1. Strengthening the Canadian Partnership with Brazil
Karen McBride
June 17, 2015

2. CBIE is…
The Canadian organization dedicated exclusively to international education
A non-profit, non-governmental membership organization
Bringing together nearly 200 members (colleges, cégeps, institutes, universities, school boards and language schools)
Present from coast-to-coast, at all levels, bilingual
Partnering with a vast array of stakeholders (government departments, private sector, sister organizations in Canada and around the world)

3. Recent Canada-Brazil Cooperation
Canada and Brazil co-operate closely in the areas of science and technology; research and development; innovation and education
Canada-Brazil Framework Agreement for Cooperation on Science, Technology and Innovation (2008)
Memorandum of Understanding on Academic Mobility and Scientific Cooperation (2010)
Joint Committee for Cooperation on Science, Technology and Innovation (2011)
Canada-Brazil Science and Technology Working Groups (2011)
Canada-Brazil Science and Technology Action Plan Focused on Innovation (2011)
Canada’s International Education Strategy (2014) includes Brazil

4. Canada’s International Education Strategy (2014)
Recognizes international education as a priority sector
Includes the following as components:
Foreign students studying in Canada (focus)
Canadians studying outside of Canada
Collaboration between educational and research
institutes in Canada and abroad
Sharing Canada’s education models with foreign countries
Online delivery of Canadian education around the world
Brazil is a priority country
Some federal government funding available

5. CBIE and Brazil: Student and Research Mobility
Examples of CBIE managed initiatives:
Government of Brazil:
Ciência sem Fronteiras (CsF):
Undergraduate Program: Since 2012, CBIE has placed nearly 5,000 undergraduate students in universities across Canada
Doctoral program: Full PhD program, PhD Visiting Student program & Postdoctoral program
Government of Canada:
Canada-Brazil Joint Research Awards: 17 projects since 2011
The Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program (ELAP):
Scholarships: 648 since 2009 (+100 est. to be awarded in 2015)
Collaboration Missions: 9 senior Brazilian HEI administrators

6. Ciência sem Fronteiras
Undergraduate Student Placements in Canada :
Sept Sept Total
CBIE
CALDO
CICan
Total
Graduate Student Placements in Canada :
Since 2012, approximately 900 graduate students
15% Full PhDs (4 years)
60% Visiting PhDs (3-12 months)
25% Postdoctoral Fellows (6-24 months)

7. CsF Student Distribution to Date
1.2%
11.2%
5.6%
7.9%
5.0%
5.1%
61.8%
0.5%
0.6%
1.1%

8. Ciência sem Fronteiras
Student Level of Satisfaction with Overall Canadian Experience
Very Satisfied Satisfied Total
78.4% % %
Source: CBIE End of Scholarship Survey
Research/industry placements by type (2014)

9. Ciência sem Fronteiras
Value of the Research or Industry Experience (2014)
Source: CBIE's Research and Industry Placement Final Report

10. CBIE in Brazil: Beyond Student Mobility
Canada-Brazil Alumni Event: an annual
gathering and networking opportunity in
Brazil for Brazilians who have studied in
Canada. Social Media (LinkedIn, FB).
Several missions to Brazil each year to
foster strategic partnerships
Network of research foundations, the Canada-Brazil Chamber of Commerce (Toronto, Canada) and the Câmara de Comércio Brasil-Canadá (São Paulo, Brazil)

11. Canada-Brazil Research Collaboration Efforts
Need for greater reciprocity in Canada-Brazil relations beyond CsF
April 2013 CBIE and Universities Canada-led mission to Brazil with 14 Canadian higher education institutions
Brazilian state research funding foundations FAPESP and FACEPE interested in strengthening Canada-Brazil research collaboration
Winter 2013/2014
Securing Interest of Canadian and Brazilian Stakeholders
Outreach to CBIE’s membership
Missions to Brazil
MOUs with FAPESP and FAPESB
November 2014
Canada-Brazil Partnership Event
“Deepening Canada-Brazil Research Collaboration through Effective Partnerships”
January 2015
Meeting of Canadian Research Funding Agencies and Organizations
“Canada-Brazil Research Collaboration Stakeholders’ Forum”

12. Canada-Brazil Research Collaboration Roundtable Outcomes
Structural/institutional challenges were identified:
Funding availability and restrictions
Need to be strategic
Focus on science and technology (marginalization of the social sciences?)
The Canadian research funding landscape
Decentralized
Many entry points
Thematic versus geographic approach to funding research
Competition from other governments (including centralized ones)

13. “Tracking Canada-Brazil Research Collaboration and Opportunities”
CBIE/Tri-Councils Research Collaboration Mapping
“Tracking Canada-Brazil Research Collaboration and Opportunities”
Objective: to outline and consolidate the various research funding avenues and opportunities that exist in Canada for research collaboration between Canada and Brazil
Phase 1: Identifying joint research and funding entry points in Canada
Phase 2: Anticipated use of information collected in Phase 1; develop a consolidated map and single platform of funding opportunities information for joint Canada-Brazil research projects

14. Canadian Bureau for International Education
Questions?
Karen McBride
President
Canadian Bureau for International Education
220, Laurier ouest/West, # 1550 Ottawa, Ontario CANADA K1P 5Z9
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