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In the area of developmental and educational communication, SHAILS promotes international collaboration, and facilitates marketing of Canadian capabilities
and expertise. Through international cooperation, we actively explore
global
opportunities for the transfer of knowledge and skills, and
the promotion of Canadian values and culture.
OBJECTIVES
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Support Canadian universities and colleges in their commitment to
internationalization |
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Create
new alliances between Canadian and foreign educational institutions |
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Initiate
and manage international collaborative projects |
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Facilitate
imternational student and faculty exchanges |
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Collaborate
in international educational research initiatives |
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Promote
Canadian training services and expertise overseas |
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Partner with Canadian enterprises for global and distance education |
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Identify and respond to evolving needs of educational affiliation |
MANDATE
The
mandate of SHAILS Communication, as Service Provider for Global
Education, is to assist Canada's
universities in fulfilment of their commitment to integrating an international dimension
into their teaching, research and community service, in order
to improve the quality of higher education; to help position
Canada more strategically for a future shaped by an interdependent
world; and to support Canada's international development efforts.
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PROJECTS
Over the years, Shails Communication has successfully collaborated with overseas partners in international projects:
Satellite Educational Television Production for ETHIOPIA
Production of 450 educational television programs for satellite broadcast to high schools accross Ethiopia. Funded by the World Bank
Steering Committee for the National
Program on Information Technology, VIETNAM
Implementation of the CIDA-funded
Multimedia Training program in Ottawa (Canada) for visiting
Vietnamese officials, as part of the Vietnam-Canada Information
Technology Project (VCIT)
Mauritius
Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), MAURITIUS
Advanced training for television
and radio reporters, editors & producers
Indira
Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), Delhi, INDIA
Creation of a Multimedia Production
Department; coordination of training, production and courseware
development activities; and creation, deployment, and administration
of on-line on-demand exams
Mauritius College of the Air (MCA), Port Lois, MAURITIUS
ETV scriptwriting and production
workshops for producers and subject matter experts
Vocational
Training Institute (VTI), Hazaribagh, INDIA
Development and implementation
of Extension Education program for Integrated Rural Development
grassroots workers
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C I M C
The Canadian Institute of Mass Communication is a subsidiary of Shails Communication. CIMC's mission is to promote international research and training in convergent Mass Media Communication technologies. CIMC focuses on developing educational strategies that keep pace with the contemporary new-media revolution, and aims to meet the diverse communication needs of an ever-evolving global community. More ...
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