What is International Development Week?
International Development Week (IDW) is an initiative to celebrate and acknowledge Canadian contributions to international development work. Post-secondary institutions across Canada, along with many other organizations, and individuals, come together in February of each year to mark this important work.
What is Happening at NIC?
This February, join NIC’s Office of Global Engagement to hear from employees and students about their exciting international projects and experiences. In addition to week-long video-on-demand presentations, join OGE for the following events.
Events
Monday, Feb. 5, 2024
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WUSC LEAVE FOR CHANGE
12-1 pm
Online
Since 2004 Canadian organizations have partnered with WUSC through Leave for Change to send their employees on a skilled volunteer assignment to support our partners in locations around the world. Over the course of a three-to-four-week assignment, Leave for Change volunteers share their specialized skills and expertise to strengthen the work of our local partner organizations (WUSC). Join us for a conversation with Cat Binette from WUSC and Noreen McCaffrey, NIC instructor, for a conversation about the amazing opportunities available through this program.
Email margaret.hearnden@nic.bc.ca for meeting link. |
Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024
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INDIGENIZING COLLABORATIVE ONLINE INTERCULTURAL LEARNING
12-1 pm
Online
Join Métis English instructor Laura Johnston and Margaret Hearnden, Global Learning Facilitator, for an informal discussion on their work creating an Indigenous Serving Special Topics Framework. This special topics course is designed to support both non-Indigenous and Indigenous faculty in bringing Indigenous perspectives through a guided plan for a COIL project, that can be added to an existing course or used as the foundation for a new one. Not sure what this means? Come join the conversation to find out.
Email margaret.hearnden@nic.bc.ca for the meeting link.
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Friday, Feb. 9, 2024
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INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE AND CULTURE SESSION
11:45 am to 12:45 pm
Puntledge 104, Comox Valley campus
In celebration of International Mother Language Day, please join Elders-in-Residence, for a brief introduction to Kwak’wala, one of the Indigenous languages of communities served by the college. Along with learning a little about the history of the languages and cultures of the Courtenay/Comox area, participants will have the opportunity to learn a few words from Indigenous language speakers. To help with planning, RSVP is preferred, but drop-ins are welcome.
Email margaret.hearnden@nic.bc.ca to RSVP.
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NIC Interview Series
Listen to NIC colleagues talk about their international projects and experiences of Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) — an increasingly important in engaging students in international opportunities and in developing global competencies.
If you have an idea for a project, please email Margaret at Margaret.Hearnden@nic.bc.ca to find out how the Office of Global Engagement can help.
How OGE can help
In this podcast, Romana Pasca, OGE’s Manager International Projects, Partnerships and Global Education, explains what opportunities are available for students, faculty and staff to get engaged in international activities and how OGE can help.
Costa Rica
In 2022, with grant support from the Faculty Mobility for Partnership Building Program, Laura Johnston, NIC Faculty English and Indigenous Education, developed an opportunity for Virtual Exchange between First Nations students in Costa Rica and English 096. Laura visited Indigenous communities in Costa Rica with a local instructor Diana Segura Sojo to learn and share knowledge with Elders and Knowledge Keepers with the students.
Brazil
Megan Wilson, NIC Faculty in DIGITAL Design and Development, tells us about her trip to Manaus in Brazil in October 2022, where she visited the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Amazonas. The aim of her trip was to develop collaborative projects between NIC and IFAM students, to discuss with faculty pedagogical approaches to teaching design, and to explore possible opportunities for institutional partnerships.
