University Partners

AHED – UPESED will be working in partnership with Canadian and other developed countries’ universities and colleges, and their constituent schools, faculties, institutes, and departments. Partnerships are based on mutual interest in supporting developing countries build capacity in higher education. In these partnerships, projects can be proposed by either the academic institutions or AHED-UPESED. The details of their administration and execution will vary with the respective needs and circumstances of the partners. These joint projects may also involve VSO – Canada and AUF.

Partners

Centre for Developing-Area Studies, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Development research and teaching has never been as strong at McGill as it is today, and this is reflected in the renewed vibrancy of the Centre for Developing-Area Studies. With literally dozens of tenure-stream professors, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows working on issues relating to development, development studies has become a core strength of the Faculty of Arts, and an increasingly prominent feature of McGill in general. This renewed interest in development research and teaching builds on the strong foundation that was laid with the establishment of CDAS in 1963 and has allowed the Centre to become one of a few select North American epicenters for development research and teaching, generating impressive levels of original research, establishing new relations with the international development community, and training future generations of researchers, teachers, policymakers and development practitioners.

Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

The Faculty of Medicine is committed to the mission of the University of Montreal: its goal is to be at the forefront of knowledge and to have its central tasks of teaching and service to the community to rest on its active participation in the advancement of knowledge.
         In its constituent schools, departments, research centres, and university hospitals, the Faculty of Medicine organizes, coordinates, and puts to work the human and technical resources that are necessary for its triple mission: teaching, research, and the improvement of health. Moreover, it supports the roles of its academic units and encourages their accountability. In addition, it is involved with the planning and coordinating of interfaculty and interuniversity activities and with international cooperation.
       The Faculty of Medicine’s most important assets are its professors, researchers, students, and staff. It desires that they acquire, utilize, and transmit Also, it offers its students an academic environment and services to assist them in their education and is always open to learn about their needs and concerns. The Faculty advocates various values in all its activities, including, excellence, autonomy, probity, team work, ethics, the respect of others, and openness to collaboration. The ultimate objective is the well-being and the improvement in the quality of the life of the population.

School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

With our strong international reputation and award-winning faculty and students, the UBC School of Nursing strives to bring excellence in research, scholarship and education to professional nursing practice. Over the course of our almost 90-year-history, we have consistently been recognized for professional, scholarly and academic importance, and have established the reputation as a premier school in the field of nursing. Situated on the beautiful University of British Columbia campus in Vancouver, Canada, the UBC School of Nursing is at the forefront of nursing education, practice and research.

School of Social Work, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

The School has a record of long-standing service to the professional, academic and Montreal community, since its foundation as the Montreal School of Social Work in 1923. The School’s staff and students have a continued commitment to furthering social justice and equality, as well as excellence in research and teaching.

University of Quebec at Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

University education and research by its nature is international. UQAM wishes to provide to its students an education offering that is open to the world and to its cultural diversity. To achieve this goal, it supports the international collaboration of the members of its university community by promoting mobility and in integrating in the activities that it offers on its Montreal campus, a rich international component. This has led UQAM to establish formal agreements with more that one hundred and fifty institutions on five continents, without counting the number of connections created by its membership in various university networks. UQAM’s mission includes service to the community, and in this spirit, it is engaged in projects in the developing world with local organizations and in collaboration with international and Canadian organizations.