Going GlobalGoing GlobalCanadian Students Studying Abroad

Funded by HRSDC

Students’ Participation in any Students’ Participation in any Internationally-based Internationally-based program/experienceprogram/experience

Exchangesclinical placementsInternshipsco-op placementspractica field workfaculty led courses volunteer work …

for which credit may or may not be granted.

Who participates?Who participates?

Postsecondary students currently registered at six Canadian universities and four colleges (600-1000)

Academic department heads ILOEmployersPublic

Research FocusResearch Focus

Who does and who does not participate in study abroad programs/experiences and why?

When posing questions of access, two assumptions underpin the response:

Deficit Model Institutional Hegemony

Conceptual FrameworkConceptual Framework

Transformational Learning (Institutional/Individual)

Critical Theory

Methodology Methodology

Web-based Survey

Focus Group Interviews

Individual Interviews

Institutional Histories, policies, plans and leadership

Status ReportStatus Report

Literature ReviewSurvey DesignPublic Opinion PollEthical ClearanceIdentification of Participants

Release of SurveyPublic Opinion Poll Carried OutFocus Groups & Individual Interviews

Data AnalysisRelease of Report

Seeing Yourself as ResearcherSeeing Yourself as Researcher

The most important element of any study is its design

Here is where you can be part of the team

Important QuestionsImportant Questions

What are the most important questions that should be asked in this study?

Students Your Own as a ProfessionalYour College/University/Institute Our Study Abroad PartnersEmployers