Town hall highlights ongoing commitment to internationalization
The second annual McMaster Global Engagement Town Hall took place recently as part of McMaster Global, a university-wide showcase of global engagement activities across campus. This year’s showcase highlighted research, knowledge, panel discussions, events and activities targeting one or more of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The town hall aimed to highlight the actions McMaster is taking to build an international reputation, attract international students, and support the development of a global mindset. In October, for example, McMaster launched the Future International Students website, which targets international students and has earned 35+ million impressions to date through a digital advertising campaign run through social media.
The town hall addressed key issues including the university’s increasing focus on promoting and supporting student mobility for McMaster students, making global experiences more accessible, and integrating experiential learning into study and work abroad.
“Currently only 3.1% of Canadian university students study abroad,” explains Andrea Baumann, Associate V-P, Global Health. “Canadian universities need to grow partnerships internationally to address student mobility issues and ensure our graduates have the skills they need for success in a global economy.”
McMaster currently has 430 international projects underway and nearly 2,000 partnerships worldwide, illustrating the university’s research and scholarly activities with global involvement and health and well-being impact. “Partnerships are critical to achieving our internationalization goals and we are continuing to focus our efforts on building institutional bridges as we work collaboratively to target the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,” says Baumann.
This work supports the McMaster Global Engagement Strategic framework, which centres on making global engagement in education and knowledge generation an integral part of the university’s identity and presence in Canada and the world. For more information about McMaster University’s global engagement strategy and related projects and activities, visit the McMaster Global hub.
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