International Office

The International Office was established in 2005 to help coordinate and assist international work undertaken within the Faculty of Education and to explore and expand the range of international opportunities available to Education faculty and students.

The International Office carries out five main functions:

• A communication function that involves information gathering, dissemination and education about international opportunities for Faculty and students, and communicating faculty and students' concerns and suggestions to the departments or Dean's Office;
• A liaison function that means exchanging information and working collaboratively with other university units such as University of Alberta International and with governmental and nongovernmental organizations to expand the Faculty's involvement in international education;
• An outreach function that involves seeking out and expanding research, project work and exchange opportunities between the Faculty of Education and Faculties of Education in other countries;
• A reception function that means facilitating the needs of international students, visiting scholars and delegations from other countries;
• A research function that involves gathering and evaluating data on international education, maintaining a current database of the Faculty's involvement in international education, and preparing reports on the results of Faculty initiatives in international education.

Ghana Teaching Experience Video

Each Spring/Summer since 2007, up to 18 Faculty of Education undergraduate students have traveled to Ghana to participate in a Global Citizenship Field Experience in Ghana. This video shares the experiences of former participants.

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