THE COMMISSION on Higher Education partnered with Toronto-based Ryerson University to share best practices and develop higher education programs on innovation and science and technology.

CHED Chairman Prospero De Vera III and Ryerson University President Mohamed Lachemi signed the Joint Statement on Higher Education Cooperation during the visit of CHED officials at Ryerson University.

Ryerson is one of Canada’s Top 50 research universities. Some of the highest ranked subjects of the university are Physical Sciences, Engineering, Nursing and Arts and Design.

Under the agreement, the two institutions will share expertise and best practices, conduct faculty exchanges and partner on research and other development projects.

The deal was the product of the efforts of Consul General Orontes V. Castro who has been meeting with universities to expand opportunities for students and faculty members in both countries. The Embassy of Canada in the Philippines also assisted in sealing the agreement.

“With the continuing efforts of Philippine HEIs to internationalize and the facilitating role of our consulates in Canada, I am confident that university-university linkages will immediately commence after this MoU signing,” De Vera said.

The consulates in British Columbia, Alberta, Toronto and the embassy in Ottawa have aggressively assisted CHED in its internationalization initiatives.