Fall 2013 International passports Page 1 The newsletter of NSCC International NSCC faculty member, Larry Bergeron, facilitates a focus group session Staff of TAMCC and NSCC with local industry representaves following one of the with students from TAMCC and Michael Noel, Associate Dean of the labour market informaon discussions. School of Arts, Sciences and Professional Studies. A Partnership in Creave and Cultural Industries Connues to Grow ollowing the compleon of the incepon stage, NSCC officially started the implementaon 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 creave studies. The primary focus areas are curriculum devel‐ opment, entrepreneurship, and faculty and leadership training. The first official project acvity was a May mission to Grenada during which a labour market informaon study was conducted. Various stakeholder groups parcipated and provided valuable feedback that will assist in the development of the future TAMCC program. The second project acvity was a study tour of TAMCC representaves to NSCC. A total of seven faculty and senior officials parci‐ 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 acvies. 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 internaonal 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 Administraon, Culinary Arts, Civil Engineering Technology, Industrial Engi‐ neering Technology and Tourism Management. These exchange opportunies have been made possible through strong relaonships with NSCC’s partners ‐ Colegio de Estudios Superiores de Administraón (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) Nannee Ripmeester (Internaonal Labour Mobility Espiritu Santo (Ecuador) and Instuto del Sur and Universidad San Ignacio de Expert), Alejandro Rivas (Colombia), Sanago Bayon Loyola (Peru). Check out the new Internaonal Student Facebook page at (Colombia), Elizabeth Laureano (Peru) and Kae Orr www.facebook.com/nsccintlstudents (Director, NSCC Internaonal) NSCC Internaonal creates internaonal learning opportunies 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 Internaonal 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 Praccal Nursing, Pharmacy Technology, Therapuc Recreaon, Community Ser‐ vices and Disability Support Services on a two‐week program in southern NSCC Praccal 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 parcipated 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 paents, working in the pharmacy, doing home visits and joining the mobile clinic outreach to rural communies. The community outreach project in‐ volved the students going into classrooms and doing presentaons on hand washing and oral hygiene. “Aer 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 Internaonal will put my resume on the top of the pile. It was a lifeme experience I will never forget,” says NSCC Praccal Nursing Student Stephen Filek. NSCC students parcipated in a community outreach project in local schools. “I was taught by the people of Belize to accept my life as is, explore opportunits. .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 parcipated in the pilot Internaonal Learning Program in the Dominican Republic in Community Services, Burridge Campus F May. Bre Smith, Mallory Kennedy, Amanda Easson and Amelia Doucee 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 Haian by birth, who works extensively with Haian 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 interesng. Speaking with Dr. Lambert about his vision for the lab is fascinang and geng 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 Fall 2013 International passports Page 3 The newsletter of NSCC International Caribbean Delegaon Parcipate in CCEDP his summer a total of seven internaonal partner representaves parcipated in two Community College Educaon 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 Kis successfully complet‐ ed “Facilitang Adult Learning” and “Assessing and Evaluang 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 entled CARICOM Educaon for Employment, as well as addional contribuon by these overseas colleges. Many thanks to the wonderful Organizaonal Learning team and all the excellent CCEDP facilita‐ Marlene Abraham‐Finlay (Dean, School of tors for their support, as well as to all NSCC parcipants in these two CCEDP courses for Applied Arts and Technology, TAMCC) re‐ being so welcoming to their peers from the Caribbean. ceives her CCEDP cerficate from Claudine Lowry (NSCC Dean, Organizaonal Learning) Internaonal Educaon Training at NSCC n April, NSCC hosted two experts in the field of internaonal educaon and intercul‐ tural communicaon, Sonja Knutson – Acng Director of the Internaonal Centre at I the Memorial University of Newfoundland and Ben Yang, Execuve Director of the Internaonal Educaon & Training Department at Georgian College, as they facilitated Working with InternaƟonal Students, a course in the Queen’s University Internaonal Educators Training Program (IETP). Twenty‐five NSCC employees from Admissions and Student Services parcipated in the three‐day course in Halifax. The course is an intro‐ ducon to intercultural communicaon and internaonalizaon and gave parcipants NSCC employees aer compleng their IETP course with Sonja Knutson and Ben Yang in April. the opportunity to discuss challenges and best pracces working with internaonal stu‐ dents. The course is a part of the training and capacity building NSCC is supporng to improve the experience of internaonal and immigrant students at our campuses. FUN FACT! New Agricultural Project in St. Kis and Nevis St. Kis and Nevis is the smallest naon to ever host SCC was successful in round two of the CARICOM Educaon 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. Kis 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 instuon. NSCC’s contribuon to this project will be mostly through faculty and leadership capacity development. The incep‐ on mission planning stage was successfully completed in St. Kis and Nevis as well as in Nova Scoa. NEW WEBSITE! Our website has a new look and includes our BLOG! Mr. Andrew Abraham, Dean of Technical and Vocaonal and Educaon Management Studies at CFBC at the col‐ Visit www.internaonal.nscc.ca lege campus in