What We Heard from Faculty:
GNL "provided my students with an opportunity during the "lockdown" and online learning to connect with students in other countries. To learn about the international refugee regime from their different countries' perspectives. To turn a perceived negative into an obvious real positive."
"GNL implies that the instructor is willing to be experimental and open to things that they have never tried before. One has to be more sensitive to the cross-cultural differences that a GNL can offer and more reflective in trying to understand their colleagues' view of things who may be approaching "teaching and learning" in very different ways."
“As our world grows more interconnected, competencies such as flexibility, adaptability, openness to others’ perspectives, intercultural communications – life skills – and information and media literacy are required for us to thrive and succeed in becoming globally aware and engaged individuals." GNL provides such opportunity.
Read more about GNL experiences at York
Get Involved
As a faculty member, this is a great opportunity to:
- experiment with open pedagogy, experiential education, and bring new dimensions or perspectives to their courses and projects;
- collaborate with international colleagues on joint activities or even co-develop new courses and research projects with researchers internationally; and
- engage their students in practices or research without paying the cost of going abroad.
Call for Projects
*Interested faculty should still get in touch with the GNL team for continued supports.
