INTERNATIONAL FACULTY DEVELOPMENT
SEMINARS

The Council on International Exchange, a private,
non-profit organization founded in 1947 and incorporated in
the United States, develops, facilitates and administers
programs of international exchange throughout the world. It
has offices in the United States, England, Germany, France,
Spain, Japan, Italy, and Hong Kong. In 1990, it launched a
series of International Faculty Development Seminars in order
to stimulate campus initiatives toward internationalizing
curricula. The seminars provide opportunities for short-term,
intensive overseas experience for university faculty and
administrators. Hosted by prestigious institutions abroad, the
seminars offer focussed updates on global issues and regions
that are shaping the course of world events. They are also
designed to introduce faculty to scholarly communities
overseas, enabling a new view of their own disciplines within
a broader, international context. In its inaugural series,
seminars were held in Berlin, Warsaw, London, and Vietnam.
Recent ones have been in Hong Kong, Northern Ireland,
Chile, Poland, Belgium, Germany.

In June, 1992, seminars will be held in the USSR,
Germany, and Vietnam. In Fall, 1992, others will be held in
the USA, Hong KOng, Northern Ireland, Chile, and Poland.

Applications for the summer ones are due late March and
early April. For details, please contact Ruth D’Hollander,
2919 or by E-Mail.

CIDA PROFESSIONAL AWARDS PROGRAM

This program, funded by the Canadian International
Development Agency (CIDA) and managed by the Canadian
Bureau for International Education (CBIE), aims to increase
the number of Canadian professionals capable of working in
the international arena, by providing funding for short-term,
overseas work experience.

To receive funding through this program, applicants are
asked to develop their own work-study project which would
take them to a country in the developing world for a
two-to-six month time period. The project should be designed
with a focus on utilizing the skills and interests of the
applicant and meeting a developmnent need of the proposed
host country. The awards are specifically targeted at those
who have little or no experience working in the developing
world.

Key sectors targeted for receiving assistance are: primary
health care, basic education, skills training, women in
development, population, human settlements, sustainable

development, renewable resources, natural resources, conservation,
training for entrepreneurs and managers, initiatives in business
training and computer technology, debt and structural adjustment,
technical assistance, expansion of business and _ professional
linkages. Applicants may also propose other relevant disciplines
for consideration.

For further information, contact Ruth D’Hollander, local 2919
or by E-Mail.

ANOTHER FACULTY DEVELOPMENT
OPPORTUNITY

The University of Victoria announces the second annual
Faculty Development Pacific Institute, TEACHING FOR A
CHANGE, to be held August 16-20, 1992. The objectives of this
residential institute are to enable participants to:

* exchange concepts and practices that can promote student

learning

* explore new teaching methods that will enhance teaching

effectiveness

* experience group building and assessment approaches that

can increase student involvement in the learning process

* generate a renewed enthusiasm for teaching.

Some comments from last year’s participants:

"I learned a great deal at the Institute, thereby disproving the
adage about old dogs, and I rekindled a lot of enthusiasm for
becoming fully immersed once more in the classroom. I
particularly liked the mixture of disciplines, age groups and
nationalities, and I hope this pattern will be maintained".

"A ‘must’ in faculty development to create a commitment
within each of us for ‘making a difference’. An excellent
resource for renewed enthusiasm and exchanging of ideas".

“This was a tremendously useful program, especially for
young faculty like myself who have some experience already".

To find out more about this opportunity, contact either Bob
Sherrin, 2554 or Ruth D’Hollander, 2919 or by E-Mail.

MAY P.D.SEMINARS

The Faculty Development Committee is planning a series of
useful, stimulating days for May. Look for details in upcoming
editions of THE INFORMER or talk to Ruth D’Hollander or one
of the following Committee members if you are anxious to have
some information before it appears in print: Bob Camfield, Peter
Kellington, Cam McKie, George Modenesi, Cam Sylvester, Marie
Toompuu.