Canadian Bureau for International Education

The Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE) is an education service provider based in Ottawa, Ontario. CBIE's pan-Canadian membership comprises 150 colleges, institutes, universities, school boards and language schools, which enroll over 1.2 million students from coast to coast. Since 1966, CBIE has supported, designed and implemented over 100 projects worldwide, in 60 countries and 17 languages, valued at $2 billion.
Each year CBIE hosts an annual conference on trends in international education.
Services
CBIE's core services include: international scholarship management, international tours, professional development and training, international and offshore school expertise, research and international technical assistance project management.
International Scholarship Management
CBIE manages and administers scholarships on behalf of Canadian government departments, private and public sector organizations and partner governments across the world.
International Development
CBIE has extensive experience and expertise in the design, delivery, implementation and evaluation of technical training and capacity building programs across a range of sectors, including governance, civil society development, educational reform, and teaching for employment. CBIE is currently implementing the following Project:
* Quality and Accessible Legal Aid in Ukraine (QALA) The QALA Project is a five-year (2014-2018) technical assistance initiative funded by Global Affairs Canada. It is implemented by CBIE in cooperation with the Coordination Center for Legal Aid Provision (CCLAP) under the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine. The project's goal is to contribute to increasing equitable access to justice for all Ukrainians through quality legal aid for women and men across Ukraine, in particular individuals from marginalized groups.
Professional Development
In September 2016, CBIE launched an online education program addressing advising needs vis-à-vis immigration policy and practice. It is designed for International Student Advisers (ISAs) and other professionals either working or aspiring to work in the education sector in Canada whose responsibilities include offering immigration advice to students. The program prepares ISAs working at educational institutions across Canada for the entry-to-practice exam to become Regulated International Student Immigration Advisers (RISIAs).
Research and Publications
For over 25 years, CBIE has conducted research on international education in Canada and from a Canadian perspective to meet the needs of its members, as well as public and private sector partners. Gathering data and providing insight into Canada's international education sector is one of CBIE's core activities. Our research is impactful, informative, responsive, relevant and current.
History
1940s
CBIE dates back to the 1940s and was founded in the postwar years under the banner: Friendly Relations with Overseas Students (FROS) by a group of inspired students at the University of Toronto, among them Prof. Thomas H.B. Symons, founding President of Trent University, and Dr. Alan Earp, former President of Brock University.
1960s
FROS existed to give attention to international students in Canadian university communities, numbered at around 8,000-10,000.
1964
Canadian Service for Overseas Students and Trainees (CSOST) evolved out of FROS to promote more systematic services on a national basis, thus the inception of CBIE.
1975-1990
Throughout the Lebanese civil war, CBIE worked with the Hariri Foundation to educate hundreds of Lebanese of all religious backgrounds.
1976
Education Canada is absorbed by CBIE, adding a new dimension - educational exchanges within Canada and internationally.
1978
CBIE begins management of the Nigeria-Canada Technical Education Program which over the next several years brings over 1,000 Nigerians to study at Canadian colleges.
1979
The council of Second Languages Programs in Canada is founded under CBIE sponsorship. CBIE supported the first certificate program for international educators in Canada in the 1980s, at the University of British Columbia, which continues today.
1980
CBIE led the first Canadian mission in Iran following the Revolution — promoting people-to-people relationships through education — leading to a major investment by Iran in a scholarship program in Canada.
1988
CBIE conducted Canada's first national survey of international student satisfaction, which led to improvements in international student employment opportunities and enhanced services on campus and from government.
1989
CBIE's advocacy on behalf of Chinese students in Canada affected by events at Tiananmen Square led the federal government to establish the Chinese Student Emergency Service, implemented by CBIE. From that time forward, emergency mobilization on behalf of international students in need was established as a national responsibility.
1994
CBIE advised on the creation of the Advisory Committee on International Students and Immigration (ACISI) by the Canadian government.
1996-1998
A series of discussions on trilateral partnerships take place including CBIE, institutions and organizations across Canada the US and Mexico. The Program for North American Mobility in Higher Education is created and CONAHEC founded (need to spell out the acronym)
2010
CBIE was selected to manage the Libyan scholarship program for North America. CBIE urged the establishment of the Canadian Consortium for International Education Marketing, launched in June, comprising CBIE, ACCC, Universities Canada, caps-i and Languages Canada
2014
CBIE adopts a Statement of Principles in Internationalization developed by CBIE's Internationalization Leaders Network.
2015
CBIE launches Canada's Education Abroad Lexicon, developed through a consultative process led by CBIE's Education Abroad Advisory Committee (EAAC).
2016
Launch of International Students & Immigration Education Program (ISIEP).
CBIE Turns 50!

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