Fentagone has placed first at the World's Challenge Challenge global finals at Western University. This is the first time a U of A team wins the global finals. The team has been awarded $30,000 towards their project. Earlier this year, Fentagone won the Telus Innovation Challenge, which had a first place prize of $100,000. The team's idea is focused on developing a 1mL syringe that allows users to gain feedback on whether the drug in use contains fentanyl. You can read more about their project here. Congratulations to the team! 

Students wishing to thrive in our culturally diverse context can do so through the Certificate in International Learning (CIL). This Certificate, a collaboration between University of Alberta International and the Faculty of Arts, combines course work with intercultural experiential learning, as well as opportunities to develop global leadership skills.

This month, 88 students from ten faculties will convocate with the CIL, the largest cohort since the program began in 2013.  For the last six years, the program has been under the academic direction of Dr. Odile Cisneros, Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies.  Dr. Cisneros will be completing her term as Academic Director at the end of this month.  Our thanks go to her for her passion and leadership which have brought such great results! 

Congratulations to all our spring grads -- we wish you great success and hope the CIL will help you navigate the future.

University of Alberta International encourages interested faculty members to use the 2022 UAI Research Internships: Project Proposal Form to submit their research projects for international research interns (senior undergraduate and/or early graduate students at their home institution) that you are willing to host through one of the following two (2) programs:

1. University of Alberta Research Experience (UARE) Winter or Summer 2022 - 12 weeks
2. China Scholarship Council (CSC) Funded Internships - Summer 2022 - 3 months

Deadlines:

• June 30, 2021 - UARE Winter 2022 (internships starting in January 2022)
• July 31, 2021 - UARE Summer 2022 (internships starting in May-August 2022)
• July 31, 2021 - CSC Summer 2022 (internships starting in July 2022)

Deadline: June 24, 2021
In partnership with AWB, African Development University is seeking volunteers to act as faculty mentors to enhance the teaching skills of the faculty associates (junior faculty members).  African Development University is a nonprofit institution in Niamey, Niger.

The volunteer opportunity will involve working online with the faculty and leadership team to conduct a situational analysis and needs assessment for teaching mentorship. The volunteer activity will continue with the development of a coaching strategy and topic-specific training workshops for the faculty associates.

If you would like to participate, please contact
Dan Fredrick
University of Alberta International
dan.fredrick@ualberta.ca
(780)248-1260

• Gary Bosgoed, President and CEO, Bosgoed Project Consultants Ltd.