A brand new neighborhood funding of $1.4 million from Scotiabank within the Marketing campaign for Concordia: Subsequent-Gen Now will assist Indigenous and worldwide college students succeed by means of the Kaié:ri Nikawerà:ke Indigenous Bridging Program and the Profession Roadmap for Worldwide Pupil Excellence (C-RISE) .
Kaié:ri Nikawerà:ke — a Kanien’kéha time period which interprets to “the 4 winds” or “the 4 instructions” — is open to First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples who don’t meet the usual admissions necessities to enter post-secondary training.
C-RISE, which affords a collection of sources by means of Profession Administration Providers on the John Molson Faculty of Enterprise, was established as a platform for worldwide college students to forge profitable careers in Canada after commencement.
“The variety of our scholar inhabitants and our dedication to accessible, inclusive training is pivotal to creating Concordia an modern, next-gen college,” mentioned President and Vice-Chancellor Graham Carr. “This beneficiant present from Scotiabank speaks to these values by permitting us to create two thrilling new pathways to success for our college students.
“The Kaié:ri Nikawerà:ke bridging program is completely aligned with the targets of our Indigenous Instructions Motion Plan to make college training attentive to the potential of Indigenous college students. Equally, C-RISE can be designed to help the distinctive wants of worldwide college students, which accounts for near 25 per cent of our enrollment, enabling them to additional enrich Concordia, Quebec and Canada by means of their achievements.”
“Serving to youth entry the help wanted to completely take part in post-secondary training continues to be a key issue for efficiently establishing and advancing themselves,” says Maria Mangiocavallo, a Concordia graduate and Scotiabank’s Regional Vice-President, Business Banking, Quebec. “Aligned with our ScotiaRISE initiative, we’re proud to companion with Concordia College to assist overcome obstacles to commencement and supply important help for college kids to entry profession alternatives and plan for his or her futures.”
- WATCH: Scotiabank executives — Sylvain Corbeil, Senior Vice-President, Nationwide Accounts and Enterprise Banking; and Maria Mangiocavallo, Regional Vice-President, Business Banking, Quebec — described the importance of the present to Concordia.
Developed by the Workplace of Indigenous Instructions, and supported by Concordia’s Pupil Success Heart and Otsenhákta Pupil Centre, the Indigenous Bridging Program will, as of the 2023 fall time period, admit college students who want to full a Bachelor of Engineering diploma. New bridges to different STEM packages will quickly observe.
The creation of this system was one of many steps outlined in Concordia’s Indigenous Instructions Motion Plan, which affords concrete pointers on find out how to decolonize and indigenize the college.
Manon Tremblay, BA 03, senior director of Indigenous Instructions at Concordia, mentioned {that a} key goal of the motion plan was to take away obstacles to post-secondary training for Indigenous college students.
“This is among the wants that we recognized as essentially the most pressing,” mentioned Tremblay. “Many potential college students in our Indigenous communities simply haven’t got entry to the conditions they should get into STEM. That is the place we would like the bridging program to vary issues.”
- WATCH: Be taught extra concerning the significance of the Kaié:ri Nikawerà:ke Indigenous Bridging Program.
Director of John Molson’s Profession Administration Providers, Louise Anne Côté mentioned that C-RISE was additionally devised to satisfy a important want.
“Worldwide college students are such an necessary a part of our neighborhood,” says Côté. “They usually require particular helps to assist them acclimate to a brand new metropolis and nation, and to put the groundwork for all times after commencement. That is the place a program like C-RISE is available in. Via seminars, workshops and mentorships, we need to give worldwide college students the instruments to thrive professionally right here in Canada.”
- WATCH: Discover out why C-RISE is a game-changer for worldwide college students at Concordia.
Paul Chesser, BA 94, GrDip 97, vice-president of College Development, notes that greater than 500 Concordia alumni are employed by Scotiabank: “We’re extraordinarily grateful for this main funding within the Marketing campaign for Concordia by Scotiabank to help two packages that promise to make a long-lasting distinction within the lives of our Indigenous and worldwide college students.”