4D - Travel Risk Management: Essentials to keep your students safe! (60mins)
Tracks
D
| Tuesday, March 14, 2023 |
| 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM |
| 111A |
Details
Between the upheavals of the pandemic and new funding schemes available for growing international mobility, international experiences are being offered across many Canadian institutions. Managing the risks related to international experiences is an increasing priority for institutions that want to keep their students safe, secure, and healthy while traveling. Staff turnover is resulting in international mobility programs being run by professionals who are new to the field of international education and might be less familiar with risk management and emergency response. Even seasoned professionals are facing new risks to manage due to the pandemic and global instability.
The purpose of this session is to share our knowledge of how international mobility risk management is operationalized in Canadian institutions towards creating more sustainable futures for international education, including opportunity verification, student readiness, and travel planning. During the session, presenters will share their risk management strategies, give tips, and provide advice on how to develop an institutional international mobility risk management culture in which the health, safety and security of student travelers is at the heart of the decision-making process related to supporter international activities.
Learning Objectives:
• To understand how a robust travel risk management strategy is operationalized with higher education institutions
• To be exposed to preventive measures, implemented by Canadian Institutions, to keep their students safe while travelling abroad
• To know how to recognize and mitigate risks related to travel, opportunity development, student experience, etc.
Target Audience:
International Offices, Managers of outbound programs
Target Audience Level:
Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
Presenter(s)
Ms Geneviève Benoit
Program Manager- Student Mobility
HEC Montréal
Travel Risk Management: Essentials to keep your students safe!
4:30 PM - 5:30 PMBiography
Genevieve Benoit has been working in the International Office at HEC Montréal for 25 years. First as Coordinator and for the past 6 years as Program Manager – Student Mobility. Her main role consists of developing and managing student mobility programs. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Applied Sciences.
Miss Marie-Claude Du Cap
Chief Executive Officer and Strategic Advisor, Canada
Aléas
Travel Risk Management: Essentials to keep your students safe!
4:30 PM - 5:30 PMBiography
MC has 15 years of experience in decision-making positions. She has forged her expertise by working in the fields of international logistics, program development and risk management. Her experience, tinged with international cooperation and solidarity, allows her to lead her team towards achieving results and guaranteeing outstanding service to her clients.
Dr Norah McRae
Associate Provost, Co-operative and Experiential Education
University of Waterloo, Canada
Travel Risk Management: Essentials to keep your students safe!
4:30 PM - 5:30 PMBiography
Norah McRae, PhD, is Associate Provost, Co-operative and Experiential Education and adjunct faculty member of the Department of Psychology at the University of Waterloo. Her involvement in co-operative and work-integrated education spans more than twenty years, over which time she has led strategic program development and research on student engagement, community-engaged learning and intercultural competency development.
She is a faculty member for the WACE Planning Institute for Global and Experiential Education and the WACE Assessment Institute. She has also served as President of the Canadian Association for Co-operative Education and is an Executive member of the World Association for Co-operative and Work-integrated Education Board of Directors.
Mr Diaz Nef
Manager, Business Development
Bow Valley College, Canada
Travel Risk Management: Essentials to keep your students safe!
4:30 PM - 5:30 PMBiography
Derek Lemieux is the Director, Strategic Partnerships and Head of UNEVOC Centre at Bow Valley College located in Calgary, Alberta. He is an innovative academic leader committed to student success, and award-winning senior manager and mentor with experience leading teams delivering results within K-12, post-secondary and government.
Chairperson
Marie-Claude Du Cap
Chief Executive Officer and Strategic Advisor, Canada
Aléas
