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| Photo (left to right): Ms. Karen McBride, President and CEO of the Canadian Bureau for International Education, Dr. Naim Ghariani, Libyan Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, the Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway. To learn more
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CBIE is pleased to announce the theme for the 46th Annual Conference “A fine balance: harmonizing international education policy and practice.”
CBIE will hold its 46th annual conference at Le Centre Sheraton in Montreal, November 4-7, 2012.
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Upcoming Regional Meetings
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Our December E-Internationalist features coverage of Conference 2011, Excellence Award recipients, new members of our Immigration Advisory Committee.
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CBIE's Conference 2011 was a tremendous success thanks to the amazing speakers and session presenters, keen participants, generous sponsors and exhibitors, great photographers whose photos were displayed under the theme "International Exposure" and all who attended, contributed, networked and shared their views and knowledge with colleagues from far and wide. In the next two weeks we will post the session presentations on this webpage. Check back soon for our photo gallery.
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| Karen McBride and Dr. Aicha Yakan from Jinan University, Lebanon, at the CBIE Conference in Ottawa
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EDC announces its 14th annual competition for international business scholarships
Export Development Canada (EDC) today launched its 14th annual International Business Scholarship competition, created and designed to develop the next generation of globally-minded business leaders. ”
EDC’s scholarship program offers up to 30 scholarships annually, 25 of these for outstanding undergraduate students in international business and five for those in programs that combine business with environmental or sustainability studies.”
This year scholarship recipients will receive a $4,000 award, an increase over the $3,000 value in previous years.
For more information:
Canadian Experience Class: 10,000th successful applicant announced
CBIE welcomes the announcement (November 2, 2011) by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) regarding the success of the Canadian Experience Class. This program, established in 2008, has just accepted its 10,000th permanent resident: Goomaral (Maral) Chukhalkhuu, originally from Mongolia, a graduate of Carleton University. For international graduates of Canada’s colleges, institutes and universities, CEC is a great pathway to immigration, and one that does not require leaving the country to make an application. “As a student, I fell in love with this country,” said Ms. Chukhalkhuu, a Small Business Account Manager at RBC. “I knew I wanted to stay here and become a part of this wonderful country and the CEC offered me that opportunity.”
Read CIC’s media release here.
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CBIE President Attends CEAIE in China
The International Seminar on China-Canada Higher Education was the first time that a focus on partnerships with Canada was part of the increasingly important CEAIE Annual Conference on International Education.
The seminar was extremely well attended, with approximately 80 participants – half of whom were senior-level representatives of Canadians universities and colleges.
Read the whole story here.
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CBIE President Visits Tripoli
On Tuesday October 11, the Honourable John Baird, Minister of Foreign Affairs, undertook a diplomatic mission to Tripoli, Libya to meet with the interim government. The mission included representatives of major Canadian corporations with business interests in Libya. CBIE’s President and CEO, Karen McBride, was one of the key members of the group, reflecting the importance of education as a foundational element in the overall bilateral relationship.
In Tripoli Karen held productive discussions with Dr. Taher Ben Taher, the new Director of Scholarships within the Ministry of Education, and his colleague Dr. MosbahTalbi. Since January 2010, CBIE has administered the Libyan-North American Scholarship Program, overseeing the welfare of 500 students in Canada and 2,000 in the United States.
Karen went to Libya to build a relationship with the transitional team. Dr. Taher Ben Taher indicated that the Ministry is fully supportive of continuing the relationship with CBIE, and remains committed to the goals and objectives of the program. CBIE was given every assurance that all eligible Libyan students in the program will be able to continue studying under the scholarship and, understanding the value of the program for the future of Libya, the Ministry has every expectation that they will later start nominating new students to participate in this initiative. CBIE is committed to continue taking steps to strengthen our developing relationship with the new Libyan government.
For more information on Minister Baird’s visit to Libya, please see the Government of Canada’s media release.
Thank you for your ongoing support of CBIE and our work in the Libyan-North American Scholarship Program.
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| Photo: Left - Dr. Mosbah Talbi, Director of Student Affairs, Ministry of Education; Center – Ms. Karen McBride, President, CBIE; and right - Dr. Taher Ben Taher, Director of Scholarships Program.
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CBIE announces renewed financing for Libyan scholars in North America
Ottawa, June 22, 2011: The Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE) is pleased to announce that we have received confirmation that the Libyan Ministry of Education and Scientific Research has transferred funding to us through the Libyan Central Bank for the purposes of the continued operations of the Libyan-North American Scholarship Program. The new funding will cover monthly living allowances, health insurance and tuition fees to the end of May 2012, for the benefit of 2,500 Libyan scholars as well as their dependents studying at several hundred educational institutions across Canada and the United States. Read our Media Release.
