Summer Seminar provides an essential platform for the growth of BC’s International Education sector. BCCIE’s annual conference brings together over 400 participants from our province, across Canada and beyond our borders. The conference attracts senior leaders, researchers, practitioners, student service providers, administrators, government, NGOs, and students to explore these ideas with the aim of strengthening our work and taking steps towards advancing outstanding leadership in the fields that comprise International Education in BC.
This panel will speak to three models of International Trades education currently being delivered by British Columbia Post-Secondary Institutions: 1. Delivery of trades education to international students on BC campuses 2. Delivery of trades education to international students in their home countries, and 3. FAST, an initiative that enables internationally trained tradespeople to evaluate their professional competencies and qualifications to work in BC and access online programs to upgrade their skills before they arrive in Canada ITA will address the credentialing models involved and also the challenges these International Programs bring to the apprenticeship system.
