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Culture and Entrepreneurship on the Isle of SpiceThe initial Cultural Entrepreneurship and Documentation Program (CEDP) in Gre-nada was implemented from May 12 – 23, 2014 as part of the ongoing Government of Canada funded NSCC project under the CARICOM Education for Employment (C-EFE) Program that is managed by Colleges and Institutes Canada (formerly ACCC). CEDP is an inter-disciplinary learning program for students and faculty from Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) and our local partner, T.A. Marry-show Community College (TAMCC). The purpose of the program was to provide a hands-on learning opportunity that will enhance the participants’ professional skills as well as strengthen their understanding of entrepreneurship. Five NSCC stu-dents from three different campuses (Akerley, Lunenburg and Waterfront) and five programs (Business Administration, Culinary Arts, Public Relations, Screen Arts and Tourism) participated in this program. Faculty leaders, Larry Bergeron and Janet Hawkwood, provided valuable academic guidance and mentorship. NSCC students and faculty worked very closely with their TAMCC counterparts through-out this two-week program. The first week was dedicated to preparing, conducting and documenting interviews with members of the local business community as well as with persons involved in local masquerade traditions. During the second week students analyzed collected data and video and audio recordings and identified a number of potential small business opportunities as well as relevant case studies.

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“This program really is an amazing thing both for learning so much in such a short

period of time to general life skills that would only be made possible by having

the opportunity to travel.”

– Laura MacNeil Student, Business Administration,

Waterfront Campus

Students and faculty from NSCC and T.A. Marryshow Community College during the Cultural Entrepreneurship and Documentation Program in Grenada in May.

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This fall NSCC welcomes 21 ex-change students from Europe, South America and the Caribbean to the Akerley and Waterfront Cam-puses. Students from Ecuador, Pe-ru,Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis and the Dominican Republic are study-ing Tourism Management and Culi-nary Arts programs at Akerley and students from Colombia, Austria and the Netherlands are attending the Waterfront Campus taking either Environmental Engineering Tech-nology or Business Administration.The exchange students from South America and the Caribbean are at NSCC as part of Govern-ment of Canada funded scholar-ships encouraging students from those regions to study in Canada.When you see one of these exchange students on your campus please take the time to say hello and welcome!

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When the sun rises in Tanzania, it’s hot. It sits high in the sky all day until finally setting on the dusty landscape. This is just one of the reasons why Mikumi, Tanzania was the perfect location for a solar energy project organized and implemented by NSCC students and faculty from various technology programs. In May 2014 faculty members Gord Wilkie (Electrical Engi-neering Technology, Waterfront Campus) and Cynthia Rogers (Mechanical Engineering Technology, Waterfront Campus) led a group of five students Courtney Falconer (Electrical Engineering Technology, Waterfront Campus), Ben Bates (Mechanical Engineering Technology, Waterfront Campus) Gordie McKay (Mechanical Engineering Technology, Waterfront Campus), Michael Campbell (Energy Sustainability Engineering Technology, Annapolis Valley Campus) and Barry Sonmor (Electron-ics Engineering Technician, Marconi Campus), to NSCC’s partner institution VETA Mikumi to install solar PV panels on campus in order to provide an uninterrupted power source. The NSCC group worked with VETA Mikumi students and faculty on this collaborative project, which in the end successfully brought solar power to five accommodation units on campus. “It’s been special to work closely with the students from Mikumi,” said ESET student Michael Campbell. “Together we have creat-ed a solar power system that shows what is possible when we work together to solve a problem.” Due to the success of this pilot solar project in Tanzania, future plans are in the works for a solar water pump project to be implemented in May 2015.

NSCC Goes on a Solar Safari in Tanzania

Students and faculty from NSCC and VETA (Vocational Education and Training Authority) Mikumi upon completion of the Mikumi Solar Project in May.

NSCC Student Ben Bates (left) works with students from VETA Miku-mi securing the solar panels to their new home.

“Coming into this I knew I would gain a massive amount of experience, along with

discovering a new place in the world.What I didn’t realize is just how much this experience was going to change my life,

and impact me the way that it did”

- Courtney FalconerStudent, Electrical Engineering Technology

Waterfront Campus In June, a group of first-year Business Administration students from NSCC participated in the “Doing Business in Europe” sum-mer school organized by the Hanze University of Applied Scienc-es in Groningen, the Netherlands. NSCC has participated in this program since its inception four years ago. A group of six students from three campuses (Burridge, Kingstec and Waterfront) spent three weeks at the summer school which consists of a combi-nation of academic sessions, company visits in Groningen, Am-sterdam and Germany and various cultural and social activities. Successful completion of the program provides NSCC students with two elective credits for the second year of their program.

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NSCC students enjoy a social activity during the Doing Business in Europe summer program.

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Safari Ya Uongozi - A Leadership Learning Journey Many people associate the Swahili word “safari” with treks into the African savanna looking for lions and ele-phants. The word actually means “journey” and NSCC has been working with the Vocational Education Train-ing Authority (VETA) in Tanzania on a Leadership Learning ‎Journey (safari ya uongozi) project since 2012. In May 2014 Claudine Lowry (NSCC Dean, Organization Learning), Katie Orr (Director, NSCC Interna-tional) and independent consultant Delphine DuToit worked with VETA counterparts, to ‎deliver two work-shops for 50 senior leaders from VETA headquarters and campuses and zonal offices around the country. “The workshops were well received, despite cultural differences because leaders in education share simi-lar challenges everywhere. We also got to learn more about VETA, and we hope to continue to expand our part-nership to create more learning programs to benefit NSCC and VETA students and employees,“ says Katie Orr.The project is a spin-off of NSCC’s successful partnership project with the VETA Mikumi Campus.

Leaders from various VETA campuses around Tanzania participate in leadership workshops led by NSCC.

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A group of senior administrators and faculty members from T.A. Marryshow Community College (TAMCC) in Grenada participated in a number of professional development activities during at study tour to NSCC in August. Two TAMCC faculty members successfully completed two CCEDP modules in Truro (Facilitating Adult Learning and Assessing and Evaluating Adult Learning) while two Deans from TAMCC participated in a one-week International Leadership Forum. The study tour concluded with a two-day PLAR workshop for all four TAMCC representatives. Two faculty members each from the Clar-ence Fitzroy Bryant College in St Kitts and Dominica State College in Dominica also participated in one CCEDP module as well as in the PLAR workshop. A big thank you to our colleagues in Organi-zational Learning for their valuable assistance. The study tour was organized and funded as part of the NSCC project in Grenada that is part of the CARICOM Education for Employment Program support-ed by the Government of Canada and managed by Colleges and Institutes Canada.

Caribbean Partners at CCEDP

International guests from the Caribbean and Tanzania take part in a PLAR workshop facilitated by Organiza-tional Learning’s Maria Desjardins.

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“I admire the style you use to deliver the training - simple,

participatory , full of fun , and a sense of belonging, I have never

seen before.”

- Mr. Zebediah Moshi,Director General VETA Tanzania

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opportunities for NSCC students and employees as part of NSCC’s

Unique Learning Experience

FUN FACT!Ernest Hemingway’s novel “The Green

Hills of Africa” brought fame to the country of Tanzania in the 1930’s.

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Sharing Leadership Best PracticesIn July NSCC held its second annual “International Leader-ship Learning Forum” with senior leaders from NSCC partner institutions in Belize, Grenada, Tanzania and Vietnam. The fo-rum was facilitated by Claudine Lowry, Dean of Organization-al Learning, Michelle Lane, Vice President of Advancement, and Katie Orr, Director of NSCC International. Participants travelled to several different campuses (IT, Akerley, Lunen-burg, Truro) to meet with NSCC Principals, and facilitators to explore and share together many different aspects of leader-ship, and to build and strengthen partnerships and networks. Michelle Lane considered the forum a very important and ed-ucational experience, “It was very meaningful to bring togeth-er ‎these long time NSCC partners, who have helped guide our students and employees in international learning programs at their institutions. We can learn so much from each other.”This was Claudine’s last international project before re-tiring from NSCC in August. “Claudine has played a key role in fostering many of NSCC’s international partner-ships during her time at the college,” expresses Katie Orr. “She has left an important legacy that our students and em-ployees will continue to benefit from for years to come.“

Participants of the NSCC International Leadership Learning Forum at the Akerley Campus in July 2014.

NSCC Hosts CBIE MeetingIn June NSCC hosted the Canadian Bureau for International Education’s (CBIE) annual Atlantic Regional meeting. The meeting brought together 50 international educators, government representatives and students from all four Atlantic provinces. During a break, the Nova Scotia Immigration Minister, Lena Metlege Diab announced a new immigration pathway for international students in the province. As part of the announcement NSCC Construction Management student, Durgesh Singh spoke on behalf of interna-tional students studying in Nova Scotia. “This is great news for international students like me who will gradu-ate soon and will be considering their options for what comes next, “ said Durgesh. “Now because of these changes to the Nova Scotia Nominee Program, inter-national graduates will have an avenue to immigrate to Nova Scotia that wasn’t open to them before.”

NSCC international student, Durgesh Singh speaks during a spe-cial announcement by the office of immigration held at NSCC.

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“It was an honor and a deep pleasure to work and learn with this special group of International

Leaders. We collectively discovered and uncovered hopes, dreams, strengths and

community. We have have been enriched by this experience.”

- Claudine LowryNSCC Dean, Organizational Learning