2nd Canada-Brazil Language, Education and Workforce Forum

2nd Canada-Brazil
Language, Education
and Workforce
Forum
2nd Canada-Brazil Language, Education and Workforce Forum
Performance
Productivity
Quality
Inclusiveness
Sustainability
Monday, March 21
Tom + Ataulfo room
8:30 – 9:00
Registration and coffee
9:00 – 9:05
Welcome and housekeeping
• Master of Ceremonies: José Celso Freire Junior,
President, FAUBAI
9:05 – 9:20
Welcome remarks
• Rick Savone, Ambassador of Canada to Brazil (invited)
9:20 – 10:20
Plenary panel
March 20-22, 2016
Novotel Jaragua hotel
R. Martins Fontes 71, Centro
São Paulo, Brazil
A bilateral, trilingual dialogue of international
education practitioners, language education
experts, senior policy-makers and industry leaders
to discuss needs of Brazil and Canada’s higher
education system and labour force and identify
common solutions to support our mutual
internationalization objectives.
Framing the issues – Language, higher education and the
workforce in the context of internationalization
• Gail Bowkett, Director, Research, Policy and
International Relations, Universities Canada
• Denise Abreu e Lima, President Idiomas sem
Frontieras (Languages without Borders) program,
Ministry of Education of Brazil
• Luciano Toledo, Director, Federal Network of
Vocational and Technological Education, Secretariat
of Professional and Technical Education (SETEC),
Ministry of Education
• Marcelo Sarkis, Chair, Innovation, Science and
Technology Committee, Brazil-Canada Chamber
of Commerce
10:20 – 10:45
Health break
10:45 – 12:00
Plenary panel
Performance and productivity – Addressing Canada
and Brazil’s skills gaps to drive growth, competitiveness
and innovation
Sunday, March 20
Pizzaria Famiglia Mancini
R. Avanhandava, 25 - Centro, São Paulo
19:00 – 22:00
Informal participants’ dinner
Participants pay their own costs
• Paul Brennan, Vice President, International
Partnerships, Colleges and Institutes Canada
• Yvon Doyle, Directeur des relations extérieures,
Ministère de l’Éducation, de l’Enseignement supérieur
et de la Recherche, Government of Quebec
• Ronaldo Ramos, President, Rio Tinto Alcan, Brazil,
and Vice-President of the Brasil-Canada Commerce
Chamber
• Joe Blomeley, Vice President, Policy Innovation and
Skills, Business Council of Canada
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Monday, March 21 cont.
Tom + Ataulfo room
12:00 – 13:00
Plenary armchair interview Sustainability and diversity of Canada-Brazil internationalization efforts –risks, trends and opportunities
• Interviewer: Gonzalo Peralta, Executive Director,
Languages Canada
• Sylvain St-Amand, Director, International Relations,
Université du Québec à Montréal
• Lia Pachalski, Vice Coordinator, International
Relations Forum, CONIF
• Prof. Leandro Tessler, Professor, Gleb Wataghin
Institute of Physics, University of Campinas (Unicamp)
• Dr. Martha Crago, Vice President, Research, Dalhousie
University and academic representative to the CanadaBrazil Science and Technology Joint Committee
13:00 – 14:30
Lunch
Participants cover their own costs
14:30 – 14:40
Instructions and introductions for afternoon small
group discussions
14:40 – 15:50
Small group discussions (4 groups)
Sustainability of internationalization efforts –
What is needed from institutional, business and
national perspectives?
Sessions led by sector experts
Groups will be provided with a series of questions to address
related to sustainability (e.g. funding sources; programs;
role of research partnerships; global competition).
Discussion leaders will open with their own case study and
pose discussion questions.
Tom room
• Chair/rapporteur: Julian Inglis, Manager, English
Language Programs, University of Guelph
• Discussion leader: Cath D’Amico, Acting Director,
Centre for Human Rights, Equity and Accessibility,
Trent University
Ataulfo room
• Chair/rapporteur: Marc Bertrand, Cégep de l’AbitibiTémiscamingue
• Discussion leader:
Cartola room
• Chair/rapporteur: Paulo Assis, Rector, Instituto Federal
de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio de Janeiro
• Discussion leader: Livia Reis, UFF
Adoniram room
• Chair/rapporteur: Marcelo Bregagnoli, Rector, Instituto
Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Sul de
Minas Gerais
• Discussion leader: Marcio Venicio Barbosa
15:50 – 16:00
Participants move to next small group discussion /
coffee served
16:00 – 17:10
Small group discussions (4 groups)
Quality and internationalization – The impact of
internationalization on quality of higher education
to meet workforce and societal needs
Sessions led by sector experts
Groups will be provided with a series of questions to address
considerations and indicators of quality in higher education
to meet the goals of producing global-ready graduates.
Discussion leaders will open with their own case study and
pose discussion questions.
Tom room
• Chair/rapporteur: Scott Clerk, Program Manager,
International Office, University of Ontario Institute of
Technology
• Discussion leader: Jim Clark, President and Owner,
Canadian College of English Language
Ataulfo room
• Chair/rapporteur: Andrew Lang, Director, Concordia
International, Concordia University
• Discussion leader: Philippe Mpeck, Coordinator,
Department of International Cooperation and
Industrial Development, Cégep de Trois-Rivières
Cartola room
• Chair/rapporteur: Eduardo Modena, Rector, Instituto
Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de São
Paulo
• Discussion leader: Heloisa Albuquerque Costa, USP
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Monday, March 21 cont.
Tom + Ataulfo room
Adoniram room
• Chair/rapporteur: Marcelo Bender, Rector, Instituto
Federal Sul-rio-grandense
• Discussion leader: Rosa Marina de Brito Meyer, PUC-RJ
17:10 – 17:15
Participants move to plenary
17:15 – 17:30
Closing remarks
Wrap-up / Setting the stage for “Day 2” of the Forum
• José Celso Freire Junior, President, FAUBAI
19:30 – 22:00
Networking Reception
Hosted by Stéphane Larue, Consul General of Canada
in São Paulo
• Chair: Prof. Geraldo Nunes, General Coordinator,
Science without Borders program, Conselho Nacional
de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq/
National Council for Scientific and Technological
Development) (invited)
• Prof. Leandro Tessler, Professor, Gleb Wataghin
Institute of Physics, University of Campinas (Unicamp)
& Dr. Kathleen Matheos, Associate Dean, Extended
Education, University of Manitoba
• Waldenor Moraes, Vice-president, Idiomas sem
Fronteiras (Languages without Borders) program
• Lise Bazinet, Assistant Director, Official Languages and
Bilingualism Institute (OLBI) University of Ottawa
• Nicole Poirier, Coordonnatrice du Centre de
formation linguistique - Région Bathurst, Le Collège
communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick
10:30 – 11:00
Health break
Official residence of the Consul General
11:00 – 12:00
Plenary discussion
Tuesday, March 22
Tom + Ataulfo room
Report-back from Day 1 small groups and discussion
of results
8:30 – 9:00
Networking coffee
12:00 – 12:15
Wrap-up remarks – next steps and stakeholder roles
9:00 – 9:05
Welcome back
• José Celso Freire Junior, President, FAUBAI
9:05 – 10:30
Plenary panel
Mobility vs Internationalization: Lessons learned
from the 1st phase of the Ciência sem Fronteiras
(Science without Borders) program
• Stéphane Larue, Consul General of Canada in São Paulo
12:30 – 14:00
Lunch
Participants pay their own costs
14:00 – 16:00
Facilitated business-to-business meetings
The forum is co-hosted by Universities Canada, Languages Canada, Colleges and Institutes Canada, the Brazilian
Association for International Education (FAUBAI) and the Languages without Borders program of the Brazilian
Ministry of Education, with the generous support and collaboration of the Canadian Consulate General in São Paulo
and the Government of Canada’s Global Opportunities for Associations program.
Thank you:
In collaboration with: