11 novembre 2012
Canada looks to India to ease skills shortage
By Alya Mishra. Canada is turning to higher education partnerships as a form of ‘soft’ diplomacy and as part of a global economic strategy that includes attracting Indian students to fill a growing skills shortage.
“Canada is looking to take advantage of India’s demographic profile,” Marcia Lang, senior advisor to the president of the University of Alberta, told University World News on the sidelines of a higher education conference held in New Delhi from 5-6 November.
“Indian students are bright and very good and we want to encourage more students to not only study in Canada but to fill our skills shortage by working there.”
Lang noted that Canada has the second largest oil sands after Saudi Arabia, “but we don’t have enough people to work. We have partnered with IIT [Indian Institute of Technology] Bombay, IIT Roorkee and oil companies such as Indian Oil to not only train Indian middle-level managers but also to attract students,” Lang said. More...
“Canada is looking to take advantage of India’s demographic profile,” Marcia Lang, senior advisor to the president of the University of Alberta, told University World News on the sidelines of a higher education conference held in New Delhi from 5-6 November.
“Indian students are bright and very good and we want to encourage more students to not only study in Canada but to fill our skills shortage by working there.”
Lang noted that Canada has the second largest oil sands after Saudi Arabia, “but we don’t have enough people to work. We have partnered with IIT [Indian Institute of Technology] Bombay, IIT Roorkee and oil companies such as Indian Oil to not only train Indian middle-level managers but also to attract students,” Lang said. More...
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