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Students reach beyond their institutions to spread education around the globe

October 29, 2018 Articles

“For many, offering on-campus tutoring services to students in Canada falls under a different category of support than sending these same students around the world to support partners in developing countries. But for Jamie Arron…

How colleges and institutes are building Canada’s brand and a better world

October 29, 2018 Articles

Many Canadians are familiar with the essential work that colleges and institutes do in providing vocational training to support the demands of the labour market, but fewer might know about how these same schools are…

What internationalization means to three higher ed leaders

September 13, 2018 Articles

“Mention the word “internationalization” to Canadian higher ed professionals and many will immediately think of international student recruitment. Others might think of the benefits that having more international students on campus can provide to campus…

Dispatches From the Field

Bob Bortolussi

In this short essay, I will tell the story of three of the most recent trainees, from the recently completed workshop at Kabarak University, in Nakuru, Kenya – a project I led for AWB in 2017.

Earllene Roberts

I spent four months at State Islamic University Yogyakarta, working with the team at the Centre for Disability Studies and Services (CDSS). In fact, the Centre is so much more than its name conveys…

Keyna Bracken

I have recently returned from Banda Aceh, Indonesia, where as part of my sabbatical I volunteered with the faculty of the medical school of Syiah Kuala University to develop a project to reduce maternal deaths in rural Aceh.

Mary Wall

When I heard of the program to interest and prepare medical students in Nepal for rural medicine postings, I was very interested. I spent 3 weeks with six very intelligent, personable and self-motivated 5th year medical students in Gorkha, Nepal.

Maureen Flaherty

In December 2017, I travelled to Lviv, the largest city in western Ukraine, to work with the faculty of Lviv Polytechnic National University. The University had requested the assistance of AWB to develop a program in participatory action research.

Pammla Petrucka

I am passionate about nursing. I began my career by training for a nursing diploma and went on to earn a B.Sc. and then a Ph.D. I wanted to put my skills to work in the part of the world that most needed them so I went to work in East Africa…