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Canada’s IE Strategy
Stratégie du Canada en EI
Jennifer Humphries
Vice-President, CBIE ◊ Vice-présidente, BCEI
Canadian Association of Graduate Studies ◊ Association canadienne pour les études supérieures
Oct. 2014
Presentation Agenda
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CBIE: mandate and activities
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CBIE and the International Education Strategy
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Canada’s Global Engagement Challenge
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International graduate students in Canada
CBIE: Introduction
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National, bilingual, not-for-profit, membership organization
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150 institutions across the education spectrum
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Dedicated to internationalization of education
and expansion of partnerships
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Advocacy, research, policy development, member
services, international projects and programs
Aperçu du BCEI
Services aux membres
•Réseaux – à l’échelle nationale et internationale
•Recherche et consultation
•Activités – congrès, réunions, missions
Engagement international
•Gestion de bourses
•Formation et perfectionnement des établissements
•Programmes de renforcement des capacités
Programmes de bourses gérés par le BCEI
• Programme canadien des bourses de la francophonie – PCBF
• Bourses d’études en commerce international d’EDC
• Bourses du MAECD
Programme des futurs leaders dans les Amériques (PFLA)
Bourses d’échange (leadership) Canada-Chili
Bourses des gouvernements étrangers – Mexique
• Programme Canada-Brésil Ciência sem fronteiras
• Programme libyen de bourses d’études en Amérique du Nord
• Programme de bourses pour étudiants du Koweït
• Programme de bourses pour formateurs techniques du roi
Abdullah (Arabie saoudite)
A national strategy in international education
Launch of Canada’s IES, January 2014
Canada’s International Education Strategy
•Recognizes
•The
international education as a priority sector
International Education Strategy is centred on the following:
•Setting targets to attract international students
•Focusing on priority education markets
•Branding Canada to maximize success
•Strengthening institutional research partnerships and educational
exchanges
•Supporting activities and leveraging resources to maximize results
•Limited
federal government funding
The Balancing Act
International
Students
All of the other
components of
International Ed
Canada’s Global Engagement Challenge
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Branding Canadian education and research for its excellence and
innovation
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Positioning study abroad for Canadians as an imperative for economic
competitiveness and social development
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Delivering on the promise of the international student experience
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Reinforcing Canada's role as a "partner" (rather than "poacher") in its
approach to international education
CBIE’s Pre-Budget Submission 2014 to the
Finance Committee of the House of Commons
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CBIE urges a substantive program initiated in 2015 to make measurable
progress toward the target of 50,000 awards annually by 2022.
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Increase the national target by five times the current percentage (3% to
15%) in order to reduce the mobility gap (inbound > outbound).
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Internationalizing the next generation is a priority for other countries:
Australia, Brazil, EU and US.
Study Abroad
International students: where do they
come from and where do they go?
Proportion of international graduate students
(2011)
International students in Canada by year,
2003 to 2013 (all levels of study)
Graduate international
students in Canada, 2009 and
2011 (Source – Statistics
Canada PSIS)
Top ten countries of origin of master’s international
students in Canada, 2011
Top ten countries of origin of doctoral international
students in Canada, 2011
Where do international students come from?
Where do international students go?
•83% go to Ontario, British Columbia and Quebec
•Strong growth in Ontario (14%); Manitoba, PEI (13%)
Top five fields of study of masters-level
international students in 2014 CBIE Survey
Top five fields of study of doctorate-level
international students in 2014 CBIE Survey
How do we get them here?
89% satisfied with their
experience in Canada
94% would recommend
Canada as a study destination
36% applied to other countries
Most applied to the US (60%),
15% to the UK and 9% to
Australia
Why do graduate international students choose Canada?
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• Quality of Canada’s education system –
80% said this was essential or very
important
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• Reputation of Canada as a society that
is tolerant and not discriminatory – 79%
said this was essential or very important
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• Reputation as a safe country – 79% of
students said this was essential or very
important
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