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Why Canada Needs a Global Education Strategy

  • Roland Paris and Margaret Biggs
  • Apr 23, 2018
  • 1 min read

Updated: Nov 12, 2020

International Journal 73:1 (March 2018), pp. 146-157 Based on the report of the Study Group on Global Education, this article explains why Canada needs a national strategy aimed at significantly increasing the number of Canadian post-secondary students going abroad for study and work-integrated learning experiences. International education may once have been viewed as an optional luxury. Now it must be seen as a vital tool to equip young Canadians – and Canada – to succeed in a more complex and competitive world.

Related document: Report of the Study Group on Global Education (Nov. 2017)

Roland Paris
Graduate School of Public & International Affairs

University of Ottawa

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