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NEWS: Polytechnics Canada – Webinar: Training in a Pandemic

Training in a Pandemic: Preparing Canada’s Frontline Workforce December 4, 2020 12:15PM ET I 9:15AM PT REGISTER The critical role of Canada’s frontline workforce has never been more apparent than during the COVID-19 pandemic. When COVID-19 forced post-secondary institutions to transition their programs to online, remote and hybrid delivery, programs serving as a direct talent pipeline…

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NEWS: WERA – Future Africa-1HOPE Webinar Series

The WERA Task Force Global Challenges and Education is sharing an opportunity to participate in a webinar series focused on developing education research capacity which takes into account transdisciplinarity as a lens to global challenges. If you would like to participate in this event, please see the invitation below for more information. The aim of the series is to build collaborative transdisciplinary…

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NEWS: WERA – Call for WERA-IRN Proposals, 2020/2021

Please find attached the World Education Research Association (WERA) call for proposals to establish an International Research Network (IRN). The purpose of a WERA-IRN is to advance education research worldwide on specific scholarly topics. An IRN is a collaborative group of scholars working on a specific research topic of education research world-wide using primarily virtual communication or other channels. WERA-IRN proposals…

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NEWS: WERA – Open Access Resource – Future Africa – 1HOPE Webinar Series Part 1

  The WERA Task Force Global Challenges and Education is delighted to share with you the Open Access Resources of the Future Africa – 1 HOPE Webinar Series, Part 1, which was held on 11 November 2020. We are looking forward to your participation in the Future Africa – 1HOPE Webinar Series, Part 2 on 02 December 2020. Welcome and Introduction, Liesel Ebersöhn Series Overview,…

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NEWS: Statistics Canada – 20201125

News from Statistics Canada News release: International students accounted for all of the growth in postsecondary enrolments in 2018/2019 https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/201125/dq201125e-eng.htm?CMP=mstatcan

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NEWS: UNESCO Consultation on GCED and ESD

INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN AN ONLINE CONSULTATION ON GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION (GCED) AND EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (ESD) IN CANADA UNESCO’s 1974 Recommendation concerning Education for International Understanding, Co-operation and Peace and Education relating to Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (the “1974 Recommendation”) aims to promote international education and world peace through understanding, solidarity and cooperation. It…

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NEWS: WERA – Future Africa-1HOPE Webinar Series

The WERA Task Force Global Challenges and Education is sharing an opportunity to participate in a webinar series focused on developing education research capacity which takes into account transdisciplinarity as a lens to global challenges. If you would like to participate in this event, please see the invitation below for more information. The aim of the series is to build collaborative transdisciplinary…

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