Leadership Under Fire: Black Women Leaders Experience

Thursday, Feb. 8, 1-2:30 p.m.

Online

International students’ experience is a huge part of the higher education internationalization mandate. Scholars and practitioners in the field are taking a critical stand on racialized international students’ experience with racism in Western educational settings. Commenting on racism in Western academia, Suspitsyna (2021) claimed that “under the guise of cultural difference, racism patrols the boundaries of the academic profession, reinforces white dominance through socialization, and regulates the assignment of merit and value” (p. 59). A study conducted by Buckner et al. (2021) on 62 institutional internationalization strategies from Canada, the USA, and the UK identified that all these documents largely ignore international students’ experiences with racism.

In the Leadership Under Fire virtual interview series, CISN brings current and past leaders of IHE to shed light on their experiences – good, bad, and somewhere in between. In the second episode of this series, Ms. Priscillia Tsuasam, (Doctoral Student, Memorial), will interview Danai Bélanger (Director, Student Experiences, MTU);

Rohene Bouajram (Associate Director, IBPOC Initiatives, UBC). Dr. Shetina Jones (AVP of Student Experience, UWindsor) will provide an opening statement. We invite students, faculty, staff, and community members to join us with the intention of deep listening.

To organize this episode, CISN is collaborating with Memorial University’s International Development Week organizing committee and the Doctoral Seminar series of the Faculty of Education and Internationalization of Student Affairs, a CoP of CACUSS.

The virtual interview is free of cost but requires registration.

Presented by Internationalization Office; CISN

Event Listing 2024-02-08 13:00:00 2024-02-08 14:30:00 America/St_Johns Leadership Under Fire: Black Women Leaders Experience International students’ experience is a huge part of the higher education internationalization mandate. Scholars and practitioners in the field are taking a critical stand on racialized international students’ experience with racism in Western educational settings. Commenting on racism in Western academia, Suspitsyna (2021) claimed that “under the guise of cultural difference, racism patrols the boundaries of the academic profession, reinforces white dominance through socialization, and regulates the assignment of merit and value” (p. 59). A study conducted by Buckner et al. (2021) on 62 institutional internationalization strategies from Canada, the USA, and the UK identified that all these documents largely ignore international students’ experiences with racism. In the Leadership Under Fire virtual interview series, CISN brings current and past leaders of IHE to shed light on their experiences – good, bad, and somewhere in between. In the second episode of this series, Ms. Priscillia Tsuasam, (Doctoral Student, Memorial), will interview Danai Bélanger (Director, Student Experiences, MTU); Rohene Bouajram (Associate Director, IBPOC Initiatives, UBC). Dr. Shetina Jones (AVP of Student Experience, UWindsor) will provide an opening statement. We invite students, faculty, staff, and community members to join us with the intention of deep listening. To organize this episode, CISN is collaborating with Memorial University’s International Development Week organizing committee and the Doctoral Seminar series of the Faculty of Education and Internationalization of Student Affairs, a CoP of CACUSS. The virtual interview is free of cost but requires registration. Online Internationalization Office; CISN