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Dear friends and colleagues from Canada and the USA,

Following a fruitful conversation on the importance of collaborating between Canadian and American institutions at the AIEA Conference in February (please see attached slide deck), we would like to invite you to attend two follow-up sessions to continue the conversations and enhance our USA-Canada bilateral relationships.

We invite you to join us for a:

  1.  Virtual Workshop on enhancing bilateral relations between the United States of America and Canada

May 6th, 2022

10:30 am – 12:00 pm (MST)
Register here: https://ucalgary.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0pcuqurzgjHNQNEOdS1w19_DwKr7BafZ0r

This virtual workshop will provide an overview of the conversations and topics explored during the AIEA 2022 meet-up.  An interactive brainstorming session surrounding the creation of working groups will be included with the hopes of continuing the conversations in-person at NAFSA during a Canada-USA Roundtable Discussion.

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TIME

DESCRIPTION

REPRESENTATIVE(S)

1

10:30 am

  *   Welcome and introductions and recap from last session at AIEA

Dr. Adel El Zaïm, Vice-President Research, Creation, Partnership and Internationalization, University of Québec in Outaouais

2

10:35 am

  *   Introduction of working groups

Dr. Janaka Ruwanpura, Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President Research (International), University of Calgary

3

10:45-11:15 am

  *   Brainstorming session on proposed working groups:

  1.  Collaborative Degree Programs
  2.  Enhancing Global Learning

  *   Academic-Industry Global Learning Programs
  *   EDI in Global Learning

  1.  Strategic Research Alliances
  2.  Supporting Global Development and SDGs
  3.  Exploring Transactional challenges in Global Engagement offices

All

4

11:15-11:30 am

  *   Open discussion

All

5

11:20-11:30 am

  *   Next Steps

Andrea Delgado Morrow, Director, International Relations, University of Calgary

  1.  In-person meeting at NAFSA: Canada-USA Roundtable Discussion

Tentative date: Monday, May 30, 2022

Tentative time: 8:30 – 10:00 am (MST)

*At this time, we are looking to host the session on Monday, May 30 but recognize that this is Memorial Day for our American colleagues. If this date doesn’t work, are you available to attend the session on: Wednesday, June 1, 2022  from 8:30 – 10:00 am (MST)?

We hope you are able to attend either or both the events! If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact: Andrea Delgado Morrow almorrow@ucalgary.ca<mailto:almorrow@ucalgary.ca>

Sincerely,

Adel, Janaka and Andrea

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Adel El Zaïm, PhD

Vice-recteur à la recherche, à la création, aux partenariats et à l’internationalisation

Université du Québec en Outaouais

Adel.elzaim@uq<mailto:Adel.elzaim@uqo.ca>