
● Ms. Nathalie Pelletier, International Project Manager, Université de Montréal, Canada

2:00 pm EDT | End of program
Event MC

Mr. Julio Sevilla
Co-Chair, International Relations Professional Learning Community, Bureau for International Education and Responsible for International Projects Concordia University, Canada Read bioJulio Sevilla, MBA, is an International Projects Manager at Concordia International. He formally served as Director for Research Partnerships at the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) and as a Senior Advisor for International Relations at the National Research Council of Canada (NRC), where he managed the Canadian membership for the International Council for Science (ISCU) and supported Canada’s participation in EUREKA, the G8 Head of Research Councils (G8-HORCS) and diverse bilateral initiatives for Europe, North America and Latin America. His background and training are in the fields of international relations, diplomacy, and science and technology.
He is currently serving as Co-Chair of the CBIE International Relations Professional Learning Community (IR-PLC), a cross-Canadian network of over 200 professionals dedicated to supporting and advancing their universities’ international activities.
Ms. Larissa Bezo
President and Chief Executive Officer Canadian Bureau for International Education Read bioMs. Bezo has served in senior leadership positions in both the public and not-for-profit sectors, including as the youngest Deputy Clerk in the history of Saskatchewan, Senior Advisor to a Federal Royal Commission and most recently, as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer for the Canadian Bureau for International Development. After a distinguished public service career, Larissa pursued her longstanding commitment to international development and solidarity through senior-level assignments with the World Bank and the International Centre for Policy Studies in Ukraine.
Larissa Bezo has worked successfully with Boards of Directors and Executive Committees to define strategic priorities and oversee their implementation. She possesses 25 years of professional experience, including 15 years in the international development and education sector.
Ms. Bezo is an accomplished senior executive with a proven ability to provide effective leadership to build organizational capacity and resilience, foster durable partnerships, navigate sensitive political, intercultural and international issues and mobilize resources to achieve organizational priorities.
Larissa graduated from the University of Regina with a Master of Arts in Political Science.
PANEL I: PANELISTS

Moderator:

Dr. Rajesh Tandon
UNESCO Co-Chair on Community Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education Founder, Society for Participatory Research in Asia, India Read bioDr Rajesh Tandon is an internationally acclaimed leader and practitioner of participatory research and development. He is Founder-President of Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA), global centre for participatory research & training since 1982. He is also Co-Chair of the UNESCO Chair on Community Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education since 2012. The UNESCO Chair grows out of and supports UNESCO’s global lead to play ‘a key role in assisting countries to build knowledge societies’.
A pioneer of participatory research, Rajesh Tandon has given new meaning to academic research by redefining the relationship between the researcher and the researched. He has championed the cause of building organisations and capacities of the marginalised through their knowledge, learning and empowerment, contributing to the emergence of several local, national and international groups and initiatives to promote authentic and participatory development of societies.
Dr Tandon has served on numerous expert committees of Govt of India, UGC, UN, Commonwealth & World Bank. In 2015, the Indian Adult Education Association (IAEA) awarded Dr Tandon the Nehru Literacy Award. For his distinguished work on gender issues, the Government of India honoured him with the prestigious Award in Social Justice in March 2007. The University of Victoria, Canada, awarded Dr Tandon the degree of Doctor of Law (Honoris Causa) in June 2008. He is the first Indian to be inducted to the International Adult and Continuing Education (IACE) Hall of Fame (class of 2011).“ He is first Indian scholar to be inducted in Academy of Engagement Scholarship in 2019.
Ms. Duncan Ross
Chief Data Officer Times Higher Education (THE), UK Read bioDuncan Ross has been a data miner since the mid-1990s. As Chief Data Officer at THE, he oversees a team that generates university rankings, including the Impact Rankings, and related data products. Prior to this, he led Teradata’s data science team in Europe and Asia, where he was responsible for developing analytical solutions across a number of industries, including warranty and root-cause analysis in manufacturing and social network analysis in telecommunications.
The Times Higher Education Impact Rankings were launched in 2018 to try to evaluate the important role that universities were working towards Agenda 2030 and delivering on the UN Sustainable Development Goals. With 860 universities participating in 2019 from across the world, the rankings give universities a unique opportunity to showcase their work in a way that is often not see in more traditional assessments. Duncan will introduce the Impact Rankings, and will talk about some of the ways that universities have chosen to use the results as part of their sustainability strategy.
Dr. Greg Moran
Executive Director Academics Without Borders, Canada Read bioDr. Greg Moran became Executive Director of Academics Without Borders in October 2017 after serving on the Board of Directors for the previous two years.
Immediately prior to taking on the executive director role, Dr. Moran was the Director, Special Projects at the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario for two years. He served as Provost and Chief Academic Officer of Aga Khan University (AKU) from 2011-2015 and was based in Nairobi, Kenya, for three of those years. AKU is an international institution of higher learning operating in eight countries on three continents, with campuses in Pakistan, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, England, and Afghanistan. Greg is Professor Emeritus and Provost Emeritus at Western University in London, Ontario, Canada, where he held an appointment from 1977 through 2015.
At Western, Greg served as Chair of the Department of Psychology, Dean of Graduate Studies, and for 10 years as Provost and Vice President (Academic). As a developmental/clinical psychologist and professor for over three decades, he has pursued a better understanding of the nature, origins, and developmental consequences of the first relationship between an infant and his or her mother. Greg, with his graduate students and collaborators, has been involved in a series of diverse but interrelated programs of research, including: studies of adolescent mothers and their children; intervention for families with infants at high risk for poor developmental outcomes; comparative study of the development of siblings within a family; and studies of the neurobiological, genetic, and psychophysiological correlates of early social interaction and relationships. His research has been generously supported by several national granting agencies throughout his career and has been published regularly in leading journals in the field.
Greg Moran co-authored a book on the state and future of higher education in Ontario, Academic Transformation: The Forces Reshaping Higher Education.
Dr. Meghna Ramaswamy
Director, International Office Saskatchewan University, Canada Read bioDr. Meghna Ramaswamy is the Director of the International Office and leads the University of Saskatchewan’s internationalization strategy and the institution’s development in international research and partnerships. She oversees a team of international research and partnership specialists, who facilitate and support international and SDG-related activities for faculty, staff and students. In her role as Director of International, Meghna has oversight of the annual People Around the World conference, themed around the SDGs. She recently published a book chapter on Interdisciplinary Research Teams for the SDGs, in the Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals – Volume 17: Partnerships for the Goals by Springer Nature.
Meghna is an elected Executive Committee member of the Commission of International Initiatives (CII) at the Association of Public Land Universities (APLU), Steering Committee Member of the International Relations (IR) Learning Community (PLC) at the Canadian Bureau of International Education (CBIE), and a member of the Education and Academia Stakeholder Group anchored to the United Nations (2013 Resolution A/RES/67/290) to address the UN Sustainable Development Goals on SDG 4: Quality Education. She also serves on the International Education Strategy group for the SaskAlliance, a provincial government initiative of the Ministry of Advanced Education, in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Prior to joining the University of Saskatchewan in 2018, she led the Centre for AIDS Reagents in the UK, the only HIV repository in Europe, where she developed global scientific projects and international partnerships with key organizations such as the World Health Organization, the European Commission, the National Institute of Health, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. She has served as an Expert Advisor to the World Health Organization, the European Commission and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Over the course of her scientific career, she attracted over $19 million in funding as a Principal Investigator.
She was an adjunct lecturer in Kings College London where she taught courses on Infection and Disease in the Modern World to medical undergraduate students. Dr. Ramaswamy earned her BSc in Microbiology from Kings College London, MSc in Virology from The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and PhD in Clinical Infection from University College London in the United Kingdom. She lives in Saskatoon, with her husband and her St. Bernard.
PANEL II: PANELISTS

Moderator:

Ms. Shaheen Nanji
Acting Executive Director, SFU International Simon Fraser University, Canada Read bioShaheen Nanji (MA, International Studies) is acting Executive Director, SFU International and is responsible for faculty engagement and the collaborative development and implementation of the University’s international engagement and faculty engagement.
As a convener of engagement and dialogue on global issues, she is committed to collaboration between diverse disciplines, sectors, cultures, perspectives and interests for deeper impact. She has worked on development projects in the areas of the sustainable development goals; refugees and immigration; equity, diversity and inclusion; education; diaspora; public health; and environment policy. Her international work has been focused in Africa and Asia. Shaheen is on the Board of the Proteknon Foundation for Innovation and Learning, a member of the Burnaby Intercultural Planning Table, and an Associate of the SFU Centre for Dialogue.
Ambassador Miguel Ruiz Cabañas
SDGs Initiative, Director Tec de Monterrey, Mexico Read bioHe is currently Director of the SDGs Initiative at Tecnológico de Monterrey and Co-Chair of the Mexican chapter of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN Mexico).
He holds a degree in International Relations from El Colegio de México (1974-1978) and a master’s degree in political science from Columbia University in New York (1986-1988). He is a career diplomat. He entered the Mexican Foreign Service in January 1979 and was appointed Ambassador on June 30, 1998.
In the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Relations, he has served as Director for the United Nations System (1989-Chief 1991); of Staff to the Undersecretary for Europe, Asia and Africa (1991-1992); and Chief of Staff to the Undersecretary for the Americas (1992-1993). He was also Special Coordinator for Special Affairs (1995-1997); and General Director for North America (1998-2000). In the Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations he was Head of Social and Humanitarian Affa 1981-1986). Later, he was Head of Migratory and Border Affairs of the Mexican Embassy in the United States (1993-1995).
From 2001-2004 he served as Mexico’s Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS). Subsequently, he was appointed Ambassador of Mexico in Japan (2004-2011) and, in 2011, he was appointed Ambassador of Mexico in Italy and Permanent Representative to the International Organizations based in Rome (FAO, IFAD and WFP) (2011-2015). In 2015, he was appointed Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights, position he held until November 2018.
He has been Professor of Mexico’s Foreign Policy and International Organizations at the Universidad Iberoamericana, Tecnológico de Monterrey and the College of National Defense. He has given numerous lectures at universities in Argentina, the United States, Spain, Italy and Japan. He has authored numerous articles in specialized magazines, and co-authored books on Mexican Foreign Policy, Mexico-US relations, Mexico-Japan relations, Mexico at the OAS, and Mexico at the United Nations.
Mr. Jon Beale
Manager, Sustainable Development Solutions Network Canada University of Waterloo, Canada Read bioJon Beale is the Manager of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) of Canada, hosted at the University of Waterloo. SDSN Canada is part of a global SDSN movement to build a network of universities, colleges, and knowledge institutions working together to create practical solutions to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Jon’s experience comes from a variety of community and economic development roles throughout his career. This includes starting new agricultural businesses with farmer cooperatives in Zambia, leading tourism and climate change research with Inuit and Métis communities in Labrador, and working with municipal leaders throughout North America to identify and highlight economic opportunities with clear pathways for action. Jon’s academic background is in Economics and International Development, with degrees from Queen’s University and the London School of Economics.
Prof. Jonathan Grant
Professor of Public Policy, Policy Institute King’s College London, UK Read bioJonathan’s research interests are in biomedical and health R&D policy, research impact assessment, the use of research and evidence in policy and decision-taking, and the social purpose of universities in the 21st century. He is passionate about coupling creative thinking with in-depth analysis to challenge existing assumptions and orthodoxies, generating new insights, and stimulating productive debate. Jonathan has significant international experience, having helped formulate and implement R&D and other strategies in, for example, the UK, Greece, Norway, Qatar, Oman, Australia, Canada and the USA.
Jonathan was formerly Vice President & Vice Principal (Service) at King’s College London. Service is King’s award-winning and unique commitment to social responsibility and covers a range of activities including social reform, research impact, service-led learning, volunteering, and environment sustainability. It is one of King’s five strategic priorities and encapsulates King’s commitment to society beyond education and research.
Jonathan joined King’s in 2014 to set up the ground-breaking Policy Institute at King’s, and was its Director until 2017, when he stepped down to ‘hold the pen’ on developing King’s Strategic Vision 2029. He continues to work on a part time basis at the Policy Institute, where he is Professor of Public Policy and leads several research projects. For the other half of his time he runs a small consultancy business, Different Angles, that focus on the social impact of research and universities.
Prior to joining King’s, Jonathan was President of RAND Europe between June 2006 and October 2012, where he oversaw the doubling of the organisation’s activity in Europe and the establishment of the Cambridge Centre for Health Services Research, a joint venture with the University of Cambridge. Before joining RAND in 2002, he was Head of Policy at the Wellcome Trust.
Jonathan’s new book, The New Power University. The social purpose of higher education in the 21st Century, will be published by Pearson in February 2021.
Concluding Discussion

Ms. Nathalie Pelletier
International Project Manager Université de Montréal, Canada Read bioMrs. Nathalie PELLETIER has completed her Master of Arts, with a major in International Communication and Development. She has also completed a Bachelor Degree in Psychology. Ms. PELLETIER has twenty year experience in the field of international development, with the last ten years being on the education scene.
As a Gender Equality Expert, Ms. PELLETIER has conducted several field missions in Latin America, North Africa and Asia Pacific to promote the participation of women and social responsibility in various projects. During her career, Ms. PELLETIER has designed, coordinated and participated in numerous international development projects, financed by international donor agencies, non-governmental organizations and the private sector.
In 2010, Ms. PELLETIER has joined Polytechnique Montréal as responsible for international project development and outreach activities, liaison and coordination with international donors and funding agencies, and counterpart universities and organizations. She has been the coordinator for the Mining School of Mauritania, in which Polytechnique was the main technical partner for curriculum and pedagogical material development, capacity building of professors, equipment purchasing and administrative and academic systems implementation.
Since joining Université de Montréal in March 2020, Ms. PELLETIER, as an International Project Manager, has conducted a mapping exercise of international development projects activities in order to develop a strategy and better highlight the university’s contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals.
This event is organized by the International Relations Professional Learning Community of CBIE.

Julio Sevilla, Co-Chair, International Relations Professional Learning Community, Bureau for International Education and Responsible for International Projects, Concordia University
Meghna Ramaswamy, Director, International Office, Saskatchewan University
Shaheen Nanji, Acting Executive Director, SFU International, Simon Fraser University
Yukino Mori, Manager, Global Engagement, SFU International, Simon Fraser University
Bertille Tayoung, Coordinator, Mobility Bursaries and UK Exchanges, Concordia University

Decolonizing International Partnerships presented by the International Relations Professional Learning Community
2020-10-27 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto)
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Session Overview
On 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.
Context:
The 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.
International 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?
Using 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.
Join us as we begin to explore the complexity of decolonization in international education and the importance of co-creating equitable partnerships.

Learning Objectives

To understand how power, privilege and inequities can play a part in international partnerships through an open and honest conversation.
To 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.
To understand how International Relations practitioners can facilitate mutually beneficial partnerships.

Speakers:

Dr. Samia Chasi
Strategic Advisor, International Education Association of South Africa (IEASA) 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.
Dr 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.
Dr 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.
Dr. Kumari Beck
Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, Co-Director, Centre for Research on International Education (CRIE) 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.
Event MC:

Ms. Andrea Delgado Morrow
Steering Committee Member, International Relations Professional Learning Community, Canadian Bureau for International Education and Director, International Relations, University of Calgary, Canada. 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.
Ms. Janine Denis Gonzalez
Steering Committee Member, International Relations Professional Learning Community, Canadian Bureau for International Education and Partnership Development Specialist, University of Ottawa, Canada 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.
Hosted by the International Relations Professional Learning Community

Ms. Carol Zachs
Co-Chair, International Relations Professional Learning Community, Canadian Bureau for International Education and Director, Global Engagement, Simon Fraser University, Canada
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.

Deciphering the Current US Policy Landscape: Perspectives and Potential for Canadian HEIs
2021-01-26 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Toronto)
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Hosted 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.
Moderator

Dr. Adel El Zaïm
Chief Internationalization Officer
The University of Ottawa, Canada
Dr. 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.
Dr. 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.
Dr. 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).
He 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.
Dr. 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.
Speaker

Bernard Burrola
Vice President, International Programs
Associations of Public & Land-Grant Universities (APLU), USA
Bernie 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.
Bernie 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.
Earlier 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.
Bernie 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.
Alex Usher
President
Higher Education Strategy Associates (HESA), Canada
Alex 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.
Prior 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.
Mr. 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).
When 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.

International Students: Spouses & Dependents: Lay of the Land and Strategizing Through Case Studies (3 CPD Hours) - Disponible uniquement en anglais
2021-02-17 13:00 - 14:30 (America/Toronto)
In this two-part webinar series, Canadian Immigration and Refugee Lawyer Will Tao and Case Manager Edris Arib will discuss the challenges of accompanying (and non-accompanying) spouses and dependents of international students.

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SCHEDULE
Part I – February 17 from 1:00pm – 2:30pm (EST)

Applying to Canada as an Accompanying Spouse or Dependent
Navigating Status in Canada as an Accompanying Spouse or Dependent and the Pathway to Permanent Residency
Resolving Refusals/Troubleshooting – Tips to Keep the Family Reunited

Part II – March 17 from 1:00pm – 2:30pm (EST)

Review case studies
Recap – Lessons Learned and New Lessons

CPD HOURS
This CPD event has been approved by IRCC for 3 hours of CPD credits. CPD events are valid for 90 days, upon date of delivery. Please refer to ICCRC’s website for details.
Heron Law Offices has received approval from the Law Society of British Columbia for 3 hours of CPD credits for B.C-licensed lawyers.

DESCRIPTION
Taking a comprehensive look from the point of initial application (and the decision on whether or not to apply solo or with accompany family members), the first part of the presentation will lay the land with respect to the challenges and opportunities presented when accompanying dependents and spouses. We will look at how Visa Officers and Courts are assessing these cases. We will also look at what accompanying family members face once they arrive, from access to social services to status challenges, to their role in the pathway to permanent residence. Finally, we will look at troubleshooting – how to remedy refusals, through reconsideration, new applications, and judicial reviews.
Between the first and second presentations, we will canvass attendees who will provide their questions, reasonable hypotheticals, and case study examples. Further research will also be done to tie up any missing loose ends from the first presentation.
In part two of the presentation, two case studies will be provided to participants in advance which will be worked through by participants. Lessons learned from the first presentation will be applied and further lessons learned will be brainstormed following the activity.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Assist international education stakeholders in understanding the challenges and opportunities facing international students seeking to immigrate accompanying spouses and dependents temporarily and permanently in today’s Canadian Immigration system.
Provide an overview of what the different Provincial regimes are that affect accompanying spouses and dependents of international students.
Provide an opportunity for stakeholders, having attended the lay of the land presentation and understood the foundational concepts, to then put forth reasonable hypotheticals and real-life case studies.
To provide two real-life fact patterns to practice and apply their skills on and to collectively resolve applying, and generating lessons learned.

CBIE MEMBER REGISTRATION
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PRESENTERS

Will Tao (he/him)
Immigration and Refugee Lawyer
Arenous Foundation and Heron Law Office
Will provides legal services in all areas of Canadian immigration and refugee law with a focus on complex applications, overcoming refusals, inadmissibility matters, appeals, and judicial reviews. Will regularly appeals before the Immigration and Refugee Board and the Federal Court of Canada. His focus is on international students, families, and temporary foreign workers.
Will also provides strategic advice and consultation to government, media, educational institutions, and businesses on immigration/refugee, decolonization, and race equity related issues. He is the founder and creator of the award-winning Vancouver Immigration Blog (http://vancouverimmigrationblog.com), where he hopes to make immigration and refugee law more accessible to the general public. He is a second-generation Canadian, product of immigrants, and finds his personal motivation in the sacrifices of his parents and the resilience of Indigenous ancestors to this land.
Will is currently building out the non-profit organization Arenous Foundation, which was co-founded with his Heron Law colleague Edris Arib, to fill the gap of advocacy, research, and education around issues of immigration and race equity.
Edris Arib
Director of Operations/Case Manager
Arenous Foundation and Heron Law Offices
Edris Arib is a law and public policy professional with experience in international and civil society organisations. He worked as Legal Counselor for Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) and International Development Law Organization (IDLO), and as Policy and Advocacy Consultant for Transparency International.
He co-founded, a non-profit organization Arenous Foundation, with his Heron Law colleague Will Tao, to fill the gap of advocacy, research, and education around issues of immigration and race equity. He looks at the broader and systemic challenges faced by international students, temporary foreign workers, and newcomers in Canada. He with the Arenous Foundation team are working to address these shortcomings by advocating, revealing issues that are hidden in plain sight and empowering their target group within British Columbia, Canada.

Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals at Canadian Universities - Report Launch
2021-05-27 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Toronto)
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Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) have the ability to shape the international agenda and drive collective action to achieve global peace and prosperity. However, realizing such a vision requires systemic transformation and a holistic whole-of-institution approach, where education stakeholders, partners and learners work together to construct a common vision of sustainability, with sustainable development goals as endpoints. By embedding, integrating and implementing SDGs in an institution’s core operations and plans, decision-making and policies, research, teaching, learning and governance, HEIs can become powerhouses for sustainable transformation.
Prepared by the International Relations Professional Learning Community of CBIE, this webinar will summarizes the activities and initiatives adopted by nine Canadian higher education institutions to advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Access the full report Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals at Canadian Universities form our Research Library.

Webinar Outcomes

Learn more about the role of Canadian HEI in advancing the SDGs
Access to the CBIE report “Snapshot of SDG Initiatives Adopted by Canadian Universities”
Take part in upcoming CBIE activities related to the SDGs

Speakers
Helen Balderama, MPA
Associate Director, International Partnerships & Programs, York International

York University Helen has 20 years of experience in the field of international education championing programs and partnerships in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas through her work with UNESCO, the Asia-Europe Foundation and the university sector in Canada. As Associate Director International Partnerships and Programs at York University, Helen facilitates and shepherds York’s global engagement and partnerships and supports York students’ participation in global learning opportunities. Helen has a BA Philosophy, Cum Laude, at University of the Philippines (UP), a Post Graduate Diploma on Cultural Projects for Development from the University of Turin and International Labour Organization (Italy), and an MA Public Administration from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore (NUS). Helen was NAFSA’s International Outreach Coordinator (2017-2020) and is active in the UP and NUS alumni associations in Toronto.
Jon Beale
Manager, Sustainable Development Solutions Network Canada University of Waterloo Jon Beale is the Manager of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) of Canada, hosted at the University of Waterloo. SDSN Canada is part of a global SDSN movement to build a network of universities, colleges, and knowledge institutions working together to create practical solutions to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Jon’s experience comes from a variety of community and economic development roles throughout his career. This includes starting new agricultural businesses with farmer cooperatives in Zambia, leading tourism and climate change research with Inuit and Métis communities in Labrador, and working with municipal leaders throughout North America to identify and highlight economic opportunities with clear pathways for action. Jon’s academic background is in Economics and International Development, with degrees from Queen’s University and the London School of Economics.
Dr. Meghna Ramaswamy
Director, International Office University of Saskatchewan Dr. Meghna Ramaswamy is the Director of the International Office and leads the University of Saskatchewan’s internationalization strategy and the institution’s development in international research and partnerships. She oversees a team of international research and partnership specialists, who facilitate and support international and SDG-related activities for faculty, staff and students. In her role as Director of International, Meghna has oversight of the annual People Around the World conference, themed around the SDGs. She recently published a book chapter on Interdisciplinary Research Teams for the SDGs, in the Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals – Volume 17: Partnerships for the Goals by Springer Nature.
Julio Sevilla
International Project Department Head Concordia University Julio Sevilla, MBA, is an International Projects Manager at Concordia International. He formally served as Director for Research Partnerships at the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) and as a Senior Advisor for International Relations at the National Research Council of Canada (NRC), where he managed the Canadian membership for the International Council for Science (ISCU) and supported Canada’s participation in EUREKA, the G8 Head of Research Councils (G8-HORCS) and diverse bilateral initiatives for Europe, North America and Latin America. His background and training are in the fields of international relations, diplomacy, and science and technology. He is currently serving as Co-Chair of the CBIE International Relations Professional Learning Community (IR-PLC), a cross-Canadian network of over 200 professionals dedicated to supporting and advancing their universities’ international activities.
Carol Zachs
Director, Global Engagement Simon Fraser University

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

Moderator

Larissa Bezo
President and Chief Executive Officer

Canadian Bureau for International Education Ms. Bezo has served in senior leadership positions in both the public and not-for-profit sectors, including as the youngest Deputy Clerk in the history of Saskatchewan, Senior Advisor to a Federal Royal Commission and most recently, as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer for the Canadian Bureau for International Development. After a distinguished public service career, Larissa pursued her longstanding commitment to international development and solidarity through senior-level assignments with the World Bank and the International Centre for Policy Studies in Ukraine.

Advancing International Relations through Partnerships
2021-06-07 13:00 - 16:30 (America/Toronto)
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Session Recordings
Partnerships Rooted in an Ethical Framework: A Case Study and Insights from the Aga Khan University
– Farzana Karim-Haji, Director, University Partnerships, Aga Khan University

Evaluation of Partnerships: What’s Working and How Do You Know? An Open Discussion
– Sarah Olson, Senior Coordinator for International Partnerships, Colorado State University

The Future of Partnerships in International Higher Education
– Dr. Cen Huang, Vice Provost and Associate Vice President (International), University of Alberta
– Dr. Cheryl Matherly, Vice President/Vice Provost for International Affairs, Lehigh University
– Dr. Joanna Regulska, Vice-Provost and Dean. Global Affairs, University of California, Davis
The EduPartner Forum, the first virtual event organized by the MoveON team and CBIE’s International Relations Professional Learning Committee (IR-PLC), will convene leaders in higher education international relations for a discourse on the role of partnerships in global engagement: What is their strategic value in a post-COVID world? When does a partnership make sense? How can the value of partnerships be tracked? And what does a great partnership look like?
Join us on this inaugural EduPartner Forum on the 7 June 2021 to learn how your peers are tackling some of the most pressing challenges in building meaningful global engagement through partnerships.
Agenda – 7 June – 13:00-16:30 EDT

13:00 – 14:00
Partnerships Rooted in an Ethical Framework: A Case Study and Insights from the Aga Khan University (Hosted by the CBIE International Relations Professional Learning Community)

14:00 – 14:15
Break

14:15 – 15:15
Evaluation of partnerships. What’s working and how do you know? An open discussion

15:15 – 15:30
Break

15:30 – 16:30
The Future of Partnerships in International Higher Education

View the full program here: https://edudatasummit.com/edupartner-forum/
Partnerships Rooted in an Ethical Framework: A Case Study and Insights from the Aga Khan University
The CBIE International Relations Professional Learning Community is pleased to host a discussion on the ethics of partnerships by Farzana Karim-Haji, Director, University Partnerships Office, Aga Khan University.
Drawing on the case example of the Aga Khan University, this presentation will highlight the challenges and opportunities in developing partnerships rooted in an ethical framework. It will discuss how the Aga Khan University has approached North-South partnerships from practical and ethical perspectives, has engaged partners critically and has developed tools and best practices to build a stronger partnership narrative that is relevant, impactful and effective. Following the presentation, the IR PLC will guide the group through a series of questions that will help IR officers understand how we can approach partnerships differently. Speakers:
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.

Growth on the Horizon: Institutional Perspectives on the Way Forward for Canadian Institutions
2021-06-18 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Toronto)
Session Overview
Join us for a complimentary webinar with international education thought-leaders Geoff Wilmshurst, Vice President Partnerships at Camosun College, and Rick Huijbregts, Vice President Strategy & Innovation at George Brown College. Geoff and Rick will join IDP Connect team members Christine Wach, Director of Client Partnerships and Mike Henniger, Senior Consultant, for a discussion on the lessons learned from Covid and charting a way forward for Canadian institutions.
This webinar will examine:

The challenges Canadian institutions face over the coming year
Data driven decision making using the most recent demand data
Strategies for student and staff engagement
Growing your institution’s global footprint in difficult times

Presenters:
Geoff Wilmshurst
Vice-President Partnerships Camosun College Geoff Wilmshurst is Vice-President Partnerships, at Camosun College in Victoria, British Columbia where he is responsible for International Education, Continuing Education, Contract Training, Ancillary Services Advancement, Alumni and external relations.
In 1992 Geoff started his career in Ottawa at Petro Canada International Assistance Corporation as Asia Program Officer. In 1992 he joined World University Service of Canada (WUSC) in Ottawa in the China and refugee departments. He followed that with six years in New York as the Manager of Programs at AFS International where he helped to develop the 18+ program portfolio.
In 2003, Geoff returned to Canada and took on the inaugural role of Manager, Study Abroad at Thompson Rivers University (TRU) in Kamloops, BC. In 2006 Geoff was assigned to the Canadian Institute of International Studies in Chandigarh, India as the India Director for TRU. Upon his return one year later he headed up TRU’s international marketing and recruitment division.
In 2008 Geoff joined Study Group, an international private educational pathway provider, as Director of Business Development for Canada. Geoff was responsible for the development of the Study Group International Study Centre at Royal Roads University. He joined Camosun in 2011.
In addition to the United States and India, Geoff has worked and studied in China and Japan. Geoff is a graduate of Saint Mary’s University in Halifax and Shandong Normal University in China.
Geoff lives with his wife Branka and dog Luna in Victoria, British Columbia.
Dr. Rick Huijbregts
Vice-President, Strategy & Innovation George Brown College As Vice-President, Strategy & Innovation, Dr. Rick Huijbregts oversees strategic planning and partnership development to ensure George Brown College remains well positioned to evolve and adapt for the digital and rapidly changing future. He strives to advance community and industry innovation while providing students with relevant and hands-on learning opportunities through applied research and entrepreneurship.
Rick is responsible for shaping George Brown’s vision for 2030 and developing the corresponding business strategy. He leads the Registrar’s Office, Marketing and Recruitment, Publishing, and the International Centre. Rick is also responsible for Alumni Relations, Applied Research, Capital Planning, Entrepreneurship, Facilities Management, Institutional Research, and Strategic Partnerships.
Among his many career accomplishments so far, Rick spent 12 years with Cisco, most recently as Vice-President of Digital Transformation and Innovation at Cisco Canada. He was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012 for his transformational work in municipal innovation in Canada. Rick is still also a frequent speaker and thought leader in matters of innovation, digital transformation, and Smart Cities and serves on various Smart City advisory boards such as Toronto, Markham, and Vaughan. Rick is a faculty at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design Executive Education where he focuses on Smart Cities, Smart Buildings, and Digital Transformation.
Before moving into his current role, Rick was an Executive-in-Residence at George Brown and Chair of the Building Automation Program Advisory Committee. In honour of his many contributions to the college, in 2017 he was granted an honorary Honours Bachelor of Technology (Construction Management).
As VP, Digital Transformation and Innovation at Cisco Canada, Rick engaged in digitization and business development in many sectors, including education, health care, oil and gas, financial services and real estate. Prior to his VP role, Rick was General Manager for Cisco Canada’s Smart + Connected Communities practice and he was Managing Director Americas, Internet of Everything (IoT) and Industry Solutions Acceleration. Before his time at Cisco, he was the Executive Director of the Center for Design Informatics at the Harvard Design School and was co-founder and CEO at Edificium, an internet-based construction collaboration platform.
Rick holds a Doctorate from Harvard University Graduate School of Design, a Master’s of Science from Delft University, and a Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management from the Tilburg Polytechnics College in the Netherlands.
Christine Wach
Director of Client Partnerships IDP Connect Canada Christine leads the IDP Connect Canada team, including strategic partnerships across digital recruitment and student placement and IQ Consulting Services. Christine joined IDP Connect with 17 years’ experience in post-secondary education including international recruitment and strategic enrollment management, partnerships, IELTS testing, and tech driven student support programs.
Mike Henniger
Senior Consultant IDP Connect Canada Mike Henniger is an international education professional who brings two decades of success and experience in the university, vocational and language training sectors. Mike works closely with organizations across Canada to help identify data needs, provide consulting, and refine marketing and recruitment strategies based on IDP Connect IQ Intelligence services.

IR PLC Summer Session on International Partnership Assessment
2021-07-19 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto)
Join the International Relations Professional Learning Community to discuss best practices and lessons learned in the creation and implementation of international partnership assessment tools.
As international relations practitioners, partnership development is key to advancing internationalization strategies, but once a partnership has been established, how do we ensure that it meets the intended objectives and aligns with institutional priorities and values for all parties?
Effective assessment of your institution’s international partnerships is critical to mitigating risks, identifying opportunities to expand collaboration, ensuring mutual benefit, and determining when partnerships that are no longer mutually beneficial should be phased out.
Join Julie Benoit from the Université de Montréal as she shares some of the findings from the Québec Consortium on Evaluating International Partnerships, and discusses how the Université de Montréal is using this information to implement an assessment tool that will ensure its partnerships are tightly aligned with its internationalization strategy.
Following Julie’s presentation, Andrea Delgado Morrow from the University of Calgary will share some of the lessons learned from her institution’s development and implementation of the International Partnership Assessment Rating Index (IPARI), an award-wining partnership assessment tool, as well as next steps planned for its further evolution.
As part of the session, participants will have the opportunity to engage in breakout discussions with other IR practitioners across Canada to share their own stories and experiences in assessing international partnerships.
Agenda:

12:00
Welcome and overview of the IR-PLC

12:05
Summary of work of the Quebec consortium and plans for assessment tool implementation at Université de Montréal

12:15
Lessons learned and next steps for the University of Calgary’s International Partnership Assessment Rating Index (IPARI)

12:30
Breakout sessions – Partnership assessment across Canada

12:45
Summary and next steps

Reflection questions for the session:

What are the criteria for a successful international partnership?
What qualitative/quantitative measurements/data sets can help you define the success of a partnership?
Which stakeholders should be involved in international partnership assessment?
How can International Offices use the data that is generated from a partnership assessment?
How often should you assess an international partnership?
How do you define your strategic partners?
What resources are effective in the evaluation of international partnerships?
How are we being assessed by the partners?
How do we ensure our assessment tools are flexible, inclusive, and equitable, given the power dynamics at play in international partnerships?
How can we develop a system (or tool) that would support strategic and operational decisions?

Please note: This session is reserved for CBIE members and is intended to provide a space for International Relations practitioners to share their learnings and observations.
Interested in joining the conversation but can’t make it on July 19th? Please email Andrea Delgado Morrow at almorrow@ucalgary.ca.
Presenters

Ms. Stéphanie Dion
Steering Committee Member – International Relations Professional Learning Community (IR-PLC), Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE)
International Strategy Advisor, VP Office – Academic & Research, Polytechnique Montréal Stéphanie Dion holds a Master degree in International Management (M.B.A.) from Université Laval (Quebec), that she partly realized at Tecnológico de Monterrey (Mexico). She counts on more than fifteen years in the field of internationalization of higher education, working in different countries and institutions. Through diverse roles, she has conducted large projects to encourage universities’ international expansion, fostered collaboration with organizations from Quebec, Canada and abroad and gained an in-depth understanding of the issues and challenges related to universities’ international development. Stéphanie is an agent of change at Polytechnique Montréal operating with a transversal and collaborative approach in order to engage the university’s stakeholders in the internationalization process.
Ms. Julie Benoit
Julie Benoit is an International Affairs Advisor at the Université de Montréal’s International Affairs Office where she works on institutional partnerships and agreements that support institutional internationalization objectives. She also advises faculties on their international engagement activities and manages grant programs for research stays. She holds a DEA in public international law with a focus on international organizations from Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and law degrees from the University of Ottawa. Julie has over 15 years of experience working in the field of international education including the recruitment of international students. She was a member of the Quebec Consortium on Evaluating International Partnerships.
Andrea Delgado Morrow
Steering Committee Co-Chair, International Relations Professional Learning Community, Canadian Bureau for International Education, and Director, International Relations, University of Calgary, Canada 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.

International Student Crossroads V
2021-08-12 13:30 - 14:30 (America/Toronto)
Session Overview
Join CBIE and IDP Connect for a complimentary webinar covering the latest International Student Crossroads survey findings. This research uncovers the motivations, key drivers, and intentions of those students with live applications for the Fall 2021 intake. Key takeaways reveal that the majority of international students interested in Canada are already fully vaccinated and more than half are willing to quarantine on arrival.
For this fifth installment of the Crossroads series, over 4,000 respondents from over 20 countries were interviewed, including the major source countries of India, China, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Malaysia.
Download the Crossroads V Report

Presenters:
Jonah Duffin
Director of External Relations IDP Connect Jonah joined IDP Connect in 2017 after 11 years at Birkbeck. He is responsible for leadership across Marketing and Communications, Network Engagement and Stakeholder Engagement implementing pro-active audience and partner engagement, marketing, communications and public and external relations strategies which maximize IDP Connect’s profile and tell our compelling story, across all our global markets.
Luna Das
Client Director IDP Connect Luna Das is an experienced leader in international education with 15+ years of experience and has held leadership roles in dynamic and diverse organizations such as – Canadian Education Centre, Fulbright Commission- Education USA, Middlebury College and IDP Connect across various countries in South Asia and Southeast Asia. Currently, Luna works in Toronto as a Client Director for IDP Connect responsible for the delivery of student placement and digital marketing services to Canadian higher education institutions.
Prem Modha
Client Director IDP Connect Prem joined IDP in 2014 after working as a Student Recruitment Officer for the University of Winnipeg and York University. He brings over a decade of experience within the international post-secondary education industry and has expanded his role and responsibilities since joining IDP. In his current role as Client Director with the IDP Connect team, he works to expand and support client partnerships in Central and Western Canada, provide strategic insights, and maintain positive working relationships across Canada with various levels of stakeholders.

IR PLC Session on International Partnership Assessment - Part II
2021-09-23 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto)
Join the International Relations Professional Learning Community in the second part of this discussion on best practices and lessons learned in the creation and implementation of international partnership assessment tools.
We will continue the discussion from Part I of this series and see how International Relations colleagues across Canada are facing the challenges around the implementation of these tools, and what is holding them back from putting such tools in place.
Following on from the strong interest from Part I, Andrea Delgado Morrow from the University of Calgary and Suhair Deeb from Ryerson University will take us through their assessment models International Partnership Assessment Rating Index (IPARI) and International Partnership Assessment Tool (IPAT) respectively and discuss how their institutions are using these tools in practice.
As part of the session, participants will be able to discuss barriers and challenges, brainstorm solutions, identify opportunities, and determine a path forward in embarking upon this often daunting task. Colleagues will be able to share with their counterparts across Canada different strategies to overcome these barriers and hear other success stories.
Agenda:

12:00
Welcome and overview of the IR-PLC

12:05
Summary of the pre-event survey results submitted by participants

12:10
Keys to success and overcoming barriers in the implementation of the International Partnership Assessment Rating Index (IPARI) and the International Partnership Assessment Tool (IPAT)

12:30
Q&A – Challenges and strategies for getting started

12:50
Summary and next steps

Please note: This session is reserved for CBIE members and is intended to provide a space for International Relations practitioners to share their learnings and observations. Presenters
Stéphanie Dion
Steering Committee Member – International Relations Professional Learning Community (IR-PLC), Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE) International Strategy Advisor, VP Office – Academic & Research, Polytechnique Montréal Stéphanie Dion holds a Master degree in International Management (M.B.A.) from Université Laval (Quebec), which she partly realized at Tecnológico de Monterrey (Mexico). She counts on more than fifteen years in the field of internationalization of higher education, working in different countries and institutions. Through diverse roles, she has conducted large projects to encourage universities’ international expansion, fostered collaboration with organizations from Quebec, Canada and abroad and gained an in-depth understanding of the issues and challenges related to universities’ international development. Stéphanie is an agent of change at Polytechnique Montréal operating with a transversal and collaborative approach in order to engage the university’s stakeholders in the internationalization process.
Andrea Delgado Morrow
Steering Committee Co-Chair, International Relations Professional Learning Community, Canadian Bureau for International Education, 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.
Suhair Deeb
Coordinator, International Agreements & Faculty Engagement Ryerson University Suhair joined Ryerson International in 2003. She is responsible for providing advice on various student international programing models and the development of university-wide agreements with international institutions. Suhair liaises among faculty/staff, partner institutions and various internal and external stakeholders to support partnership development.
Previously, Suhair held various positions in the area of Canadian immigration with the Government of Canada and immigration law and consultancy firms. Suhair obtained a MSc. In International Business and Management from the UK and a MA in Immigration and Settlement Studies from Ryerson University. She speaks Arabic, French and some Spanish.

Perspectives from Canadian Universities: Challenges and Opportunities in Today’s International Recruitment Landscape
2021-11-10 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Toronto)
Session Overview
Please join CBIE and IDP Connect for a complimentary webinar with international education thought leaders, Chris Busch, Associate Vice President of Enrolment Management at the University of Windsor and Victor Tomiczek, Director of International Recruitment and Global Partnerships at Cape Breton University, for a discussion on the lessons learned from COVID and charting a way forward for Canadian institutions.
This webinar will examine:

The challenges Canadian institutions face over the coming year, including increased demand for the US
Data-driven decision making using the most recent demand data, including demand by province
Growing your institution’s global footprint in difficult times

Presenters and Bios:
Chris Busch
Associate Vice President of Enrolment Management University of Windsor Dr. Busch is the University of Windsor’s Associate Vice-President, Enrolment. He is responsible for leading the institution’s enrolment activities in collaboration with other senior institutional leaders. His scholarship focuses on the role organizational culture has on internationalization, or the process of integrating an international, intercultural or global dimension into higher education.
Victor Tomiczek
Director of International Recruitment and Global Partnerships Cape Breton University
Victor joined Cape Breton University (CBU) in 2016 and is currently Director of International Recruitment and Global Partnerships. Working alongside CBU leadership, the international team has overseen historic growth in international student enrolment, further cementing the university as a key economic driver in the region. A double graduate (BA, MBA-CED) of CBU, Victor is passionate about his community, serving as a council member of the Cape Breton Local Immigration Partnership (CBLIP) and as a board member for Cape Breton Music Industry Cooperative (CBMIC). Victor has a deep appreciation and respect for other cultures and traditions. Victor is immensely passionate about his island, Cape Breton, and takes great pride in introducing the world to its beauty and culture, and the incredible learning opportunities available at Cape Breton University.

Christine Wach
Director of Client Partnerships, North America IDP Connect Christine leads the IDP Connect North America Client Teams in strategic partnerships, consulting and supporting institutions across digital recruitment, marketing, student placement and IDP IQ, our data driven consultancy and research arm. Christine joined IDP Connect with 17 years’ experience in post-secondary education including international recruitment, partnerships, IELTS testing, and tech driven student support programs.
Mike Henniger
Senior Consultant IDP Connect Mike Henniger is an international education professional who brings two decades of success and experience in the university, vocational and language training sectors. Mike works closely with organizations across Canada to help identify data needs, provide consulting, and refine marketing and recruitment strategies based on IDP Connect IQ Intelligence services.

BCEI2021- CBIE2021
2021-11-15 - 2021-11-19

Global Engagement in the Time of Covid: Delegations, Missions, and Visits with International Partners
2022-01-26 13:00 - 13:55 (America/Toronto)
Session Overview
Join the International Relations Professional Learning Community and the University of Victoria to discuss the current and near-term status of Canadian post-secondary institutions planning in-person engagement with international partners in the context of the global pandemic.
Continued uncertainty and unpredictable changes to travel restrictions and safety advisories make it challenging for us as International Relations professionals to plan and implement these critical global engagement activities. Yet despite the prevalence of virtual communication platforms, face-to-face meetings remain an essential means of establishing trust, facilitating dialogue, and establishing or reinforcing positive relations with key international partners.
Marc Bavin and Ruth Wax from the University of Victoria’s Global Engagement Office will lead a presentation and discussion on the results from its survey on Presidential/Executive Travel and Global Engagement Plans, which was distributed to the IR-PLC membership on December 10th, 2021.
The intent of the survey was to take the pulse of Canada’s international higher education community to see how our institutions are adjusting plans for outgoing and incoming missions, visits, and delegations by senior administrators with international partners, in light of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
Marc and Ruth will share their analysis of the survey results, as well as insights and best practices gleaned from the data, and will lead an open conversation with participants on where we go from here.
Agenda:

1:00 – 1:05
Introductions

1:05 – 1:30
Survey results presentation and analysis (Marc/Ruth)

1:30 – 1:50
Group discussion (led by Marc/Ruth)

1:50 – 1:55
Closing remarks

Speakers:
Marc Bavin
Associate Director, Global Partnerships University of Victoria’s Office of Global Engagement Marc Bavin is the Associate Director, Global Partnerships at the University of Victoria’s Office of Global Engagement. Marc and his team are responsible for facilitating UVic’s institutional partnerships, inbound and outbound delegations, international travel safety, international mobility scholarships and facilitating UVic’s engagement with international membership associations.
Marc holds an MA in communications and technology form the University of Alberta and has approximately 20 years of experience working in international education in post-secondary and K-12 education across British Columbia. His career has been based at UVic, Camosun College and UBC’s Okanagan and Vancouver campuses, as well as Glenlyon Norfolk School – an IB continuum school. The majority of Marc’s experience relates to international student recruitment, admissions, marketing and student services but has expanded into the areas of travel safety, student mobility and institutional partnerships among other areas. He has collaborated on various committees, panels and presentations in BC, nationally and internationally related to international higher education.
Ruth Wax
Senior Officer University of Victoria’s Office of Global Engagement Ruth Wax is the Senior Officer for the University of Victoria’s Office of Global Engagement. She is responsible for managing and developing international partnerships, projects and programs that enhance UVic’s diverse global environment. Ruth supports UVic Senior Executive, faculty and staff in furthering international activities, including international agreement assessment and development, coordinating inbound and outbound international visits and projects that advance UVic’s strategic goals for internationalization.
Ruth has over 15 years of experience working in the international education sector. She holds a MA in Intercultural Communication and European Studies and a BA in Sociology.

Renforcer les services inclusifs de soutien complet pour la mobilité vers l’étranger
2022-02-10 13:00 - 14:15 (America/Toronto)
Aperçu
Expérience compétences mondiales, le BCEI et la communauté d’apprentissage professionnel (CAP) du BCEI pour les études à l’étranger organisent un webinaire pour appuyer les établissements d’enseignement postsecondaire canadiens dans le développement et la conception de leurs programmes d’expérience internationale. Les discussions et réflexions qui auront lieu dans le cadre de cet événement inclueront à la fois les approches en personne et les approches virtuelles.
Cette webinaire d’apprentissage est ouverte à l’ensemble de la communauté canadienne de l’éducation internationale (et non seulement aux membres du BCEI). Un service d’interprétation simultanée en français sera disponible.
Description
Ce webinaire se concentrera sur la façon dont les établissements préparent leurs étudiant.e.s en prévision d’une expérience internationale. La discussion portera notamment sur les manières de rendre cette préparation plus accessible aux populations mal desservies. Le webinaire lancera également une conversation sur les modèles à suivre pour encourager une plus grande participation des étudiant.e.s lors de leur retour au pays.
Ordre du jour

13 h à 13 h 05
Mot d’ouverture
Le BCEI prononcera l’énoncé de reconnaissance territoriale. ECM se joindra ensuite au BCEI pour le mot d’ouverture.

13 h 05 à 13 h 45
Présentation
Un chef de file dans le domaine mettront en relief les meilleures pratiques et principaux enjeux en lien avec la création de services inclusifs de soutien complet.

13 h 45 à 14 h 10
Discussions en petits groupes
Les participant.e.s seront réparti.e.s dans des salles de sous-groupe pour tenir des discussions en petits groupes.

14 h 10 à 14 h 15
Récapitulation et clôture
Les participant.e.s procéderont à la clôture de l’événement en se rassemblant afin de faire le point et de discuter la prochaine occasion à venir en matière d’apprentissage et de partage.

Facilitatrice

Lily Lopez-McGee
Directrice générale de Diversity Abroad Lily Lopez-McGee a consacré plus de dix ans au renforcement des capacités, à la diversité, l’équité et l’inclusion au sein de l’éducation internationale (EI) et des échanges internationaux, et à la sécurité nationale et la politique étrangère des États-Unis. Mme Lopez-McGee est une universitaire et professionnelle qui occupe présentement le poste de directrice générale de Diversity Abroad. Son travail pour cette organisation se situe à l’intersection de l’équité, la diversité et l’inclusion d’une part, et de l’EI et des échanges internationaux d’autre part. À la fois professionnelle, chercheuse et conférencière, elle a publié des articles dans des revues savantes et spécialisées. Elle a également coprésidé le Global Access Pipeline et contribué à la coordination de la Conference on Diversity in International Affairs, parrainée par le Council on Foreign Relations. Mme Lopez-McGee possède une vaste expérience dans les domaines de l’administration de bourses et de subventions, du renforcement des capacités, et des programmes de formation axée sur l’internationalisation pour les établissements qui offrent des services aux communautés minoritaires. Elle est fortement engagée dans l’égalisation de l’accès à l’éducation.

Navitas Webinar Series: The Impact of COVID-19 on International Education and the Road to Recovery
2022-03-16 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Toronto)
As we look toward the horizon and an end to the COVID-19 pandemic, the international education sector now turns its attention to the road to recovery. In this Navitas webinar series, they unpack data collected and analyzed from their partners worldwide and provide insight on the trajectory of global student flows. March 16 – 2:00pm-3:30pm (ET)
Part III: The 2021 recovery for international education and expectations for 2022 and beyond

Session Overview
Following on from the two-part series in 2021 on the post-pandemic road to recovery, this webinar will provide a comprehensive picture of how international student mobility bounced back in 2021 and what to expect in 2022 and beyond. Following the sharp dip in 2020, this presentation will examine the extent of the v-shaped recovery across the UK, US, and Canada, and what to expect from Australia now that its borders have reopened. To the extent that there has been a bounce-back, this presentation will also examine which source countries have been quicker to recover and why. WATCH THE RECORDING (PART III) June 29 – 1:00pm-2:30pm (EDT)
Part II: Dynamics of the road to recovery in 2021 and beyond
Session Overview
Building on the foundations set in Part 1, the second part in this series will provide updates on further developments in 2021, including the likely shape of the recovery in international student flows for major destination countries. As part of that recovery narrative, Part 2 will focus especially on the dynamics of pent-up demand, region-specific feedback from education agents, students’ responses to online learning, and the ongoing resurgence of the USA. WATCH THE RECORDING (PART II)
May 11 – 1:00pm-2:30pm (EDT)
Part I: The impact of COVID-19 on international education in 2020 and the road to recovery
Session Overview
The research presented spans all major destination countries. It will provide deep insights into the global international student market and draw on many sources from publicly available data to intelligence from Navitas’ offshore network and primary research with their agents.
In this webinar, Jon Chew, Head, Strategic Insights and Analytics, will introduce the conceptual framework used to gather data from pre-, mid-and post-COVID student cohorts and then surface patterns of international student behaviour. He will then take a deep dive into what has actually come to pass in 2020 in terms of key indicators for the major destinations of Australia, the UK, Canada and to a lesser extent the US. There will be a particular focus on the visa processing challenges that have held Canada back in recent times.
This webinar will overlay insights from a Navitas agent survey conducted in September 2020 and March 2021 along with first-hand feedback from agents and an offshore network to give richness and context to the narrative coming through in the data. To conclude, the webinar will cast forward to make predictions on what 2021 might hold, including five reasons to be optimistic from a macro global standpoint. WATCH THE RECORDING (PART I) Presenters
Jonathan Chew
Head, Strategic Insights and Analytics Jon Chew is one of world’s leading market analysts in international education. He was previously a Principal at Australian management consulting firm the Nous Group, and is now Head, Strategic Insights and Analytics at Navitas. Jon brings in-depth expertise, access to a wide range of external and in-house datasets, an up-to-the-minute industry perspective, developed collaboratively with a global network of stakeholders, policymakers and experts. Darcy Rollins Chief Operating Officer, Navitas Canada Darcy became Chief Operating Officer for Navitas in Canada in 2019, assuming responsibilities for effective operations of Navitas’ existing colleges in Canada and for seeking new partnerships with high-potential universities across the country. In June 2020, Darcy was elected President of the Manitoba Council for International Education (MCIE) and continues to advocate for the growth, advancement, and awareness of the international education sector in Manitoba and with colleagues and partner organizations across Canada.

All About Study Plans: What they are, how to provide supporting documents, and what to include within the context of an initial study permit application
2022-03-23 - 2022-04-06
This webinar series has been approved by CICC for 4 hours of CPD.
Participants must attend both sessions to claim the 4 hours of CPD.

Session Overview
As the number of students interested in gaining a Canadian education has grown and as their profile has become more and more diversified, IRCC has required that more and more applicants include a Study plan as well as the relevant supporting documents as parts of their initial study permit application. But what does IRCC means by Study Plan? What information should be provided in it? How should it be presented? What is the ideal length? Which supporting documents are relevant and which ones are not? How many supporting documents should be included to prove your bona fides without burdening the decision-maker? Who actually reads our students’ study plans? Every professional who works with international students has come across these questions. This two parts webinar aims to answer them and to help you deepen your understanding of IRCC’s requirements regarding the Study Plan and what you can do to help your students meet them.
Part I:
In the first part, we will look at the information IRCC provides on this specific requirement and for which country is it required. We will also look at what happens once an application has been submitted; which tools (Chinook, AI, etc.) has IRCC put in place to assist its decision-makers in assessing these applications (that have grown both more complex and more numerous). We will also review the recent Jurisprudence on the subject and how what the Federal Court has said can help us assist our students. We will conclude the first part by going over the remedies available for students who have faced single or multiple refusals.
NOTE: Participants will be able to view the recording of this session if they are unable to join the live webinar or if they purchase the series after March 23.
Part II:
In the second part, we will put our new knowledge of IRCC system and requirements to use and devise strategies and tools to best help our students write a convincing study plan and choose which supporting documents should be added to their application. Through case studies and group activities, we will look at different scenarios (mature students, ESL, Dual intent, multiple refusals, Student Direct Stream, etc.) and work on the best angle and balance for each case.
Learning Objectives

Advise students on what information should be included in their study plan and how it should be presented.
Advise students on the appropriate supporting documents to include.
Understand how IRCC is evaluating the Study Plan and the supporting documents.
Determine when after a refusal it is appropriate to refer students to legal counsel to seek remedy.
Prepare an institutional strategy and the relevant material on how to advise their incoming students on the initial study permit application.

Webinar Agenda

Part 1 – Wednesday, March 23, 2022 1:00 – 1:05
1:05 – 1:35
1:35 – 1:55
1:55 – 2:15
2:15 – 2:30
2:30 – 2:50
2:50 – 3:00 Welcome and introduction (CBIE)
Topic 1 – What is a Study Plan? What Supporting Documents?
Topic 2 – IRCC’s Assessment of Study Plans Within an initial Study Permit Application
Topic 3 – Jurisprudence. What the Federal Court says on the matter
Topic 4 – Refusals and Remedies
Q&A and discussion
Concluding remarks (CBIE and presenters) Part 2 – Wednesday, April 6, 2022
1:00 – 1:05
1:05 – 1:35
1:35 – 2:00
2:00 – 2:25
2:25 – 2:50
2:50 – 3:00 Welcome and introduction (CBIE)
Topic 1 – Group Activity – Draft a Study Plan portion (in teams)
Topic 2 – Officer Assessment (Mock), Review of Best Practices
Topic 3 – Discussion on Institutional Implementation
Q&A and discussion
Concluding remarks (CBIE and presenters)
Facilitators

Patrick Bissonnette
Conseiller aux étudiants étrangers Université Laval Patrick Bissonnette is passionate about immigration, international education, and intercultural understanding and is involved in the field for almost 20 years. He is an RCIC and since 2006 an International Students Advisor at Université Laval in Quebec City. Patrick is also a member of CBIE Immigration advisory committee and since 2017 teaches the PEIEI (French ISIEP program). Patrick is also an occasional guest speaker for the ISIEP and has presented several workshops on immigration in the past.
Will Tao
Founder/Principal; IAC Honourary Member Heron Law Offices Will Tao is a Canadian Immigration and Refugee Lawyer. He co-founded Heron Law Offices in 2021 and provides legal services in all areas of Canadian immigration and refugee law with a particular focus on complex refusals, appeals, and judicial reviews of international students, family class, and foreign worker-related applications. He won the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) Immigration Section Founders’ Award for his accomplishments in his first five years of practice (2020) and won the CBA Immigration’s Volunteer Recognition Award (co-winner) for his work with the Section’s Anti-Racism Committee (2021). He has been Best Lawyers-listed since 2017.

Operationalizing Institutional Commitments on EDI through Inclusive Internationalization
2022-04-07 13:00 - 14:30 (America/Toronto)
Join us to explore the diverse institutional approaches across Canadian higher education institutions in advancing commitments to equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) through internationalization.
During this session, participants will have the opportunity to learn and exchange with three Senior Internationalization Officers (SIOs) on how their institutions are embedding commitments to EDI into the design and implementation of internationalization strategies and programming. This session will touch on applying EDI commitments operationally in international partnerships and collaboration, education abroad, internationalization at home, and international student supports and services.
In this session, you’ll hear from:

Anver Saloojee, Professor and Interim Vice-President, Equity and Community Inclusion, Ryerson University
Carolyn Russell, Associate Vice-President International Education, Vancouver Island University
Meghna Ramaswamy, Director, International Office, University of Saskatchewan

Webinar Agenda

1:00 – 1:05
Welcome and introduction (CBIE)

1:05 – 1:25
Presentation from Anver Saloojee, Professor and Interim Vice-President, Equity and Community Inclusion, Ryerson University

1:25 – 1:45
Presentation from Carolyn Russell, Associate Vice-President International Education, Vancouver Island University

1:45 – 2:05
Presentation from Meghna Ramaswamy, Director, International Office, University of Saskatchewan

2:05 – 2:25
Q&A and discussion

2:25 – 2:30
Concluding remarks (CBIE)

Facilitators

Anver Saloojee
Professor and Interim Vice-President, Equity and Community Inclusion Ryerson University Anver Saloojee is Full Professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration, (since 1987) and a member of the Yeates School of Graduate Studies, at Ryerson University. Beginning March 1, 2022, he will serve as Interim Vice President, Equity and Community Inclusion.
Between 2005 and 2008, Anver was a Special Advisor in the Presidency of the Government of South Africa.
Anver was the Dean of Record and the Interim Dean of the Faculty of Law at Ryerson (2015 and 2020). Along with an exceptional team of colleagues, Anver worked to secure all the necessary permissions for Ryerson University to open a Law School. He was the Assistant Vice President (International) at Ryerson University between 2016 and 2020. In March 2020, he was appointed as a Senior Fellow of Massey College.
Anver served as President Ryerson Faculty Association between November 2009 and May 2014. He is a past President of the Laidlaw Foundation, and between 2011-2014 he was Vice President of the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT), and a former Chair of the CAUT Equity Committee. On 25 November 2011, he received the inaugural CAUT Equity Award; in 2015 he received the Ryerson Faculty Association, Distinguished Service Award 2015; and the Alan Shepard Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Award in 2018.
Anver does research on and has published in the area of Anti-Racism, Equity Diversity and Inclusion, and has been invited to numerous national and international conferences and workshops where he has presented papers on a wide array of topics related to equity, diversity and inclusion.
Carolyn Russell
Associate Vice-President International Education Vancouver Island University Carolyn Russell, Associate Vice-President, International Education at Vancouver Island University has a number of key responsibilities including recruitment and admissions of international students, the promotion of student success, the provision of relevant supports for international students and oversight of international partnerships, global engagement and internationalization activities, and international mobility.
Carolyn has two decades of experience as a senior university administrator and for the past 10 years, she was in a variety of positions at the University of Victoria (UVic), most recently as Executive Director Global Engagement. In this role, she worked with institutional colleagues and local, provincial, and national partners to advance Canada’s academic reputation and attract high-caliber partners to the region. She also led the development and implementation of an international plan to support the university’s strategic framework, led and oversaw the implementation of international agreements, led the development of new strategic global partnerships and developed an institutional global strategy. Prior to joining UVic, Carolyn spent a number of years at the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) in a variety of roles related to international education and engagement.
Carolyn received the 2012 BC Council for International Education Award for Service Excellence in International Education. She holds a Bachelor’s in International Studies from UNBC, and a Master of Public Administration from UVic.
Meghna Ramaswamy
Director, International Office University of Saskatchewan Dr. Meghna Ramaswamy is the Director of the International Office at the University of Saskatchewan, where she leads the internationalization portfolio for the university comprising of international research and partnerships. She has travelled and worked extensively with institutions, government, funding agencies and businesses around the world, including those in Europe, Africa, China, Russia, Philippines, Brazil and India. She loves interacting with people from different cultures and backgrounds, and uses these deep learning experiences to build vision, and guide sound strategy development for international education, focusing on sustainable research and partnerships.
She is a strong advocate for the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the role it plays in International Education. She serves as an Executive Committee member of the Commission of International Initiatives at the Association of Public Land Universities in the US and as a Steering Committee member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities Higher Education and Sustainable Development Goals Network in the UK. On a local level, she chairs the Saskatchewan Education Alliance working group on international research, development and the SDGs in partnership with the Government of Saskatchewan, Canada.
Dr. Ramaswamy has authored multiple publications on the SDGs including those on zero hunger, interdisciplinary research, partnerships and transformative leadership and most recently published an article in the Journal of Studies in International Education on “Reimagining Internationalization in Higher Education Through the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for the Betterment of Society”.
Prior to joining the University of Saskatchewan in 2018, Dr. Ramaswamy led the Centre for AIDS Reagents at the National Institutes of Biological Standards and Control, a UK government agency that works in the field of biological standardization. Here, Dr. Ramaswamy orchestrated key international partnerships with the World Health Organization, the European Commission, the National Institute of Health, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. In an advisory capacity, Dr. Ramaswamy has served as an Expert Advisor to the World Health Organization and chaired many External Advisory Committees for European projects, funded by the European Commission. As a principal scientist, Dr. Ramaswamy attracted over $19 million in funding.
Dr Ramaswamy was also an adjunct lecturer in Kings College London, and taught undergraduate courses to medical students. Meghna earned her BSc degree in Microbiology from Kings College London, a MSc degree in Virology from The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a PhD in Clinical Infection from University College London.

Articuler les compétences mondiales obtenues grâce à la mobilité vers l’étranger
2022-04-12 13:00 - 14:30 (America/Toronto)
Aperçu
Expérience compétences mondiales, le BCEI et la communauté d’apprentissage professionnel (CAP) du BCEI pour les études à l’étranger collaborent sur une série d’apprentissage pour appuyer les établissements d’enseignement postsecondaire canadiens dans le développement et la conception de leurs programmes d’expérience internationale.
Cette série d’apprentissage est ouverte à l’ensemble de la communauté canadienne de l’éducation internationale (et non seulement aux membres du BCEI). Un service d’interprétation simultanée en français sera disponible.
Description
Au cours de cette séance interactive, nous explorerons les services de soutien complet à procurer aux étudiant.e.s à leur retour au Canada. Pour ce faire, nous replacerons la transition effectuée au retour de l’étranger dans le contexte d’une expérience internationale et du point de vue des compétences mondiales. Nous aborderons notamment l’articulation et la mise à profit par les étudiant.e.s des compétences acquises lors de leur séjour à l’étranger, tel que décrit dans la littérature et les compétences mondiales définies par l’établissement d’enseignement. Des discussions en petits groupes nous permettront de découvrir de quelles manières les compétences mondiales peuvent être exprimées et intégrées à même les services de soutien complet fournis lors du processus d’orientation, et ce avant le départ, pendant le séjour à l’étranger, et lors du retour au pays.
Objectifs d’apprentissage

Replacer les compétences mondiales dans le contexte de la mobilité vers l’étranger.
Explorer plusieurs définitions et exemples de compétences mondiales.
Discuter et mettre en application des compétences mondiales à l’intérieur des programmes d’expérience internationale, et ce avant, pendant et après le séjour à l’étranger.
Déterminer les directives institutionnelles pour le développement des compétences mondiales au sein des établissements d’enseignement.

Ordre du jour

13 h à 13 h 05
Accueil et présentations par le BCEI

13 h 05 à 13 h 25
Introduction du sujet par l’entremise du jeu de rôle

13 h 25 à 13 h 55
Présentation abordant les compétences mondiales en tant que parties intégrantes de l’expérience internationale

13 h 15 à 14 h 10
Mise en application et discussion des manières de définir les compétences mondiales et de les intégrer aux programmes d’expérience internationale

14 h 10 à 14 h 20
Discussion ouverte pour l’ensemble du groupe

14 h 20 à 14 h 30
Résumé et conclusion

Facilitatrice

Heather Tobe
Membre du corps professoral, département des communications, Douglas College Heather Tobe, M.A., est membre du corps professoral du département des communications du Douglas College. Elle y enseigne la communication interpersonnelle et interculturelle, en plus de donner des conférences et d’animer des ateliers sur la sensibilisation aux autres cultures et la sensibilité interculturelle. Elle enseigne depuis plus de 30 ans à divers niveaux : de la maternelle à la 12e année, en enseignement supérieur et en formation des enseignant.e.s. Elle possède une maîtrise en arts en relations interculturelles de l’Université Antioch et de l’Intercultural Communication Institute, et un certificat en conflits en milieu de travail du Justice Institute of British Columbia. Mme Tobe est administratrice qualifiée de l’Intercultural Development Inventory et de l’International Conflict Style Inventory de Mitchell Hammer, et du Global Competencies Inventory du Kozai Group. Elle a créé et cocréé des communautés de pratique en éducation et en sensibilisation aux autres cultures, en plus d’avoir occupé plusieurs rôles à la direction de la Society of Intercultural Education, Training, and Research (SIETAR BC). Elle est actuellement membre du conseil consultatif de l’École des communications de Royal Roads University et de la CAP-EE du BCEI.
Karima Ramji
Directrice adjointe, Initiatives internationales, autochtones et stratégiques, University of Victoria Karima Ramji a plus de 20 ans d’expérience en apprentissage intégré au travail et occupe aujourd’hui le poste de directrice adjointe, Initiatives internationales, autochtones et stratégiques, au Service des programmes d’enseignement coopératif et de carrière à University of Victoria. Détentrice d’un certificat avancé en intelligence culturelle (CQ) et chercheuse active, elle a corédigé des articles publiés dans le International Journal of Work Integrated Learning, ainsi qu’un chapitre paru dans le livre Work-integrated Learning in the 21st Century: Global Perspectives on the Future et portant sur le programme de développement des compétences interculturelles déployé à University of Victoria. Elle vient de terminer un mandat de deux ans comme coprésidente du comité de recherche de l’Association for Co-operative Education and Work-Integrated Learning BC/Yukon et préside actuellement le comité international d’ECAMT Canada. Dans tout ce qu’elle fait, Mme Ramji incarne les valeurs du pluralisme et du leadership engagé.

From Conception to Implementation: A Journey Through International Partnership Assessments
2022-04-19 13:30 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
The assessment of international partnerships has never been so important. In this post-pandemic world, institutions are becoming more deliberate and focused with their limited resources, and strategic collaboration is critical.
Join the University of Calgary and the University of Pittsburgh to explore the importance of partnership assessment, its challenges, the development of critical tools, and how to proactively ensure institutions and their partners act more nimbly, collaboratively, and strategically in an ever-changing and increasingly globalized world.
Learning Outcomes

To understand the value of monitoring and evaluating international partnerships while also identifying opportunities with the most engaged partners to allow institutions to be more nimble and agile.
To share best practices and lessons learned surrounding assessing, strategizing, identifying, and expanding international partnerships in a post-pandemic world.
To share goals and objectives for the future of global partnerships and proactive assessment of critical partners.
To provide international education professionals with an assessment toolkit.

Presenters:
Garrett Margliotti
Director of Global Partnerships and Partner Engagement, University of Pittsburgh Garrett Margliotti is Director of Global Partnerships and Partner Engagement at the University of Pittsburgh’s University Center for International Studies. He previously served in the Global Experience Office as Senior Associate Director of Advising and Programming at Northeastern University and directed Carlow University’s Center of Global Learning. Margliotti holds an MEd in Higher Education Administration and a BA in French and History from the University of Pittsburgh.
Laura Daversa
Assistant Director of Global Partnerships and Events, University of Pittsburgh Laura Daversa is Assistant Director of Global Partnerships and Events at the University of Pittsburgh’s University Center for International Studies. Daversa holds a BA in Communications and Rhetoric and a Certificate in Public and Professional Writing from the University of Pittsburgh. Ms. Daversa has over 15 years of experience in the non-profit sector as an event and project manager with a special interest in international organizations, cultural institutions, and global education.
Andrea Delgado Morrow
Director, International Relations, University of Calgary 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 and is currently the co-chair of the Canadian Bureau for International Education’s International Relations Professional Learning Community.

Colloque régional du Québec
2022-05-04 - 2022-05-05
L’Université de Sherbrooke sera l’hôte du colloque régional du Québec 2022 du Bureau canadien de l’éducation internationale. Ce colloque s’articulera autour de réflexions sur l’avenir de l’éducation internationale à travers une série de séances en petits groupes, de tables rondes et d’activités de réseautage. Il réunira en présentiel près de 200 professionnels du secteur de l’éducation internationale provenant de cégeps, de collèges et d’universités. Il permettra de partager de bonnes pratiques et d’interagir avec des panélistes d’intérêt sur plusieurs sujets dans les principaux champs d’activités que sont le développement des relations internationales, le recrutement, la mobilité étudiante et l’accueil des étudiants internationaux.

COIL Virtual Exchange -Canadian Case Studies Showcase
2022-05-16 13:00 - 14:30 (America/New_York)
The session seeks to provide a space for knowledge sharing via showcasing four (4) studies of Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) projects from 4 different Canadian institutions in both Western and Eastern Canada. Presenters are faculty members and internationalization officers who have conducted a COIL project in the last few years; best case practices, highlights, and tips will be shared.
The presentation also aims to showcase COIL-VE as not a lesser form of mobility, but rather, a supplementary mode to mobility that is effective in widening access and providing choices for Canadian students – particularly those who have traditionally been unable to go on physical mobility. This perspective will give insight to participants and their respective institutions in seeing COIL-VE as a sustainable and inclusive tool that can be a staple in the suite of learning abroad programs available. Through examples of projects, participants will learn how to articulate the merits of COIL projects and VE programs as more than mere temporary responses to the pandemic, and formulate the long-term benefits of this cost-effective, accessible, and community-building learning format.
Faculty members, internationalization officers, and senior administrators are welcome to join in on this session.
This session is led by the co-chairs of the Virtual Education Abroad Beyond the Pandemic subgroup of the CBIE Education Abroad Professional Learning Community.
Learning Objectives

Provide an overview of COIL and its importance to education abroad programming
To learn how to start and implement COIL at Canadian institutions
To learn from faculty members on how COIL impacted their teaching and learning
To learn how COIL can contribute to internationalization-at-home(IaH), especially for intercultural communication development among faculty and students

Webinar Agenda

1:00 pm – 1:05 pm
Introduction

1:05 pm – 1:15 pm
Topic 1: Four institution profiles. What and Why COIL? COIL phases and tasks (Ada & Eunjung)

1:15 pm – 1:25 pm
Case Study 1: Western University

1:25 pm – 1:35 pm
Case Study 2: Algoma University

1:35 pm – 1:45 pm
Case Study 3: Kwantlen Polytechnic University

1:45 pm – 1:55 pm
Case Study 4: Langara College

1:55 pm – 2:05 pm
Topic 2: How to start and implement COIL? Who are the key stakeholders for COIL? Institutional Partnership as a pathway to partnering with COIL faculty What type of resources do you need to successfully implement COIL at your institution (Ada & Eunjung)

2:05 pm – 2:10 pm
Conclusion; The Value of COIL and its contribution to IaH and SDG (Ada & Eunjung)

2:10 pm – 2:20 pm
Q&A

2:20 pm – 2:25 pm
Concluding remarks

Presenters:
Ada Lee
Global Development Manager Kwantlen Polytechnic University Ada Lee is a strategic, creative, and people-focused higher education professional with 8+ years in public HEIs and 12+ years in non-profit management & intercultural engagement. An International Relations and Marketing Communication Specialist by academic training, she blends her curiosity for what makes people tick with the power of storytelling, systems thinking, and sustainability. In her current role, she oversees the study abroad program and global partnership projects at KPU. She is currently co-chair of the Virtual Education Abroad sub-group at CBIE’s Education Abroad PLC.
Eunjung Riauka
Director, International Learning University of Western Ontario Eunjung is an International Education Professional who is dedicated to helping students, staff, faculty and higher education institutions better understand and engage with global issues through international mobility, research and internship abroad programs. Leveraging over 10 years of experience in Higher Education in the field of international mobility programs, recruitment, partnership development & agreements, admissions (domestic/international), and assessment of transfer credits. Highly motivated and engaged in developing an internationalization strategic plan and direction in advancing the internationalization agenda and positive student experience in post-secondary institutions, she is a knowledgeable and trained facilitator and curriculum developer for cultural safety learning programs. In her current role, she oversees the International Learning program at Western University. She is currently co-chair of the Virtual Education Abroad sub-group at CBIE’s Education Abroad PLC. Faculty Presenters:
Lesley McCannell
Kwantlen Polytechnic University Lesley McCannell has developed business students at Melville School of Business at Kwantlen Polytechnic University for the past 20 years. She specializes in teaching Intercultural and Leadership courses and Co-Chairs the Human Resources Management Department. Lesley is an innovator in designing inclusive learning environments. She supports faculty and professionals in the development of intercultural fluency, inclusive leadership practices
Laura Wyper
Algoma University Dr. Wyper has a Bachelor of Health Sciences in Midwifery from Laurentian University, a Bachelor of Education from Trent University, a Master of Arts in Adult Education and Community Development from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto, and a PhD in Adult Education and Community Development with a specialization in Comparative, International and Development Education from OISE, at the University of Toronto. She is the current Chair of the Department of Community Economic and Social Development at Algoma University.
Natasha Mrkic-Subotic
Langara College Natasha has over 25 years of global experience in marketing, WIL, strategic partnerships, and higher education. Natasha carries a dual academic & administrative role as faculty member and Intercultural Engagement Consultant focusing on Global Academic Engagement for Langara College. She is also the Vice-Chair on the Board of Directors for CityStudio, an organizing academic member of the Athens Institute for Education & Research, and faculty at Capilano University. She is passionate about social innovation and developing global relationships that promote applied learning and a student/community-focused changemaker culture to solve real problems. Key components of her work include fostering intercultural engagement among faculty, staff, and students, which has included the development and promotion of COIL Virtual Exchange since 2019, and the creation of the West Coast Virtual Exchange Institute.
Aleksandra Zecevic
Western University Dr. Aleksandra Zecevic is an Associate Professor of Gerontology in the School of Health Studies, the Faculty of Health Sciences, at the Western University. She is the 3M National Teaching Fellow with the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education and recipient of numerous awards for teaching innovation. She is a trailblazer for community engaged learning, international learning, and learning through simulation. She engages her students as partners in exploring arguably the best healthcare systems in the world through COIL and international travel in Scandinavia, advocating tirelessly for improvement of lives and health of older adults. Her research on prevention of falls, improvement of safety culture in healthcare, gerontology education and Age Friendly Cities afforded her a Fellowship with the Gerontological Society of America.

Créer une culture de mobilité vers l’étranger sur le campus
2022-06-08 13:00 - 14:30 (America/New_York)
Aperçu
Expérience compétences mondiales (ECM), le BCEI et la communauté d’apprentissage professionnelle pour les études à l’étranger (CAP-EE) ont uni leurs forces pour offrir une série d’apprentissage afin d’appuyer les établissements d’enseignement postsecondaire canadiens dans le développement et la conception de leurs programmes d’expérience internationale.
Cette série d’apprentissage est ouverte à l’ensemble de la communauté canadienne de l’éducation internationale (et non seulement aux membres du BCEI). Un service d’interprétation simultanée en français sera disponible.
Description
Étant donné que la mobilisation de ressources à l’échelle d’un établissement est l’une des clés du succès des programmes de mobilité vers l’étranger, ce webinaire aborde les stratégies visant à renforcer la collaboration interdépartementale pour favoriser des activités d’apprentissage à l’étranger et la participation des groupes mal desservis. Pendant la séance, trois établissements (l’Université de Waterloo, le Collège Humber et l’Université de Calgary) présenteront leurs expériences en matière de mobilisation des collègues, membres du corps professoral et groupes étudiants dans le but de créer une culture de mobilité sur leur campus.
Ordre du jour du webinaire

13 h 00 – 13 h 05
Mot de bienvenue et présentations

13 h 05 – 13 h 10
Mentimeter – cultiver un esprit de collaboration : défis et succès

13 h 10 – 13 h 25
Université de Waterloo – collaboration interdépartementale

13 h 25 – 13 h 40
Collège Humber – le modèle de collaboration Humber Hub & Spoke pour les membres du corps professoral

13 h 40 – 13 h 55
Université de Calgary – intégrer la mobilité dans la culture étudiante

13 h 55 – 14 h 05
Prochaine étape – réunir les différents éléments

14 h 05 – 14 h 20
Discussions en petits groupes

14 h 20 – 14 h 25
Questions et réponses

14 h 25 – 14 h 30
Remarques de conclusion

Presenters

Colleen Packer
Directrice, Apprentissage international University of Calgary Colleen Packer travaille depuis plus de 20 ans dans le domaine de l’éducation internationale et occupe présentement le poste de directrice de l’apprentissage international pour le service international de l’Université de Calgary. À ce titre, elle est responsable des programmes d’éducation à l’étranger et d’apprentissage mondial à la maison, et travaille avec les différentes parties prenantes sur le campus pour réaliser le plan d’engagement mondial de l’Université. Mme Packer siège à plusieurs comités internes et externes et copréside la communauté d’apprentissage professionnelle pour l’éducation à l’étranger du BCEI. De plus, elle donne régulièrement des présentations lors de conférences nationales et internationales. Mme Packer détient une maîtrise en éducation en apprentissage des adultes de l’Université de Calgary.
Shabnam (Shay) Ivkovic
Directrice, Initiatives stratégiques internationales University of Waterloo À titre de directrice des initiatives stratégiques internationales, Shabnam (Shay) Surjitsingh Ivković conçoit et met en œuvre la stratégie d’internationalisation du service de l’enseignement coopératif et expérientiel (CEE) de l’Université de Waterloo. Son travail permet au CEE de conserver son titre de chef de file mondial dans l’apprentissage intégré au travail (AIT), en empruntant des voies durables vers l’innovation et une croissance de qualité. Fervente avocate de l’AIT, Mme Surjitsingh Ivković a donné des conférences au sujet des résultats de programmes, de la satisfaction des étudiant.e.s, du legs des programmes coopératifs dans les organisations, de la gestion des risques et de l’incidence de l’AIT sur les Objectifs de développement durable des Nations Unies, entre autres thèmes, dans le cadre de multiples colloques internationaux. Elle aime travailler dans le milieu universitaire, car selon elle, une éducation bien équilibrée est la clé d’un avenir prometteur.
Rebecca Trautwein
Gestionnaire, apprentissage et engagement international Humber College Rebecca Trautwein est une spécialiste de l’apprentissage et de l’engagement international, avec plus de dix ans d’expérience en enseignement supérieur et en travail à l’international. C’est son propre parcours autour du monde qui a fait naître sa passion pour ce domaine et qui l’a amenée à obtenir une maîtrise ès arts en communication interculturelle et internationale de l’Université Royal Roads. Elle cherche à créer des expériences internationales accessibles et novatrices par le biais de l’autoréflexion et des échanges culturels.

Bettering Best Practices: Cultivating Agency for International Students
2022-07-27 09:30 - 11:00 (America/New_York)
Join the International Network of Tomorrow’s Leaders (INTL) and explore innovative practices that help develop students’ confidence to build their own communities and feel included in social and cultural environments.
Throughout the session, you will hear from five (5) research professionals about the most up-to-date findings in internationalization and intercultural competence development and how these findings can help Canadian institutions make informed decisions toward better cultivating agency for international students.
Learning Objectives

Highlight innovative practices towards better-developing students’ agency for inclusion in new social and cultural
environments from a research perspective.
Offer insight on research findings in internationalization and intercultural competence development.
Understand how these findings might inform international professionals/educators/advisors’ applied practices.

Webinar Agenda

9:30 – 9:40
Welcome and introduction

9:40 – 10:50
Panel Discussion

10:50 – 11:00
Q&A and discussion/Concluding remarks

Our Moderators

Dr. Nikole Pascetta, TESL, MA, PhD, Languaging Experience / Le Corps Poetique
Professor Communications Lambton College in Toronto
Tram-Anh Bui
PhD Candidate, Faculty of Education Brock University
Presenters

Dr. Darla Deardorff
Executive Director, Association of International Education Administrators (AIEA) /Research Scholar Duke University Dr. Darla K. Deardorff is Executive Director of the Association of International Education Administrators, a leadership organization. She is also a research fellow at Duke University. She has worked in the international education field for over twenty-five years & previously held positions at North Carolina State University & the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, where she has had experience in study abroad, international student services, cultural programming, & ESL teaching/teacher training. Founder of ICC Global, a global research network on intercultural competence, and the World Council on Intercultural and Global Competence, she has lived, taught & worked in Germany, Japan, & Switzerland. In addition, she has had 2 Fulbrights- one to South Africa and one to Japan. Dr. Deardorff’s faculty experience includes Harvard University’s Future of Learning Institute, Harvard’s Global Education Think Tank, the Summer Institute of Intercultural Communication, Shanghai International Studies University (China), Nelson Mandela University (S. Africa) & Meiji University (Japan) as well as Middlebury Institute of International Studies. Regularly invited to speak worldwide, Dr. Deardorff consults for universities, businesses, & non-profit organizations. Recent projects include advising the OECD’s PISA Global Competence Project & a UNESCO Intercultural Competence Project. She has published over 60 articles, book chapters, and 11 books, starting with The SAGE Handbook of Intercultural Competence (Sage, 2009). Other books include lead editor of The Sage Handbook of International Higher Education (Sage, 2012 and 2nd edition, 2021), co-author of Building Cultural Competence (Stylus, 2012), author of Demystifying Outcomes Assessment for International Educators (Stylus, 2015), co-editor of Intercultural Competence in Higher Education (Routledge, 2017) and lead editor of Leading Internationalization (Stylus, 2018). Her latest book, Manual for Developing Intercultural Competencies: Story Circles (Routledge/UNESCO, 2020), is open to access in 5+ languages: https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000370336. She is currently working on two more books. For more detailed bio info, see https://sites.duke.edu/darladeardorff/
Specialties: Intercultural Competence, Assessment and Evaluation, Global Leadership, Cross-Cultural Training, Intercultural Research, Internationalization, International Higher Education
Lisa Brunner
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Educational Studies, Faculty of Education, International Student Advisor (RCIC), International Student Development The University of British Columbia Lisa Brunner is a Ph.D. candidate in Educational Studies, a Liu Institute for Global Issues Scholar, and a Centre for Migration Studies Executive Committee Member at the University of British Columbia. She is also a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant with 15+ years of professional experience in international education, including 10+ years as an international student advisor. Her doctoral dissertation focuses on the ethical paradoxes of ‘edugration,’ or education-migration, in Canada. Previously, Lisa participated in multiple research projects mapping and assessing the settlement experiences of government-assisted refugees in Metro Vancouver (with Immigrant Services Society of BC) and the USA (with the Center for Applied Linguistics). She serves on Canada’s national Pathways to Prosperity Standing Committee of Students and Junior Scholar Engagement. She holds an MA in Geography and a BA in English Literature and Political Science.
Laura Crane
Director of Academic Affairs & Operations York University Laura Crane is currently the Director of Academic Affairs & Operations in the Faculty of Education at York University. She has worked in the private and public sectors in education and recruitment for over 25 years. She has worked in local and international education with partners in Germany, China, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong, Switzerland, Norway, and others. She has worked behind the scenes to operationalize the Borderless Higher Education for Refugees (BHER) program at York University, which offers certificate and degree programs to practicing teachers in the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya and other vital projects that can change people’s lives. She is also a Ph.D. candidate at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto. She has been looking at the perceived impact of tools used in the institutional assessment of internationalization strategies in European universities. She has also researched how international experience impacts local teacher hiring. When she is not working, Laura engages in environmental activities: fighting invasive plants and growing (and eating) organic fruits and vegetables.
Dr. Sonja Knutson
Director, Internationalization Office Memorial University of Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland Dr. Sonja Knutson is the Director of Internationalization Office at the Memorial University of Newfoundland and an adjunct professor with the Faculty of Education. She is responsible for leading, partnering and supporting the Internationalization Office to implement the actions of the Strategic Internationalization Plan 2020 at Memorial. She oversees a team whose responsibilities range from international student support, mobility and partnerships, an overseas campus, federal and provincial government relations, and capacity-building projects and consultancies.
Sonja is committed to supporting the professional field of internationalization through her teaching, research and service. She has contributed chapters to several recent publications and is a frequent presenter at international conferences. She teaches graduate courses in the internationalization of higher education, participates in doctoral supervisory committees in the Faculty of Education, and mentors international students completing doctorates in the field. She served six years on the Canadian Bureau for International Education Board of Directors. She also held the role of chair of NAFSA’s International Education Leadership Knowledge Community and worked with that group for four years.
Lyn Trudeau
Faculty member of Women and Gender Studies and Sociology, PhD Candidate Brock University Lyn Trudeau is an Anishinaabe’Kwe from Sagamok Anishnawbek First Nation, belonging to Eagle Clan. She is a faculty member cross-appointed with Women and Gender Studies and Sociology at Brock University, alongside being a Ph.D. Candidate in Social/Cultural/Political Contexts of Education. Lyn feels it is important to honour her cultural background; therefore, embeds Indigenous knowledge and ways of being in her classrooms and research endeavours. Lyn is also an artistic scholar who engages the visual presence and representation within her works to support cultural survivance.

Événement de réseautage Canada-Türkiye sur l’éducation lors de la conférence EAIE 2022
2022-09-15 17:00 - 20:00 (Europe/Madrid) | Hotel Fira Congress Barcelona, Street de José Agustín Goytosolo, 9-11, Barcelona, 08908, Spain
Présenté en partenariat avec le Foreign Economic Relations Board of Türkiye (DEİK)

Veuillez confirmer votre participation d’ici le mercredi 31 août.

Aperçu de l’événement
Le Bureau canadien de l’éducation internationale (BCEI) et le Conseil des relations économiques extérieures de la Türkiye (DEIK), avec le soutien du Service des délégués commerciaux (SDC) en Türkiye, invitent les établissements d’enseignement canadiens et turcs qui participent à la conférence EAIE à l’événement de réseautage Canada-Türkiye sur l’éducation qui aura lieu à Barcelone. Cet événement permettra d’explorer les partenariats entre la Türkiye et le Canada dans divers domaines :

Mobilité du corps professoral et étudiant
Collaboration en matière de recherche
Programmes de diplômes conjoints
Renforcement des capacités (par exemple, formation professionnelle)

Aperçu du programme (à confirmer) :
17 h à 17 h 15 – Inscription
17 h 15 à 17 h 30 – Remarques de bienvenue

Bureau canadien de l’éducation internationale (BCEI)
Conseil des relations économiques extérieures de la Türkiye (DEIK)

17 h 30 à 18 h 30 – Présentations : Partenariats et collaboration Canada-Türkiye

Brèves présentations (1 minute) par les établissements turcs présents
Brèves présentations (1 minute) par les établissements canadiens présents

18 h 30 à 20 h – Réception de réseautage

Pourquoi la Türkiye et le Canada?
La Türkiye est un pays prioritaire dans le secteur de l’éducation internationale du Canada. Avec 12,95 millions de jeunes âgé.e.s de 15 à 24 ans, une population croissante de plus en plus intéressée par l’éducation internationale et un large éventail d’universités de renommée mondiale, la Türkiye est un centre d’éducation majeur dans les régions de l’Eurasie et du Moyen-Orient.
Le Canada est un pôle d’éducation de premier plan, avec plus de 150 universités et collèges répartis sur son vaste territoire. Près de 70 % du corps étudiant international qui a choisi le Canada pour poursuivre ses études l’a fait grâce à la qualité de ses établissements et de son système éducatif. Le système d’enseignement postsecondaire canadien est axé sur les compétences et le marché du travail, avec un large éventail de possibilités de formation et de partenariat dans tous les domaines de la connaissance.

Qui devrait participer à cet événement?

Leaders d’universités et de collèges canadiens et turcs
Établissements d’enseignement technique ou appliqué
Les parties prenantes du gouvernement en matière d’éducation

Veuillez noter : En raison du manque d’espace, un maximum d’un délégué.e par établissement est préféré.

Pour davantage d’information, veuillez contacter Catherine Wilde (CWilde@cbie.ca) ou Jorge Ramirez-Aguilera (JRamirez-Aguilera@cbie.ca) de l’équipe Développement et partenariats du BCEI.
Soutenu part EduCanada

International Partnerships and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Embedding Sustainability into Global Engagement
2022-10-04 12:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
Session Overview
The CBIE International Relations Professional Learning Community (IR-PLC) and the Community of Practice for Partnerships (CoPP) will host a conversation on the intersection between international partnerships and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in higher education. This discussion will critically address the tension at institutions between the advancement of the SDGs as a conceptual goal and the need for international partnerships to produce tangible outcomes in alignment with this objective. How can we ensure that sustainability is embedded into global engagement?
The opening panel features representatives with extensive experience engaging with these questions from various perspectives within the higher education sector. Their discussion will highlight the current landscape and context of international education and the SDGs, particularly through the lens of international partnerships.
The case studies session brings together four North American institutions that will share their initiatives and efforts that showcase how international relations offices and collaborating units across campus are moving the SDGs agenda forward. Discussion topics include:

How to engage leadership and central administration in the process
Key considerations when developing global partnerships through the SDGs framework
Best practices in working with other campus units, such as the Sustainability Office

Each session will be followed by a Q&A session and dedicated time for open discussion where participants can connect, share, and engage with colleagues to exchange ideas and resources on practical ways to build sustainability into international partnerships.
Program

12:00 PM
Welcome

12:05 PM
Opening Panel Session & Q&A

1:05 PM
Group Discussion

1:30 PM
Case Studies Session & Q&A

2:30 PM
Group Discussion

2:55 PM
Closing Remarks

Speakers

Dan Fredrick, Director, Global Engagement, University of Alberta International, University of Alberta (Co-Chair Elect, IR-PLC)
Stacy Burger, Director of Global Partnerships and Strategic Initiatives, Office of International Affairs, Lehigh University (Member, CoPP)

Karen Dalkie, Moderator
Vice President Development and Partnerships, Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE) Karen Dalkie joined Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE) in 1998, and over the past two decades, she has spearheaded and implemented various projects and initiatives across the globe. In addition to providing strategic-level oversight to CBIE’s implementation of projects funded by Global Affairs Canada and foreign clients, Karen is also responsible for developing new partnership and development initiatives for the organization with a range of international and Canadian partners across government, academia and civil society. She is also actively engaged in deepening CBIE’s relations with member institutions, particularly through leading CBIE’s International Collaboration mission series, which provides unique opportunities for members to explore and pursue educational partnerships with countries worldwide.
Karen has a strong command of French, Spanish, Russian and Ukrainian and has worked extensively across the former Soviet Union, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.
Karen received her MA in International Affairs from the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University and her BA in History and Russian from the University of Manitoba. She also studied in Moscow at the Moscow State Pedagogical University and holds a Certificate of Teaching English Language from Carleton University.
David Julien
Executive Director Inter-American Organization for Higher Education (IOHE) David Julien currently acts as Secretary General of the Inter-American Organization of Higher Education (OUI-IOHE) and Executive Director of the Conference of the Americas on International Education (CAIE).
He owns a Doctorate and a Master’s degree in Organizational Psychology from the University of Sherbrooke, where he was appointed Ambassador of his Faculty in 2022. He also owns a Bachelor’s degree from Laval University and has taken courses in leadership and management at Harvard University and McGill University.
He has accumulated 20 years of management experience in three distinct organizations, including the IOHE, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), and UNESCO, where he has been responsible for developing inter-governmental partnerships and different capacity-building programs.
He has taught at the Confucius Institute in Montreal, University of Sherbrooke, Marie-Victorin College, Universidad del Valle (Colombia) and Kaifeng University (China). He has also offered training seminars in various Latin American universities.
Jingwen Mu
Strategic Planning Manager, Planning & Information Office University of Auckland Dr. Jingwen Mu is the Strategic Planning Manager and the Senior Global Strategy Advisor to the Vice-Chancellor at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.
She is a university rankings expert and has been closely involved in developing the University of Auckland’s strategic plan and initiatives. She leads the University’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) mapping initiative and represents the University in partnerships and conferences related to rankings and the SDGs. She is currently a member of the Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings Advisory Board and a member of the QS Rankings Advisory Board.
She has been consulting for the World Bank on the Sub-Saharan Africa Benchmarking Initiative since 2015. Before joining the University, Jingwen headed the consulting team at ShanghaiRanking Consultancy from 2015 to 2018. She was responsible for developing ShanghaiRanking’s consulting and benchmarking frameworks and was leading the consulting initiatives across universities in China and overseas.
Beth Eden
Chief Executive Officer QS World Merit Beth Eden (she/her) was named one of Canada’s 30 under 30 Sustainability Leaders by Corporate Knights and 25 under 25 Environmentalists by The Starfish Canada for 2020. She has worked with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), focusing on SDG #13, Climate Action, with institutions, NGOs, the United Nations and local governments for numerous years. Her research focuses on environmental campaigns, social psychology and behaviour change for disaster risk reduction, flood resiliency and climate mobilization online and in communities across Canada.
She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Studies from the University of Waterloo.
Shaheen Naji, Moderator
Executive Director SFU International, Simon Fraser University Shaheen Nanji (MA, International Studies) is acting Executive Director, SFU International and is responsible for faculty engagement and the collaborative development and implementation of the University’s international engagement and faculty engagement.
As a convener of engagement and dialogue on global issues, she is committed to collaboration between diverse disciplines, sectors, cultures, perspectives and interests for a more profound impact. She has worked on development projects in sustainable development goals; refugees and immigration; equity, diversity and inclusion; education; diaspora; public health, and environmental policy. Her international work has been focused on Africa and Asia.
Shaheen is on the Board of the Proteknon Foundation for Innovation and Learning, a member of the Burnaby Intercultural Planning Table, and an Associate of the SFU Centre for Dialogue.
Helen Chua Balderama
Director Global Engagement and Partnerships, York International Helen has 20+ years of experience in international education cooperation with programs and partnerships in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas through her work with UNESCO National Commission Philippines, the Asia-Europe Foundation in Singapore and higher education institutions in Canada.
As Director of Global Engagement and Partnerships and Programs at York University, Helen leads, facilitates and shepherds York’s engagement and cooperation with 300+ partners in 60 countries. The Global Learning Team, within her portfolio, facilitates and supports global and intercultural learning opportunities for York students as academic exchanges, international internships, and summer, short-term and virtual programs.
Helen has a BA in Philosophy from the University of the Philippines, a Post Graduate Diploma in Cultural Projects for Development from the University of Turin and Int’l Labour Organization (Italy), and an MA in Public Administration from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. She is active in the alumni associations of UP and NUS in Toronto.
Alexandra Hiniker
Director Sustainability Initiatives, Carnegie Mellon University As the Director of Sustainability Initiatives at Carnegie Mellon, Alexandra is responsible for the institution’s programs on the Sustainable Development Goals and Scholars at Risk. This includes publishing the world’s first Voluntary University Review of the Sustainable Development Goals in 2020. Previously, she oversaw New York City’s Sustainable Development Goals program at the Mayor’s Office for International Affairs, where she sparked a worldwide movement by creating the concept of the award-winning Voluntary Local Review for cities to report on their progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals.
Alexandra’s approach to sustainability is informed by 15 years of experience working in 18 countries across the globe. This includes leading humanitarian disarmament initiatives in some of the world’s most bombed and mined countries, advocating for locally-led peacebuilding processes as the PAX Representative to the United Nations in New York, and implementing pandemic preparedness projects in Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe.
Alexandra earned a BA from the University of Chicago, an MA from Uniwersytet Jagielloński in Kraków, Poland, and an MS in Urban Policy and Leadership from Hunter College in New York City. She also studied at Sciences Po-Paris.
Matt Upson
Associate Dean Research & Learning Services, Oklahoma State University Matt Upson is the Associate Dean for Research & Learning Services and Claud D. Kniffin Professor of Library Service and Education at the Oklahoma State University Library, where he has been a faculty member since 2014.
He received a Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education from Oklahoma State University and a Master of Library Science from Emporia State University. His research interests include information literacy, misinformation, critical algorithm studies, open education resources, open access, games and learning, and graphic novels. He recently co-authored the 2nd edition of Information Now: A Graphic Guide to Student Research and Web Literacy and currently serves as a steering committee co-chair for the New Literacies Alliance.
Jeff Simpson
Director Center for Global Learning, Oklahoma State University Dr. Jeffrey Simpson, Director of the Center for Global Learning at Oklahoma State University (OSU), received his Ph.D. in Higher Education Leadership and Policy and his M.S. Degree in International Studies from OSU.
His work is centred on strategic planning and relationship development designed to advance global learning across campus. Simpson’s primary research interests include the Imagineering process students engage in imagining and constructing study abroad experiences, the application of self-representation in narrating the study abroad experience, and the salience of gendered behaviour when constructing experiences in the education abroad space. This includes working with students on how they contextualize concepts of the SDGs and other global problem-solving approaches within study abroad spaces.
Ana Garcia
Project Lead International Development Institute, Humber College Ana is an International Development practitioner with 15+ years of experience in capacity-building projects in Latin America, Asia, and Africa funded by Global Affairs Canada, the European Union, and the Interamerican Development Bank. Currently, as Project Lead at Humber College’s International Development Institute, she manages capacity-building and applied research projects in Bhutan and Kenya.
Ana holds a Master’s in International Relations and Graduate Certificates in Project Management and Research Analyst. She is pursuing a Ph.D. in Local Development and International Cooperation, conducting her pre-doctoral research about the contribution of Higher Education Institutions to Human Development through International Cooperation.
International Relations Professional Learning Community (IR-PLC) & Community of Practice for Partnerships (CoPP)
Led by our colleagues in the US, the Community of Practice on Partnerships (CoPP) is a voluntary-based, cross-border community aimed to create a space for IR officers and representatives to share good practices surrounding hot topics and increased responsibilities on partnership management in HEI International Education. IR-PLC has been working closely with this emerging group, and look forward to sharing more in the upcoming months on the development of this valuable community and how to be involved.
Organizers include:

Vivian Wang, Vice Provost for Global Engagement, University of Tulsa (Member, CoPP)
Sarah Olsen, Manager, International Partnerships and Faculty Global Engagement, International Programs, Colorado State University (Member, CoPP)
Andrea Delgado Morrow, Director, International Relations, University of Calgary (Co-Chair, IR-PLC)
Yukino Mori, Senior Manager (Interim), Global Engagement, SFU International, Simon Fraser University (Co-Chair, IR-PLC)

Campus Aléas - Intervention auprès d’étudiants en situation de crise
2022-10-17 - 2022-10-28
Date limite d’inscription: 12 octobre

La sensibilisation aux problèmes de santé mentale est essentielle pour ceux qui travaillent avec des étudiant.e.s. En accordant une priorité à la santé mentale, nous pouvons prévenir les crises et faire en sorte que les étudiant.e.s puissent participer pleinement et en toute sécurité sur le campus et dans la communauté.

APERÇU
Dans le cadre de cette formation, les participantes et les participants exploreront des outils et des approches permettant d’aider les personnes qui développent un problème de santé mentale, qui connaissent une aggravation d’un problème de santé mentale existant ou qui traversent une crise de santé mentale. Grâce à un cours en ligne auto-dirigé, les participantes et les participants auront l’occasion d’acquérir un langage et de la théorie communs entourant les principales manifestations des crises de santé mentale chez les étudiants internationaux.
Lors de la session en direct qui suivra, les participantes et les participants travailleront avec nos animatrices pour discuter de situations réelles vécues par des étudiants internationaux entrants et sortants. Au cours de la session, les participants auront l’occasion de discuter du niveau de soins dont les étudiants pourraient avoir besoin, du niveau d’intervention approprié en fonction de leur rôle dans leur établissement et des personnes vers lesquelles on peut se tourner pour obtenir un soutien supplémentaire. Nos formations sont participatives et interactives. Pour tirer le meilleur parti de cette session, les apprenantes et les apprenants doivent venir préparés avec des questions et des exemples liés à leur réalité professionnelle.
Remarque : Cette formation est également proposée en anglais. Cliquez sur le lien « English » situé dans le coin supérieur droit de votre écran pour voir toutes les informations et vous inscrire pour rejoindre la cohorte anglaise.
HORAIRE
Diffusion du module d’apprentissage pré-webinaire: 17 octobre 2022. Les participantes et les participants auront accès à un module de formation en ligne une semaine avant la séance en direct. Il est essentiel de suivre ce module pour pouvoir participer à la session en direct.
Atelier en direct avec Aléas: 28 octobre de 11h00 à 12h30 (heure de l’Est).
PRÉREQUIS
Expérience ou formation en matière d’interventions dans le domaine de la santé mentale.

OBJECTIFS D’APPRENTISSAGE

Acquérir les outils et le langage pour adresser les crises de santé mentale.
Reconnaître les manifestations d’une crise de santé mentale.
Connaître son rôle pour réagir et intervenir dans une situation de crise.
Discuter et mettre en pratique une variété d’approches d’intervention.
Explorer les considérations liées à la santé mentale dans le cadre des programmes de mobilité entrante et sortante.

FORMATRICES

Alexandra George

Conseillère principale et technopédagogue
En tant que technopédagogue, Alexandra est responsable du développement de la plateforme de formation et de la mise en place d’outils innovants et dynamiques. Elle propose des plans de formation et des modules sur mesure pour répondre aux spécificités de chacun de ses clients. À titre de conseillère en sécurité, elle contribue à l’analyse des besoins en sécurité et à l’élaboration des politiques et procédures de gestion du risque.

Valérie Hill-Du Cap

Spécialiste en santé mentale
Bachelière en psychologie depuis 2011, Valérie a travaillé 7 ans dans un programme d’aide aux employés où elle a fait de l’intervention de crise. Présentement elle offre du soutien psychosocial aux personnes proches aidantes dans un organisme communautaire et elle complète une maîtrise en travail social.

BCEI2022 - Le congrès annuel
2022-11-13 - 2022-11-16
Le lieu de rencontre des professionnel.le.s de l’éducation internationale au Canada et dans le monde. Soyez des nôtres dans le cadre du BCEI2022 et relevons ensemble le défi dynamique et transformateur de parvenir à un équilibre entre les occasions et les responsabilités nécessaires à la création d’un avenir prospère, équitable et durable pour l’éducation internationale, au Canada comme à l’étranger.
