Global Reach

As Canada’s leading global college, Niagara College engaged and celebrated diverse cultures to create world-ready graduates and continued to expand global operations and program delivery outside of Niagara, as well as Be World Ready global learning opportunities. At the centre of the College’s global strategy is a focus on creating an inclusive and integrated campus community where students support, engage with and learn from one another.

NC welcomed 50 educational partners from over 27 countries for its first annual Study in Niagara Familiarization (FAM) Tour since 2019. The participants assist prospective students with learning about Canadian education and provide services to help students navigate the processes required to arrive and study in Canada. The FAM tour allows educational agents to develop the first-hand experience and knowledge to support, inform and engage students abroad.

In Fall 2022, NC’s signature Be World Ready (BWR) program returned with new initiatives to offer life-changing opportunities for students, staff, faculty, as well as global communities. BWR supports leadership development in students by providing diverse, global perspectives and opportunities, allowing students to develop intercultural skills and global citizenship values. International Field Studies engaged NC students in trips to Ireland, Costa Rica, Portugal, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic. BWR welcomed 13 inbound exchange students, including four through the Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program – a scholarship program providing students from the Caribbean and Latin America with shortterm exchange opportunities for study or research in Canada.

NC’s global projects supported educational partners and communities to help advance gender equity and inclusion:

Canada (CICan) and funded by the Government of Canada, is a seven-year program to strengthen alternative pathways to education, employment, self-employment and entrepreneurship for women and girls.

> NC collaborated with the Government of Saint Lucia to support the United Nations Development Programme’s Enabling Gender-Responsive Disaster Recovery, Climate and Environmental Resilience (EnGenDER) project, which benefits nine Caribbean countries.

> NC completed a project with United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) including 14 countries in Africa and Latin America, focused on building Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions to deliver career guidance and support to young women to become engaged in STEMrelated fields.

> In Kenya, NC and Sheridan College are working with 26 TVET institutions to increase women’s engagement in the workforce through Young Africa Works– Youth Employability Through TVET, a five-year program, in which NC is developing processes and policies that promote safe learning environments, especially for female learners.

> In Jamaica, NC is contributing to a Government of Canada-funded program to strengthen demand-driven and competency-based training programs offered by Caribbean institutions and to attract and retain marginalized students.

> In Tanzania, NC and Seneca College are supporting the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology to improve economic participation by women and adolescent girls. The Empowerment through Skills Program, implemented by Colleges and Institutes

As part of a Crafting Women Brewmasters in Bhutan Project, NC hosted partners from Ser Bhum Brewery Private Ltd (SBB), a Bhutanese craft brewery, to share best practices of Niagara’s craft beer industry and explore the impact of businesses within the beverage industry. The project is part of a seven-year program developed and funded by the Government of Canada’s Canadian Trade and Investment Facility for Development (CTIF) aiming to enhance the brewery’s operations and management capabilities and access to new markets, and provide economic and professional development opportunities to women in Bhutan’s brewing industry.

NC assisted international students impacted by the war in Ukraine with a range of supports – both financial and emotional – through the Global Emergency Relief Fund, established in 2020 to provide financial assistance to students during the COVID-19 pandemic and other global emergencies. To assist Ukrainians in Niagara, NC began offering scholarships to its English for Academic Preparation (EAP) program