Update from Patrick Deane – Where FWI has brought us, and where we are going

The McMaster University International Compendium, compiled by an International Activities Ad Hoc Committee, appeared on campus in 2009. For various reasons this important “operational tool for internal collaboration and enhanced program awareness domestically and worldwide” achieved neither the circulation nor impact it deserved, and our international activities continued as before: significant and valuable to be sure, but lacking both a widely-shared understanding of their breadth and variety, as well as a comprehensive, deliberate strategy for the institution as a whole.

A second edition will shortly be issued, but this time the appearance of the Compendium will coincide with significant changes in the administrative structure that supports international activities at McMaster. The appointment of a new Associate Vice-President (International Affairs) was the first of these to be announced, and more announcements will follow.

Read the full document online — Global and Community Engagement at McMaster – Where FWI has brought us, and where we are going