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NSCC faculty member, Larry Bergeron, facilitates a focus group session Staff of TAMCC and NSCC with local industry representa ves following one of the with students from TAMCC and Michael Noel, Associate Dean of the labour market informa on discussions. School of Arts, Sciences and Professional Studies. A Partnership in Crea ve and Cultural Industries Con nues to Grow
ollowing the comple on of the incep on stage, NSCC officially started the implementa on of the Government of Canada funded and ACCC managed project in Grenada. The local partner is the TA Marryshow Community College (TAMCC) and the purpose of F the project is to develop a new two‐year program in cultural and crea ve studies. The primary focus areas are curriculum devel‐ opment, entrepreneurship, and faculty and leadership training. The first official project ac vity was a May mission to Grenada during which a labour market informa on study was conducted. Various stakeholder groups par cipated and provided valuable feedback that will assist in the development of the future TAMCC program. The second project ac vity was a study tour of TAMCC representa ves to NSCC. A total of seven faculty and senior officials par ci‐ pated in two CCEDP courses, a leadership program, and sessions on curriculum development, entrepreneurship, PLAR, mentorship, sustainability and social media outreach. The study tour also included a visit to one of our industry partners (Dover Flour) as well as some social, cultural and sightseeing ac vi es. The study tour was very successful and it has enabled the joint TAMCC and NSCC team to make significant progress in all of the above areas. A big thank you to all NSCC colleagues who have contributed to this success. NSCC Welcomes New Exchange Students
his year NSCC welcomes more interna onal exchange students than ever before! Students from Ecuador, Colombia, Dominica, Grenada, the Neth‐ T erlands and Peru are taking a variety of different programs including Busi‐ ness Administra on, Culinary Arts, Civil Engineering Technology, Industrial Engi‐ neering Technology and Tourism Management. These exchange opportuni es have been made possible through strong rela onships with NSCC’s partners ‐ Colegio de Estudios Superiores de Administra ón (Colombia), Dominica State College (Dominica), TA Marryshow Community College (Grenada), the Hanze Uni‐ versity of Applied Sciences (the Netherlands), and Universidad de Especialidades
(L‐R) Nanne e Ripmeester (Interna onal Labour Mobility Espiritu Santo (Ecuador) and Ins tuto del Sur and Universidad San Ignacio de Expert), Alejandro Rivas (Colombia), San ago Bayon Loyola (Peru). Check out the new Interna onal Student Facebook page at (Colombia), Elizabeth Laureano (Peru) and Ka e Orr www.facebook.com/nsccintlstudents (Director, NSCC Interna onal) NSCC Interna onal creates interna onal learning opportuni es for NSCC students and employees as part of Let your EDUCATION take YOU places. . . NSCC’s Unique Learning Experience Fall 2013 International passports Page 2 The newsletter of NSCC International
Learning About Healthcare in Belize
he 2013 Interna onal Service Learning Program in Punta Gorda, Belize for NSCC School of Health and Human Services students T was a cultural and academic learning experience that none will soon forget. “There is definitely a difference in ‘knowing’ other parts of the world have different health care standards and then witnessing that reality up close and personal,” says Kelly McKnight, NSCC School of Health and Human Services Project Director. In May, Kelly joined nine students and two faculty from a plethora of programs such as Prac cal Nursing, Pharmacy Technology, Therapu c Recrea on, Community Ser‐ vices and Disability Support Services on a two‐week program in southern NSCC Prac cal Nursing student, Stephen Filek, at the Hillside Medical Clinic in Punta Gorda, Belize. Belize. During the experience the students spent me at the Hillside Medical Clinic and also par cipated in a community outreach project in the local schools. While at Hillside the students did job shadowing in their specific area of study which included spending me with pa ents, working in the pharmacy, doing home visits and joining the mobile clinic outreach to rural communi es. The community outreach project in‐ volved the students going into classrooms and doing presenta ons on hand washing and oral hygiene. “A er the very first day in Belize I knew I had made the right deci‐ sion. I was able to demonstrate many of my skills while working at the Hillside Medical Centre. I feel my experience with NSCC Interna onal will put my resume on the top of the pile. It was a life me experience I will never forget,” says NSCC Prac cal Nursing Student Stephen Filek. NSCC students par cipated in a community outreach project in local schools. “I was taught by the people of Belize to accept my life as is, explore opportuni ts. . .and in the Med Lab Technology Across Borders end work harder than ever.” our students from the Medical Laboratory Technology (MLT) Elaine Shukys, NSCC Student program at the Waterfront Campus par cipated in the pilot Interna onal Learning Program in the Dominican Republic in Community Services, Burridge Campus F May. Bre Smith, Mallory Kennedy, Amanda Easson and Amelia Douce e were led by MLT faculty member Rob Bethune and Michelle Kucey, Academic Chair of Health and Human Services, on the ten day program. The group travelled to Puerto Plata to work with Dr. Lam‐ bert Emanuel, a Hai an by birth, who works extensively with Hai an refugees in the Dominican Republic and provides them with free medical care. The students compared local labs with Canadian labs to acquire an understanding of local resources and disease prevalence to select an appropriate test menu. The group then designed a fully‐ equipped lab space for one of Dr. Lambert’s clinics. “Having an op‐ portunity to be immersed in the culture around the area and be ex‐ posed to the language, atmosphere, and social dynamics of the peo‐ ple has been incredibly interes ng. Speaking with Dr. Lambert about his vision for the lab is fascina ng and ge ng to measure the space and visualize what it could become makes the goal for our project that much clearer,” said Bre Smith, second year MLT student.
NSCC Medical Laboratory Technology faculty member Rob Bethune (right) with Dr. Lambert Emmanuel (le ). @nsccintl
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Caribbean Delega on Par cipate in CCEDP
his summer a total of seven interna onal partner representa ves par cipated in two Community College Educa on Diploma Program (CCEDP) courses. Five faculty T members, one Dean and one Associate Dean from the TA Marryshow Community College in Grenada and the Clarence Fitzroy Bryant College in St Ki s successfully complet‐ ed “Facilita ng Adult Learning” and “Assessing and Evalua ng Adult Learning” courses at the Truro Campus. Funding for our colleagues from the Caribbean was provided through a Government of Canada funded and ACCC managed program en tled CARICOM Educa on for Employment, as well as addi onal contribu on by these overseas colleges. Many thanks to the wonderful Organiza onal Learning team and all the excellent CCEDP facilita‐ Marlene Abraham‐Finlay (Dean, School of tors for their support, as well as to all NSCC par cipants in these two CCEDP courses for Applied Arts and Technology, TAMCC) re‐ being so welcoming to their peers from the Caribbean. ceives her CCEDP cer ficate from Claudine Lowry (NSCC Dean, Organiza onal Learning) Interna onal Educa on Training at NSCC
n April, NSCC hosted two experts in the field of interna onal educa on and intercul‐ tural communica on, Sonja Knutson – Ac ng Director of the Interna onal Centre at I the Memorial University of Newfoundland and Ben Yang, Execu ve Director of the Interna onal Educa on & Training Department at Georgian College, as they facilitated Working with InternaƟonal Students, a course in the Queen’s University Interna onal Educators Training Program (IETP). Twenty‐five NSCC employees from Admissions and Student Services par cipated in the three‐day course in Halifax. The course is an intro‐ duc on to intercultural communica on and interna onaliza on and gave par cipants NSCC employees a er comple ng their IETP course with Sonja Knutson and Ben Yang in April. the opportunity to discuss challenges and best prac ces working with interna onal stu‐ dents. The course is a part of the training and capacity building NSCC is suppor ng to improve the experience of interna onal and immigrant students at our campuses. FUN FACT! New Agricultural Project in St. Ki s and Nevis St. Ki s and Nevis is the smallest na on to ever host SCC was successful in round two of the CARICOM Educa on for Employ‐ the Cricket World Cup. (In ment (C‐EFE) call for proposals. In partnership with the Dalhousie Facul‐ 2007 at the Warner Park N ty of Agriculture in Truro, NSCC was selected to implement a project in Cricket Stadium) St. Ki s and Nevis. The local partner in this Caribbean country is the Clarence Fitz‐ roy Bryant College (CFBC) and the purpose of the project is to strengthen a two year agricultural program at this ins tu on. NSCC’s contribu on to this project will be mostly through faculty and leadership capacity development. The incep‐ on mission planning stage was successfully completed in St. Ki s and Nevis as well as in Nova Sco a. NEW WEBSITE!
Our website has a new look and includes our BLOG! Mr. Andrew Abraham, Dean of Technical and Voca onal and Educa on Management Studies at CFBC at the col‐ Visit www.interna onal.nscc.ca lege campus in St. Ki s and Nevis.
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Dragon’s Den, Windmills and Everything Business in the Netherlands
or the third year running NSCC students par cipated in the Doing Business in Europe summer program organized by the Hanze University of Applied Sci‐ F ences in Groningen, the Netherlands. A total of five NSCC business students from three campuses (Pictou, Truro and Waterfront) successfully completed this three‐week program. The summer school consisted of a combina on of academic sessions, company visits in Groningen, Amsterdam and Germany, and various cul‐ tural and social ac vi es and was a ended by 15 university and college students from Canada and the US. The highlight of the program was the Dragon’s Den style compe on at the Philips head office in Amsterdam. Students were judged by a team of execu ves including the CEO of Phillips. “Doing Business in Europe 2013 NSCC students taking a break a er another busy day was an incredible experience, one that I feel privileged to have par cipated in dur‐ during the Doing Business in Europe Program. ing my first year of post‐secondary educa on,” said Bradley Cameron, NSCC Busi‐ ness Administra on student at the Waterfront Campus. NSCC Hosts Final Energy Efficiency Exchange n June 2013, NSCC hosted the final exchange of the Energy Efficiency in the Built Environment (EEBE) program funded by the Canadian Government and I the European Union. NSCC partnered with Holland College (P.E.I), Hanze Uni‐ versity of Applied Sciences (Netherlands) and the Ins tute of Technology Carlow (Ireland) on this three‐year exchange program where students worked on pro‐ jects developing energy efficient solu ons in the built environment industry. Dur‐ Students from Canada, Ireland and the Netherlands cele‐ ing the program NSCC had sixteen students and three faculty travel to P.E.I, the brate at the closing of the final EEBE exchange at NSCC. Netherlands and Ireland and also hosted the exchange twice. Although this pro‐ gram has come to an end, many other projects, exchanges and partnerships have FUN FACT! developed. NSCC Interna onal would like to thank the School of Trades and Technology for its support and dedica on throughout this project. The city of Groningen has the most bikes per capita in the Netherlands and has the second most in the world (next to Bejing, China)!
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