International Education

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Knowledge-Sharing for Teaching:
Strengthening Quebec-India Partnerships

Nathan Loewen's objectives were to collaborate with Indian teachers on the use of IT for teaching and to explore opportunities for partnership projects with Mangalayatan University (MU) and Teerthanker Mahaveer University (TMU). Read more about the trip.

India exchanges - Building a Foundation (2011)

Judy Macdonald visited two universities in India, Teerhanker Mahaveer University in Morabad, and Mangalayatan University in Aligarh with the goal of creating exchanges that would build a foundation between Vanier College and the mentioned Universities. Read more about the trip.

Partnership with Saint-Petersburg State University (2010)

Eric Lozowy, the Modern Language department and Russian language professor, travelled to Saint-Petersburg with funding from Cégep international to negotiate a partnership between Saint Petersburg State University and Vanier College. Read more about his trip.

Collaborative Project with UNAM

2010 - Marielle Beauchemin, Rhys Adams and Kevin Lenton

In October 2010, Vanier teachers, Marielle Beauchemin, Rhys Adams and Kevin Lenton traveled to Monterrey, Mexico, to represent our College at the international SOMECE conference as part of a 2 year collaborative project with the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. Read the report and see pictures from their travels.

2009 - Philippe Gagné & Sophie Jacmin

Congratulations to the French department's Philippe Gagné and Humanities department's Sophie Jacmin who were selected to take part in a collaborative two-year project involving Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and Vanier College. This project will focus on the promotion and development of information technology in teaching and learning in the two institutions.

In October 2009, Philippe and Sophie (Read her report here: English / French) travelled with Marielle Beauchemin from Vanier's Micropublishing and Hypermedia department to Mexico City and shared their expertise in information technology as part of the 25th edition of the International Symposium on Information Technology in the Classroom.

 Nicaragua: Women in Latin America

by Caroline Chwojka
In January 2010, Women's Studies faculty member, Caroline Chwojka spent several days in Nicaragua as part of an opportunity to get to know about the way in which neo-liberal policies in Latin America influence the livelihood of women, their family and education.

Teaching & Learning at the University of Malawi

by Melodie Hicks
Nursing faculty, Melodie Hicks and Michelina Catallozzi participated in a faculty mobility project funded by Cegep International and the Vanier College International Office. The two nursing teachers travelled to Malawi for two weeks this summer to share their expertise and learn about how nurses are educated in Malawi. For more information about the Teacher Mobility Project, please click here.

North American Conference on Higher Education, October 2008

by Judy MacDonald
Judy Macdonald, Coordinator of Learning Enrichment and Support Services for Programs, participated in the 12th. annual North American Conference on Higher Education (CONAHEC) October 8 -10, 2008 in Monterrey, Mexico.

Faculty Trip to China, April 2008, by Chris Hall
Vanier's Director General, Gilbert Héroux and colleagues Nita Cheong, Director of Financial Services and Continuing Education, and Chris Hall, Language School, traveled to China from April 10-17 to explore opportunities for partnership with schools in Shanghai and Hangzhou. Click here to read more about their trip.

 Understanding the Global Crisis in Health Care, by Melodie Hicks
Following Melodie Hick's participation in the 2008 study trip to Malawi, she was asked by the College and by the Association of Canadian Commmunity Colleges to attend the First Global Forum on Human Resources for Health Conference in Kampala, Uganda from March 2 to 7, 2008. Read her account of this conference.

The Visit of a Vanier Teacher to an IBO school in Casablanca, Morocco, by Julie Plante
Julie Plante is an instructor at Vanier College and is the coodinator of the International Baccalaureate program.

An internship in rural Africa, by Kimberly Munro
Kimberly Munro has been enchanted by Africa since she was a little girl. After nine months in Ghana, she has learned that that no place in the world can teach you how to live, and how to love life, like Africa can. She has worked in Continuing Education at Vanier College since 2000 and is currently pursuing her masters in Community Health at l'Université de Montréal.