COMMISSION on Higher Education Chairman Prospero De Vera III led a high-level education mission to Canada to expand opportunities to engage in academic and research partnerships focused on health sciences, renewable energy, agriculture, engineering and technology, data science and disaster risk management.

During the event, De Vera signed Joint Statements on Higher Education Cooperation with Universities Canada and Colleges and Institutes Canada to expand collaboration in areas such as student mobility, Indigenous Peoples education, research aligned with the UN SDGs, faculty and staff development, microcredentials, applied research and inclusion of in-demand skills in the curriculum.

Letters of Intent were also inked by Universities Canada and Colleges and Institutes Canada with eight Philippine HEIs.

CHED signed a Joint Statement on Higher Education Cooperation with Ryerson University on March 30, 2022 and a Memorandum of Understanding on Academic Collaboration with York University on March 31, 2022 to initiate collaboration at the post-secondary and post-graduate levels.

“The success of CHED’s mission to Canada is rooted in an appreciation of Canada’s strengths in education delivery and research across disciplines and a shared vision to foster internationalization between Canadian and Philippine higher education institutions,” Canadian Ambassador Peter MacArthur said.

De Vera said that the education mission to Canada “is a testament to the strong collaboration between Canada and the Philippines on higher education internationalization.”