Rethinking Education for Social Innovation in Canada

🌿 𝐀𝐒𝐑𝐇𝐄 𝐚𝐭 𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐎𝐓𝐋 2025 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡: 𝐀𝐧 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐱𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐬 👥 Jo-Anne Kelder, Geof Hill, Michelle Picard, Eva Heinrich, and Prue Laidlaw We’re looking forward to joining colleagues at #ISSOTL25 in Christchurch for a roundtable that invites open, reflective conversation about publishing and collaboration. As editors of an emergent higher education journal, we’ve been reflecting on how journals can move beyond traditional structures to make room for different ways of knowing. Too often, research grounded in Indigenous methodologies is reshaped to fit Western publishing expectations. Our roundtable explores what might happen if we allowed both Indigenous and Western traditions to stand side by side — not in competition, but in relationship. Drawing on creative arts research, we’re exploring an artefact + exegesis model: a way of presenting research that combines creative or practice-based work with reflective writing. We hope this approach can help: 🌿 recognise Indigenous and Western epistemologies as equally valuable, 🌿 reshape how we understand “quality” in scholarly publishing, and 🌿 encourage shared, respectful review processes that are grounded in reciprocity. 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: Thursday, 6 November 2025 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞: 10:15–11:45am 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: ISSOTL: International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning 2025, Christchurch, New Zealand 𝐒𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧: Collaborative Publishing Practices Follow Advancing Scholarship and Research in Higher Education to continue this conversation about inclusive publishing, shared leadership, and the scholarship of leading. #ISSOTL2025 #ASRHE #SoTL #IndigenousResearch #AcademicPublishing #ArtefactAndExegesis #InclusiveScholarship #ResearchIntegrity

Todd Lee Goen, Dr. Elsa Maxwell Bourdon, & Samila Fazlagic Sosic & Kristine Lalley, D.Ed. discuss designing global programs with an emphasis on skills and equity at #ForumCIGL2025. The Forum on Education Abroad #careerready

Last Friday, I had the privilege of leading a session at the Latin American Heads Conference (LAHC), exploring a topic close to my heart: “Measuring Human Flourishing Data for International Schools.” In an increasingly data-driven world, we risk overlooking what makes schools truly human. This session asked: What if we measured not just performance, but purpose, belonging, agency, and wellbeing? Together with school leaders across Latin America, we co-designed what a "measurement pipeline" might look like; one that honours: Student voice and identity, Cultural relevance and context, Equity beyond attainment, Agency, relationships, and meaning ...and does so with rigor and intention. We explored flourishing domains such as: Happiness & health Relationships & belonging Accomplishment & competence Character & agency Meaning & purpose and how to make these measurable, visible, and actionable. We also examined several analysis tools to activate collective insight and build shared language around what we truly value in education. The central idea: “What we fail to measure and evidenced, despite being practised or included in policy, often remains vague, unquantifiable, and ultimately unevaluable, limiting its potential for meaningful impact.” Thank you to all who joined the session with openness, curiosity, and commitment to a more human-centred model of international education. 🌱 Let’s keep asking the hard questions: 📊 What are we measuring? 🧭 Why does it matter? 💬 Who gets to decide? #LAHC #HumanFlourishing #WellbeingData #InternationalEducation #StudentAgency #IBSchools #EducationalLeadership #LatinAmerica #DataForImpact #VoiceChoiceBelonging

Today, I’m honored to have a powerful conversation with Sufi Sardar Israr Abbasi, CEO of *Ahsas-e-Insaniyat Foundation (Chamyati)*, a visionary leader working to empower lives through vocational education. We’ll be talking about the **future of education**, the importance of *skills over degrees*, and how to build a better, brighter future for our youth. Don’t miss this inspiring session!

Inside the book, “Critical Internationalization of Higher Education” 📖 A look at a Czech case study analysis. Eva Janebova Christopher J. Johnstone, and Thi Nguyen, M.A contributed a chapter on student mobility in Critical Internationalization of Higher Education—revealing whose interests are being served. Applying the Cultural Readiness for Internationalization (CRI) model, with a focus on university governance: Governance Structures: The chapter case study revealed that Czech institutions operate from hierarchical, male-dominated leadership with short 3-year rector terms and concentrated power and internationalization remains top-down and enrollment-focused. The pathway forward? Shift the governance subculture within which you work! It can leverage faculty expertise or include broader stakeholder voices, creating alignment needed to move from revenue targets to educational impact. Is your institution measuring internationalization by numbers or impact? What would change if cultural readiness was your measure? #InternationalizationDrift #HigherEducation #CriticalInternationalization #UniversityGovernance Melanie Agnew ©

Collaborating to Accelerate  CATALISI project, aUPaEU and Accelerate Future HEI have signed a formal Collaboration Agreement to amplify our joint impact in transforming Higher Education Institutions across Europe. We’ve worked closely for over two years, and this new agreement marks a significant milestone in solidifying our partnership around two core pillars:  ✔️ joint dissemination activities to amplify our voices  ✔️ joint policy recommendations and insights to provide policy makers with a unified, evidence-based perspective on the European research and education landscape Read the full press release here: https://lnkd.in/dxKZ_mwK

We’re thrilled to share that the Hasso Plattner d-school Afrika at the University of Cape Town is featured in The Palgrave Handbook of Applied Creativity in Global Higher Education, contributing a chapter that explores how design-led thinking fosters critical thinking, creativity, confidence, and innovation — within higher education and beyond. Our chapter — “Re-frame, Rethink, Resolve: Fostering Creativity and Creative Confidence Through Design-Led Thinking” — written by Richard Perez, Maurisa Moloto, and Tiego Monareng, showcases how design-led thinking builds innovation, resilience, and human-centred learning across Africa. We also celebrate Sinalo B. (Sinalo Bambeni), a past d-school Afrika coach and alumna of our Foundation Programme in Design Thinking, whose contributions embody the creativity and confidence this chapter champions. This milestone reflects the growing influence of African design thinking in global higher education — and the incredible people making it possible. Read the book: https://lnkd.in/dw6VtGCc #DesignThinking #CriticalThinking #CreativeConfidence #HigherEducation #Innovation #Africa #UCT #HassoPlattnerdschool #PalgraveMacmillan

SDG Alumni Projects: Knowledge and Practice for Development The SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) Alumni Projects, initiated by the DAAD and German universities, provide a unique bridge between academic expertise and practical application. Organized by the DAAD and German universities, the program enhances participants’ professional skills, expands their global networks, and equips them to apply sustainable solutions within their home countries. 👉 Learn more about how global alumni are shaping sustainable development and explore upcoming opportunities with DAAD: https://lnkd.in/ewcuVHkE #DAAD #SDGAlumniProjects #Sustainability #GlobalPartnership #VGU #LifelongLearning #SustainableDevelopment

SDG Alumni Projects: Knowledge and Practice for Development The SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) Alumni Projects, initiated by the DAAD and German universities, provide a unique bridge between academic expertise and practical application. Organized by the DAAD and German universities, the program enhances participants’ professional skills, expands their global networks, and equips them to apply sustainable solutions within their home countries. 👉 Learn more about how global alumni are shaping sustainable development and explore upcoming opportunities with DAAD: https://lnkd.in/ewcuVHkE #DAAD #SDGAlumniProjects #Sustainability #GlobalPartnership #VGU #LifelongLearning #SustainableDevelopment

Did you know that 4 of the world’s top 10 universities are from the UK? 🇬🇧 That’s not just a statistic, it’s proof of how global education continues to shape the future of careers and innovation 🌍📚 In our latest conversation with Srikar Alapati, Founder & Managing Director of Global Tree, we explore how studying abroad transforms professional growth, global mindsets, and why the UK is making a strong comeback as a top study destination 🎓 🎥 Watch the full episode now on our YouTube channel. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gBSxxXKj #StudyAbroad #StudyinUK #HigherEducation #GlobalEducation #UKUniversities #CareerGrowth #InternationalStudents #GyanDhan