Implications for Canadian Higher Education Internationalisation Policies

Critical Considerations on the Impact of the Shift to Knowledge Exports from Cooperative and Development Programming

Abstract

The desire to internationalise campuses and to provide students with global learning opportunities is evident in the association of Universities and colleges in Canada (AUCC) report Internationalizing canadian campuses. The report summarises a 2007 survey of canadian university presidents’ institutional internationalisation priorities. In the aUcc report, 95 per cent of university presidents in canada cite the formation of international partnerships and the achievement of global competencies among graduates as top institutional priorities (AUCC 3).