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The University of Victoria, Royal Roads and Camosun College inked a memorandum of understanding which will allow the organisations to promote Greater Victoria as an educational destination for a wide range of ages – elementary school, high school and post-secondary.
“In Canada, this is a really unique partnership,” Camosun president, Sherri Bell, told Times Colonist.
“It’s one of a kind.”
About 8,400 international students, mostly high school and post-secondary, attend school in Greater Victoria.
International students have become particularly sought after in Canada by public school systems and post-secondary institutions because they pay full cost, with no government subsidy.
Pedro Marquez, Royal Roads vice president global, said at education fairs held overseas in places like Asia the high level of cooperation in Australia is obvious.
Australia will have perhaps one booth with people prepared to answer questions about all education opportunities in that country. Meanwhile, Canadian representatives will have as many booths as there are institutions.
“We have every school district, every university and every college all working from their own booth all grouped together and pretty well all selling the same learning model without collaborating with each other,” Marquez said.
“This partnership [Education Victoria] takes us to the next step,” he said
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