BCCIE has been building partnerships and facilitating academic collaborations with colleagues, institutions, and associations in a number of Mexican regions. Much of the focus has been with partners from the Bajío region (west-central), including Jalisco, Guanajuato, Aguascalientes and more recently with Northeastern states. In collaboration with Canada’s Trade Commissioner Service and Languages Canada, we are delighted to welcome a delegation from key Mexican state government departments. We will explore and advance Mexico/Canada academic partnerships, mobility and exchange, and opportunities for Canadian engagement in capacity-building and professional development initiatives in Mexico, particularly in the area of language education. The forum will conclude with a networking event.

Join the large post-secondary education delegation from Ireland for a full day of partnership and exchange discussions and both presentations and networking. The higher education system in Ireland has recently undergone a shift wherein polytechnics and institutes of technology have combined to form regional Technological Universities, which has great significance for trades and vocational training as well as engagement with industry and the economy. The Technological Universities are meant to address the social and economic needs of their regions and to engage in industry-focused research, with an emphasis on science and technology programs that are vocationally and professionally oriented. Ireland in many ways is a key model for BC to evolve its WIL, apprenticeship and vocational and trades training practices, and the Irish institutions remain very willing partners for expanded or new relationships and joint programming with British Columbia.  This event will be of interest to all types of post-secondary institutions in BC. Education Ireland will sponsor this delegation on its return visit to BC, to the BC International Education Week, as well as to a series of institutional visits.

Thank you to our Ireland-British Columbia Partnership Day Sponsor, guard.me!

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Here in BC, we have been working towards building intercultural capacity for some time. Many have questions about the training and work they have undertaken and how it relates to Decolonization, Reconciliation and Indigenization (DRI) and Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI). In this workshop we will explore how intercultural and global learning are both complementary and foundational to advancing equity and justice.  Participants will consider perspectives and strategies that promote intercultural expertise and understanding within JEDI and DRI initiatives.

This interactive workshop will teach you how to use WES's proven evaluation methods and techniques and show you the latest tools and resources to evaluate international credentials from India in a systematic and productive manner. Working with authentic credentials, you will hone your evaluation skills and gain insights that will help you streamline your admissions processes and make the most efficient and reliable admissions decisions for your institution. The workshop will be led by seasoned WES experts who will share information and respond to questions based on the most pertinent topics related to credential evaluation. The morning will focus on undergraduate admissions and the afternoon on graduate admissions.

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Join some of the top international education trainers to enhance the performance of your department and broaden your experience and training in international education.

In the fundamentals of building a strategic internationalization plan course, you’ll be guided through the entire process of creating and implementing a successful strategic internationalization plan at your institution. You’ll learn the steps to take for each phase of strategic planning, pitfalls to avoid, key stakeholders to involve, diagnosis to include, how communication is a key factor, and how to monitor and evaluate your institution’s progress. You will learn from relevant case studies and from a range of hands-on exercises. It is strategic planning made practicable, and by the end you’ll be ready to take action upon returning to your institution.

Two-day participation is a requirement. Additional costs are associated with this registration.

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This workshop invites UMAP member institutions to both identify their internationalization goals and create, an action plan using UMAP resources to realize the said goals. Participants will be led through a brief exploration of literature on internationalization of higher education and internationalization of the curriculum. Following this foundational information, participants will engage in a strategic planning process identifying specific institutional or departmental internationalization goals. Finally, participants will outline an action plan for how to specifically engage with UMAP resources and networks to achieve their internationalization goals during the 2022-23 academic year.

Non-UMAP member institutions are welcomed to join this workshop as it provides an opportunity to exercise on strategic planning.

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Please join this special noon event where Dr. Sally Gutierez will present her award-winning research on Collaborative Lesson Planning undertaken in 2020 in the Philippines. The study explores how Collaborative Lesson Planning created a positive ‘dissonance’ from traditional lesson planning usually done in isolation. Her research is grounded in social constructivist theory of learning that can be applied in developing teacher professional development resources. This lunch session will be of interest to educators advancing teacher diversity within the profession and better understanding the growing immigrant teacher professionals coming to Canada for both studies and employment.

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This workshop provides an overview on how to incorporate the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals into the development and delivery of education abroad programs, and introduces participants to The Forum on Education Abroad’s guidelines for Advancing the UN SDGs through Education Abroad. Guided by exercises and informed by active discussion, participants will explore strategies for addressing the global challenges of realizing a more sustainable future for all.

Additional costs are associated with this registration.

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Join us to celebrate the work of International Education practitioners.

Thank you to our International Education Awards Banquet Sponsor,
University Canada West! 

Urgent action is needed to combat climate change and its impacts. What does that mean for education abroad? With a focus on the Administrative Framework section of The Forum on Education Abroad’s Guidelines for Advancing the UN SDGs through Education Abroad and Goal 13, Climate Action, this workshop will address how to integrate climate change measures into all aspects of education abroad programming, educate stakeholders on climate change mitigation, and set goals across institutions and organizations.

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BCCIE has been building partnerships and facilitating academic collaborations with colleagues, institutions, and associations in a number of Mexican regions. Much of the focus has been with partners from the Bajío region (west-central), including Jalisco, Guanajuato, Aguascalientes and more recently with Northeastern states. In collaboration with Canada’s Trade Commissioner Service and Languages Canada, we are delighted to welcome a delegation from key Mexican state government departments, where we will explore and advance Mexico/Canada academic partnerships, mobility and exchange, and opportunities for Canadian engagement in capacity-building and professional development initiatives in Mexico, particularly in the area of language education. The forum will conclude with a networking event.

Where will students come from in the next ten years? This question is critical for student recruitment, source country strategy and diversification considerations across the higher education sector in Australia and globally. However, there is relatively limited information on the long-term drivers of global demand for international higher education. The session will present research undertaken by Navitas on the long-term outlooks for international student mobility up to 2030, presenting insights based on key underlying economic, demographic and participation drivers. They will present what this means for overall global student flows, key source countries (such as China and India) and major international education destinations.

Join some of the top international education trainers to enhance the performance of your department and broaden your experience and training in international education.

In the fundamentals of building a strategic internationalization plan course, you’ll be guided through the entire process of creating and implementing a successful strategic internationalization plan at your institution. You’ll learn the steps to take for each phase of strategic planning, pitfalls to avoid, key stakeholders to involve, diagnosis to include, how communication is a key factor, and how to monitor and evaluate your institution’s progress. You will learn from relevant case studies and from a range of hands-on exercises. It is strategic planning made practicable, and by the end you’ll be ready to take action upon returning to your institution.

Two-day participation is a requirement. Additional costs are associated with this registration.

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