“In the beginning, leaving home was exciting,” said Sean, a 23-year-old McMaster University student from Incheon, South Korea. Sean said he “feels safe living in Canada” and believes it is a “more politically and socially stable environment than his alternative options.” Many of his friends study in the U.S., but he chose Canada instead. He…
International students in Canada are often framed statistically, economically and politically – as a population surge, a strain on resources and, increasingly, a problem to be managed and reduced. And these narratives about international students are often told without their voices being heard. In past decades, Canada has been welcoming to international students. I, myself,…
In July, the Institute for Christian Studies (ICS) in Toronto will have a new president, Dr. Beth Green. Green is currently serving as Chief Academic Officer and Provost at Tyndale University in Toronto. “If you ask me who I am, I’m a teacher,” says Green, who is looking forward to being back in the classroom….
This summer I will take on the responsibility of chair of the Department of Computer Science at Calvin University. This part-time administrative role comes with many responsibilities: guiding the hiring and reappointment of faculty, scheduling classes, ensuring academic quality, managing budgets and generally keeping the “trains running on time” in the department. To be sure,…
Last month, I talked about my involvement in quality control at our public universities. I am a member of the Audit Committee of the Quality Council. At universities, each academic program undergoes a review every eight years by external academic experts to ensure that it stays up-to-date and continuously seeks to improve the quality of…
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