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Service and Networks 

The international education sector is vast. I have had the opportunity to serve and collaborate with institutional, provincial, national, and international networks whom share common goals related to internationalization of higher education. 

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Service

Peer Reviewer, Canadian Journal of Career Development, 2026-present

Peer Reviewer, Journal of Global Higher Education, 2025-present

Mentor, Nourished Education International (NEDI), at the Canadian Bureau for International Education Conference, November 2025

Member, Forum on Education Abroad, Annual Conference Planning Committee, 2024-25

Peer Reviewer, Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2024-present

Member, Canadian Bureau for International Education, Professional Learning Community, Education Abroad, 2021-present

Member, Douglas College Early Childhood Education Society Board, 2021-23

Mentor, Mentorship Program, BC Council for International Education, 2020-present

Member, Canadian Bureau for International Education, Professional Learning Community, International Relations, 2019-present

Mentor, Mentorship Program, Canadian Bureau for International Education, INTL Mentorship Program, 2017-18

Staff Representative, Academic Planning and Priorities Committee, UFV, 2017

Member, Student Orientation Committee, UFV, 2016-17

Co-Chair, Internationalization Strategic Committee, UFV, 2016

Symposium Co-Organizer, Internationalizing Higher Education: Past Practices and Future Possibilities, Vancouver, BC, July 2016

Member, The Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education, 2015-16

Member, Comparative and International Education Society of Canada, 2015-16

Mentee, Mentorship Program, BC Council for International Education, 2015-16

Member, Race and Anti-Racist Network, UFV, 2015-17

Past-Chair, International Network of Tomorrow’s Leaders, Professional Learning Community, Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE), 2015

Chair, International Network of Tomorrow’s Leaders, Professional Learning Community, Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE), 2014

Provincial Representative, Atlantic Council for International Cooperation Atlantic Canada, 2013.

Founding Member, International Network of Tomorrow’s Leaders, Professional Learning Community, Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE), 2012-13

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Networks

I am very grateful for the professional and academic networks that I am a part of. I am a part of these networks and professional communities to identify challenges and innovative solutions to various issues in internationalization of higher education.

 

(Listed in alphabetical order):

British Columbia Study Abroad Consortium

Canadian Bureau for International Education, Education Abroad & International Relations PLCs

Forum on Education Abroad

Critical Internationalization Studies Network

Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) Qualified Administrators

Queen Elizabeth Scholars network

University Mobility in Asia and the Pacific

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