Announcement from Academics Without Borders

Interested individuals can apply directly to AWB. If there are any questions and/or to inform the Global Learning Office of your application, please email Miyuki.arai@smu.ca.

ONLINE LEARNING CONTENT DEVELOPER

AWB’s experience during the pandemic has revealed the significant benefits of embracing online delivery as a major component of its operations. Online programming allows us to bring together large groups of volunteers from numerous countries with a wide range of expertise to offer projects in low and middle-income countries, including in places where on-site work was not previously possible.

We are looking for volunteers to assist with the development and delivery of online and blended projects in collaboration with other volunteers who have expertise in the content area of the project and with faculty and staff at our partner institutions. The support provided by the volunteer will vary with each project, including strategic guidance aimed at designing high-quality online educational spaces, adapting content to online delivery, and offering technical assistance.

The online teaching and learning content developers will assist other AWB volunteers to be more effective in achieving project objectives. There will also be opportunities to share your knowledge and skills with colleagues at partner universities who desire to learn about effective online teaching strategies and tools.

We are looking for 4-6 volunteers.  

We are looking for volunteers with knowledge and expertise in most of the following areas:

• Applying sound pedagogical design to online learning at the post-secondary level

• Advising and supporting instructors in creating online courses within a learning management system (LMS) or Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)

• Working with instructors to implement best practices in online teaching

• Creating digital media content, such as: video/audio creation and editing, image editing and creation, blending and sequencing of content, and using common content creation software applications

• Applying Web development skills such as: overall page design and layout, embedding interactives using H5P, infographic creation

• Ensuring courses adhere to AWB and partner institution quality and accessibility standards

We are looking for experienced faculty and staff (working or retired) with a minimum of a bachelor’s degree and 4 years of related work experience who meet the preceding requirements. Applicants with experience working in academic settings in low and middle-income countries are especially encouraged to apply.

Application deadline: October 12, 2023

Announcement from Youth Challenge International

HERSTART FELLOWSHIP APPLICATIONS FOR WINTER & SUMMER 2024 ARE OPEN! 🌎  

Youth Challenge International (YCI) has launched new positions and start dates for Canadians (citizens and permanent residents) to gain professional experience in the international development and social entrepreneurship sectors in a  HerStart Fellowship. YCI is currently recruiting for HerStart International Fellowship positions to collaborate for 3 or 6 months with our impact-driven teams in Ghana, Tanzania, and Uganda!  

HerStart is a YCI program providing 10,000 women in Tanzania, Uganda and Ghana with the training, tools, and funding opportunities to become social entrepreneurs.  As a key part of HerStart, Fellows have the opportunity to support YCI staff, as well as our innovative and impact-driven partner organizations in each country.  

3- and 6-month placements with start dates in January and May 2024 are now open. Positions available include:  

• Gender Equality Fellow  

• Climate Action Fellow  

• Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Fellow  

• Social Entrepreneurship Fellow  

• Program & Partnerships Fellow  

• Communications Fellow  

HerStart Fellows will gain hands-on professional international development experience, expand their impact-driven networks, and engage in high quality training from experts in critical topics such as gender equality, climate action and social innovation.  

HerStart International Fellows receive a holistic benefits package including pre-departure training, post-placement support, round-trip airfare, visas, health insurance, a monthly living stipend and much more.  This program is funded by the Government of Canada through Global Affairs.  

💡 Want to learn more about HerStart International Fellowships? 🎬 Meet our Fellows and watch videos highlighting their experience here! 

💡Curious to see what HerStart entrepreneurs are innovating? Meet Entrepreneurs from each country and watch videos showcasing their social businesses here! 

Access the full list of current HerStart Fellowship opportunities and apply today! ➡️bit.ly/3pW1DBv  

Announcement from Youth Challenge International

Through HerStart Fellowships funded by the Government of Canada,  Canadians (citizens and permanent residents) are able to meaningfully contribute their skill sets and gain dynamic, professional experience in the international development and social entrepreneurship sectors. YCI is currently recruiting for HerStart International Fellowships to collaborate with our impact-driven teams in Ghana, Tanzania, and Uganda. The deadline to apply for the September 2023 cohort has been extended to Sunday, June 18th. 

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An announcement from Inter-Council Network

Stories of Change - Global Citizenship Education Webinar

To address current global challenges, the linkages between the global and the local are fundamentally important. Global citizenship education plays a critical role in this regard. It helps build skills and knowledge that are required to understand and play an active role in addressing complex global challenges in ways that inform change without (re)producing harmful practices. This webinar highlights provincial and regional councils’ work on global citizenship. Leaders in global citizenship education will share their projects and some of the promising practises they have integrated in their approaches to global citizenship. The webinar builds on ICN’s ongoing work on global citizenship. 

Join WUSC's International Forum for 2023

WUSC (World University Service of Canada) is organizing its 12th annual International Forum. It will be held from February 1 to 3 2023 in a virtual format, and registration is free of charge. This year’s forum debates, sessions, and workshops will reflect the theme of Due Care: Driving Global Change in Times of Urgent Action. For information and to register, please visit https://internationalforum.ca/about/.

Global Affairs Canada | Creating Opportunities Amid Crisis: A focus on youth and young women.

Global Affairs Canada is pleased to invite you to a panel discussion entitled Creating Opportunities Amid Crisis: A focus on youth and young women. Join them on November 28, 2:00 to 3:00 PM Eastern to hear from youths and United Nations experts about:

• what governments, the private sector and young people are doing to create sustainable livelihoods for youth

• innovative approaches to unlocking opportunities in the Sahel

• the work of Generation Unlimited, including its innovate public-private-youth-partnerships model

This event will be moderated by Antoine Chevrier, Assistant Deputy Minister, Sub-Saharan Africa Branch, and will include the following panelists:

• Abdoulaye Mar Dieye, United Nation’s Special Coordinator for development in the Sahel

• Kevin Frey, Chief Executive Officer, Generation Unlimited

• Nadi Albino, Deputy Director, Partnerships, Generation Unlimited

• Samanjar Chowdhury, Generation Unlimited Young People’s Action Team member, Bangladesh

• Nyabuol Biel Gang, youth member of the Refugee Education Council, South Sudan

Your participation in person is encouraged at Robertson Room, 125 Sussex Drive, Ottawa. To register, email together-education-ensemble@international.gc.ca by Friday, November 25 if you wish to attend in person. External guests are asked to arrive 15 minutes early in order to clear security.

Alternatively, you are welcome to connect virtually via one of these live broadcast options in English or French here.

Lunch with Dr. Caroline Hossein

The lunch on Friday, October 14, will give students a chance to meet Dr. Hossein, chat about her talk, and learn about possible graduate studies opportunities in Women and Gender Studies, Political Science, and Global Development at the University of Toronto. This event is supported by the Office of the Dean of Arts.

Registration is free. Lunch will be provided. Please contact politics@smu.ca to register by Thursday, October 6. , with the subject heading "Dr. Hossein Lunch."

University of Waterloo's conference “Water as a Foundation for Healthy Communities and Sustainable Livelihoods”

This three-day international conference (7am to 10am EST daily) will explore progress against the UN’s SDGs at the intersection of water, health, food and gender through the work of international experts and early career scholars from Canada, Africa and Asia who will share research experiences and lessons learned from a variety of multi-sectoral projects led by academic and local partners.

The program is filled with lively panel discussions among QES scholars, partner institutes and research placement partners. On each day they have invited a high-profile keynote speaker who addresses the main theme(s) of the day. The conference targets academics, practitioners and policymakers.

Hanken and LUSEM Nordic Winter School

Hanken School of Economics in Finland offers a Winter School 16-27 January 2023 with their long-standing Nordic partner - Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM) in Sweden.

The Winter School explores opportunities for addressing big societal challenges and discusses how we can contribute to developing more equal, resilient and sustainable societies. 

It consists of two modules;

• one delivered by LUSEM; The Darkness of Business (16-20 January)

• one by Hanken Sustainability and Innovation of Money and Banking (23-27 January)

The modules are at the bachelor level. It is not possible to take only one of the courses.

More information is also available at www.hanken.fi/en/winterschool

 The deadline: Students should contact global@smu.ca by Aug 30 to inquire or to apply. Our usual funding https://studio.smu.ca/intl-funding will be available.