Name: Mexico International Education Opportunities
Start: 2019-06-24T15:45:00-0700
End: 2019-06-24T16:45:00-0700

BCCIE Summer Conference provides an essential platform for the growth of BC’s International Education sector. BCCIE’s annual conference brings together more than 400 participants from our province, across Canada and beyond our borders. The conference attracts senior leaders, researchers, practitioners, student service providers, administrators, government, NGOs, and students to explore these ideas with the aim of strengthening our work and taking steps towards advancing outstanding leadership in the fields of International Education in BC.

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Mexico International Education Opportunities

The session will focus on Mexico international education opportunities, trends, and developments.

Objectives:

To explain the Mexican context, from perspectives of local government (Jalisco), national and regional associations (CUMEX, AMPEI and the Jalisco Consortium) and academic institutions, on the motivations and goals for internationalization.
To highlight success stories, specific programs and models of collaboration with Canada that are supporting these goals, through language training, research collaboration, capacity-building, mobility programs, etc.
To identify opportunities to expand partnerships with Canadian universities, colleges and associations.

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Moderators

Veronica Soto

Education Trade Commissioner, Canadian Consulate in Guadalajara

Veronica Soto joined the Consulate of Canada in Guadalajara in 2003 and has been responsible for the education sector for the past 8 years. She has led some successful education trade missions to Canada to promote Canadian education capabilities. She has supported various Canadian... Read More →

Speakers

Sandra Hernandez Salazar

Head of the International Office at UNIVA, Jalisco Consortium for the Cooperation and Internationalization of Higher Education

The Jalisco Consortium for the Cooperation and Internationalization of Higher Education seeks to explore collaboration possibilities with universities in BC that foster mobility for students, faculty, and research projects, at universities in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Juan Carlos Duran

Elias Ledesma

Director International Office, Universidad de Guanajuato

Maria Jose Castelazo

International Affairs, Innovation Ministry

is a Mexican national who has been working in international education for 8 years. She obtained a bachelor´s degree in law at the Universidad Panamericana in Guadalajara, Mexico. As an international student in France, she completed her bachelor´s degree in performing arts by the... Read More →