Wednesday, October 4, 2023
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Professor (Dr) Rhonda L. Lenton, the eighth President and Vice-Chancellor of
Canadas York University addressed the media here along with Professor (Dr) C.
Raj Kumar, Founding Vice Chancellor of O.P. Jindal Global University to announce
a slew of joint initiatives.
They have signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) to support student mobility opportunities and academic
collaboration. The partnership includes an India Immersion Programme as its
important for Canadian students to understand India, its growth story.
As
the world recovers from a global pandemic, progressive universities like York
University and JGU have an opportunity to play a greater role in facilitating
global engagement to address incredibly complex challenges from rising
geopolitical tensions, economies destabilized by inflation, and surging
temperatures that threaten the demise of our planet, all while navigating the
rapid deployment of advanced technologies such as AI and automation.
York
University, Canadas third largest University and ranked in the worlds top 40 for
its impact on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, is working in
collaboration with partners around the world, it offers high quality programs
and leadership in world-class interdisciplinary research such as a USD 318M
Connected Minds Initiative that will enable industries to bring equitable
technologies to market sooner and train the next generation of students.
India and Canada are natural partners to lead in this new global context.
Speaking on this occasion Professor (Dr) C. Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor O.P.
Jindal Global University said, Since our founding in 2009, our vision has been
focused on building Indias first Global University. We have proven our
commitment to this vision by instilling internationalism in every aspect of
higher education, ensuring a global learning experience in an international
setting. In Indias quest to create a global arena of knowledge exchange and
opportunities, Canada is an important partner in establishing mutually strong
partnerships focused on our collaborative strengths. Both our countries are
deeply committed to democracy, diversity, rule of law and pluralistic values.
Our universities reflect these democratic values in which academic freedom and
institutional autonomy empowers the faculty and students to pursue excellence in
teaching, research and institution building. The collaboration with York
University, Canadas leading university, is an important milestone in our
institutional journey. In this partnership, we aim to further progress with
student and faculty exchange programmes, short-term study abroad programmes,
dual degree programmes, and focus on collaborative research projects. As Indias
leading private university, this relationship will not only boost the
association between our universities but also strengthen the long-term
educational relationship between India and Canada.
He further added that
in the field of education, India and Canada have a close and long-standing
relationship. Higher education and research partnerships are a critical part of
the Canada-India bilateral relationship. As is natural for two countries that
share so many diplomatic and cultural associations, areas such as student
mobility, research partnerships and educational exchanges, are of
ever-increasing productive cooperation. Recent data from the Canadian Bureau for
International Education shows nearly 34 per cent of Canadas international
students come from India. There is a need to encourage growth in the number of
Canadian students visiting India in the near future.
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