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International Education Week (IEW) is recognized and celebrated worldwide every third week in November.
To celebrate International Education Week, we have a full week of in-person and online events across both Waterloo and Brantford campuses to highlight opportunities for global engagement and begin planning for a future exchange term!
We also want to take a moment to celebrate the stories of student recipients of the Global Skills Opportunities Travel Grant.
11 a.m. - 4 p.m. | Waterloo Fresh Food Company
Stop by the Fresh Food Company for a delicious international lunch! On Monday the feature lunch is Chicken Tagine and Basmati bowl – Morocco
12 p.m. - 4 p.m. | Brantford One Market Student Commons
Laurier's World University Service of Canada (WUSC) Local Committee will be promoting engagement in collaboration with the Game Design and Development Students' Association to spread awareness about the 5 Pillars of Student Refugee Program Sponsorship.
11 a.m. - 4 p.m. | Waterloo Fresh Food Company
Stop by the Fresh Food Company for a delicious international lunch! On Tuesday the feature lunch is Piri Piri pork chop – Portugal
9 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Waterloo Concourse
Laurier's World University Service of Canada (WUSC) Local Committee will be selling Peace by Chocolate bars to raise funds for the WUSC Her Future Campaign. Through the Her Future campaign, WUSC is contributing to girls’ empowerment to pursue educational pathways in crisis-affected areas. Canadians and people living in Canada can take small, everyday actions to have a tangible impact on the lives of girls in fragile, conflict and crisis situations globally.
7 - 9 p.m. | Brantford Laurier International (OM-310) Get your tickets here!
Laurier International and Prof. Laurie Jacklin's HR-261 Multiculturalism class invite you to attend a screening of One Big Hapa Family. The film is a live action and animated feature documentary by Jeff Chiba Stearns. WUSC & GDDSA will also have an art booth and game booth.
Tandem Karaoke
8 - 11 p.m. | Waterloo WILFS
Hosted by the Tandem Language Program and the Languages and Literatures program, sing your heart out in your favourite language at this Karaoke/open mic night at WILFs! There will be some free appetizers provided, so come early!
10 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Waterloo Concourse
Laurier's World University Service of Canada (WUSC) Local Committee will be selling Peace by Chocolate bars to raise funds for the WUSC Her Future Campaign. Through the Her Future campaign, WUSC is contributing to girls’ empowerment to pursue educational pathways in crisis-affected areas. Canadians and people living in Canada can take small, everyday actions to have a tangible impact on the lives of girls in fragile, conflict and crisis situations globally.
10 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Brantford One Market Atrium
The WUSC Local Commitee invites you to join them to celebrate their achievements, learn about the WUSC vision, mission & 5 pillars of support, and enjoy poetry & dance.
12:30 p.m. - 2 p.m. | Brantford Laurier International Get yout tickets here!
4 - 10 p.m. | Waterloo Fresh Food Company
Stop by the Fresh Food Company for a delicious international dinner! On Wednesday the feature dinner is Thai Pork Green Curry over jasmine rice - Thailand
11 a.m. - 4 p.m. | Waterloo Fresh Food Company
Stop by the Fresh Food Company for a delicious international lunch! On Thursday the feature lunch is Butter chicken and chickpea bowl– India
4 - 5:30 p.m. | Waterloo DAWB 4-105
You are invited to join Dr. Christina Woolner, Laurier and WUSC Committee Alum, for the launch of her newly released book: “Love Songs in Motion: Voicing Intimacy in Somaliland”.
As part of International Education Week, the Laurier WUSC committee, and Laurier International alongside Global Studies, Religion and Culture and Community Music will be hosting an afternoon of conversation, reading, music and tea and desserts.
“Both music and love are conspicuously absent from the public soundscapes of Hargeysa, Somaliland. But behind closed doors, people listen to love songs. In doing so, these lonely love sufferers and love hopefuls make sense of various challenges. Using accounts from a cross section of Somalilanders, I show that these solitary listening practices open into uniquely intimate and transformative opportunities for dareen-wadaag (feeling sharing).”
This event has been sponsored by: Laurier International, WUSC, Global Studies; Religion and Culture, Music
Attendance is limited. Register here.
3 - 4 p.m. | Online (you need to register on Navigator to receive the link)
Learn about International Experience Canada (IEC), a Government of Canada travel and work mobility program for Canadian and foreign youth, aged 18 to 35. The IEC's agreements with foreign countries and territories make it easier for you to get work permits with their partners. Work abroad to help fund the trip of a lifetime. Gain new skills, learn new languages, experience different cultures and explore places that you never thought you could!
10 - 11 a.m. | Offered online on Zoom
Meeting ID: 983 9607 8380
Passcode: 416873
4 - 9 p.m. | Waterloo Fresh Food Company
Stop by the Fresh Food Company for a delicious international Dinner! On Friday the feature dinner is Cabbage roll bowl – Ukraine
International at Home programming focuses on bringing global learning and engagement opportunities to you. The programs allow the Laurier community to connect with each other, as well as partner institutions around the world, to build intercultural knowledge and skills, make new connections and foster new friendships. All without leaving the comfort of home!
Through the Tandem Language Program, you’ll share and learn language and culture with a peer. Partnerships are based on language proficiency and interest, giving you the opportunity to develop skills in a new language while learning in a social way.
Expand your intercultural knowledge and skills by completing the Intercultural Certificate. Modules in the certificate cover topics including concepts of culture, exploring your own culture, intercultural communication, cultural adaptation, and more. And all students who complete the Intercultural Certificate will receive credit on their Laurier Experience Record.
Open to international and exchange students, Laurier International Cultural Conversations (LICC) is embedded in HR261: Multiculturalism, taught by Laurie Jacklin, and pairs students for conversations around multiculturalism, race and ethnicity, migration theory, and more. It’s also an opportunity for international and exchange students to share more about their experiences.
Contact Us:
Global Engagement
E:
globalengagement@wlu.ca
T:
548.889.5591
Office Hours:
See the Staff Listing page for staff drop-in hours and meeting availability.