Grants and Contributions

The Canadian Circumpolar Mobility Consortium (CCMC) administers Canada's participation in the University of the Arctic's international North2North student exchange initiative. In 2010-11, HRSDC funding will assist the CCMC to: (1) support a limited number of Canadian students in undertaking study abroad in other circumpolar countries; and (2) develop a long-term sustainable funding strategy for its activities beyond 2010-2011.

Given that India is viewed as representing a huge opportunity for Canada, this project seeks to address issues faced by Canadian post-secondary institutions in their efforts to secure and offer enhanced international opportunities to Canadian students. This application proposes a high-level, results-oriented workshop that brings together major stakeholder groups, including post-secondary institutions and associations, provincial and federal governments and organizations, and Indo-Canadian national and international advocacy groups. A key partner in this initiative is the Asia-Pacific Foundation which supported the development of baseline documentation aimed at promoting Canadian post secondary interests in India. The workshop will examine research on the issues, prioritize a viable number of challenges that can be realistically addressed, identify desirable solutions, procure buy-in from stakeholders, and strategize an itinerary for achieving and implementing proposed solutions.

This developmental project seeks to internationalize training opportunities for students in order to enhance International Business Management programming to better meet the needs of today's increasingly competitive global marketplace. Under this project groundwork for the first joint Canada-EU post-graduate program in International Business Management will be established. Canadian and international partnerships will be established with innovative and unique learning opportunities.

This project will enable Canadian engineering students at both graduate and undergraduate levels to access new study abroad opportunities in Russia. Students will be able to develop an international perspective in the engineering profession and build international linkages that prepare them for the competitive global market. Participating institutions will benefit from engagement in the cooperative efforts between the two countries and broaden their capacity to offer international learning experiences.

The project will support a Canada-wide consortium in providing opportunities for student exchange with universities in Japan. The Canadian consortium includes York University as the lead institution, working in collaboration with l'Université de Montréal, University of Ottawa, McMaster University, University of Prince Edward Island, University of New Brunswick, Queen's University, Laval University, Simon Fraser University, University of Manitoba, University of Alberta, and Concordia University.

The goal of this project is to enhance the capacity of Canadian universities to integrate international and intercultural components into the curriculum to support students in developing knowledge, perspectives and skills needed to excel in an increasingly globalized economy. This initiative builds on previous work conducted in recent years, addressing issues and challenges with respect to organizational policies and frameworks that impact the ability of Canadian post-secondary institutions to deliver international education to students. A particular focus will be toward enhancing the capacity of smaller institutions in their efforts to bring an international dimension to student learning experiences.

Given the need to extend internationalization beyond the university sector and the historic lack of tradition of college involvement in this domain, the Association of Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC) will promote and facilitate an increased participation of Canadian colleges in international student mobility, focusing on opportunities with the European Union and in North America. The ACCC will undertake a series of initiatives to benefit the Canadian college sector, specifically aimed at capacity building and the development of new partnerships and innovative models in delivering international education to students.

By undertaking a co-ordinated set of initiatives, including gathering and analysis of information from various sources, this project will provide a comprehensive picture of international study abroad opportunities and impediments for Canadian students, with a particular focus on smaller institutions. The CBIE will consider national trends and international trends, and will explore the attitudes of students, university and college administrators, academics, employers and the general public. The project will also examine access issues, including perspectives relating to gender/race/ethnicity, and make recommendations to increase the Canadian participation in international study at the post-secondary level.

The main objective is to provide an opportunity for project partners under the Canada-European Union Program for Co-operation in Higher Education, Training and Youth to engage in planning, share best practices on the management and implementation of consortia projects, and make observations that guide government funding bodies in making joint decisions on how best to co-ordinate the Canada-EU program.

The main objective of this project is to enhance Canadian college and institute participation in international student mobility initiatives with Europe and North America. This will be done by promoting the IAM program to colleges and institutes throughout Canada, by encouraging their participation in the next call for proposals, and to facilitate the development of international partnerships by exploring the potential of a sectoral approach to international student mobility to reduce barriers to that participation and by establishing a sectoral database of program equivalencies.