Fulbright Canada West Office

This year, Fulbright Canada was pleased to announce the official opening of its Fulbright Canada West office. The office is in the Harbour Center at Simon Fraser University’s Vancouver Campus. We acknowledge that the office is on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations.

Fulbright Canada has seen significant program growth and the development of key partnerships with leading institutions in western Canada, including, but not limited to, the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, Thompson Rivers University, the University of Victoria, Vancouver Island University, Adler University, and Yukon University. This new office reflects a continuing commitment to fully engage with our partners, alumni, and the wider Fulbright Canada community.

We were pleased to appoint Robin McLay as the Regional Director of Fulbright Canada West. McLay emphasizes that “[we] are thrilled to be opening the new Fulbright Canada West office in beautiful downtown Vancouver and looking forward to working with our institutional partners in Canada and the United States and supporting the many communities that we serve in Western Canada.”

Among other things, the office houses a dedicated EducationUSA Advisor who offers free and unbiased information about higher education opportunities in the United States. This central location at a leading institution offers student advising, promote events, engage local alumni, and host meetings.

The opening of this office would not have been possible without direct support from the Embassy of the United States of America in Ottawa and Simon Fraser University, specifically Dr. Laurie Anderson, Executive Director, Vancouver Campus.