To examine the north/south academic dialogue from a Brazilian perspective, four different points must be taken into consideration: the significance of Brazil in the international academic and scientific world, the usual forms of international academic cooperation, some of the political aspects involved in north/south academic collaboration, and the ways in which academic institutions in the north should proceed in order to establish fruitful collaboration with their partners in Brazil.
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Background to the internship program
The Students for Development Program is the successor to the Canada Corps University Partnership Program that was introduced by former Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin as an avenue to engage young Canadians in development issues. Students for Development builds on Canada’s policy of emphasizing the core role of good governance in this country’s engagement with lower-income parts of the world through the programming provided by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). Designed and administered by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC), its member institutions send up to five students every year into placements with developing country partners identified by the education institutions. The students spend three months working in a wide range of sectors related to governance issues. At the end of their placement, they are supposed to participate in at least one public engagement activity and thus communicate their experiences, knowledge, and insights into development issues with the wider Canadian public. Students’ expenses associated with the placement are fully covered: they receive remuneration for their airfare, accommodation, per diem, and other incidentals.
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Several months ago, I had attended a conference exploring the possibilities of cooperation between India and Canada in the field of education. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) had been signed between the governments and institutions of these two countries. I attended this conference in the capacity of an international student from India pursuing graduate studies in Canada. It is a subject on which I have had first-hand experiences. After that day, which was full of general observations, I now sit down to write a personal Memorandum of Understanding. This MoU is simply an attempt to understand my own thoughts, experiences and reflections over the past few years and share them in the hope that they will be understood by others.