Contact:

Email: international@msvu.ca
Phone: (902) 457 5982
Location: Seton Annex, Room 101

Responsibilities:

  • General information about the IEC including:
    • events
    • our exchange program, and
    • our social media and website
  • Locate or connect with our staff members
  • Identify and locate the support you need
  • Make an appointment with an advisor or instructor

Contact:

Email: amy.braye@msvu.ca
Phone: (902) 457 6130
Location: Seton Annex, Room 101B

Responsibilities:

For Students:

  • Opportunities for Mount students to go abroad
  • Predeparture support
  • International emergency response
  • Participation in WUSC Local Committee and Student Refugee Program

For Faculty and Staff:

  • IEC staff, services, and strategic planning
  • International partnerships
  • Expense claims related to international partnerships
  • Student emergencies and management of critical cases
  • Student advising support
  • Problem solving via the IEC
  • New ideas for IEC involvement
  • Intercultural events or initiatives
  • Participation in WUSC Local Committee and the Student Refugee Program

For Anyone:

  • New projects or program opportunities
  • Collaborating with the Mount or the IEC on any initiatives relating to International Students or MSVU students going abroad

Contact:Erik Cabascango

Email: isl@msvu.ca
Phone: (902) 457 5405
Location: Seton Annex, Room 101D

Responsibilities:

  • Student social programming including Multicultural Night
  • International Student Volunteer Program
  • Volunteering for New International Student Orientation (NISO)

Contact:

Email: kay.balite@msvu.ca
Phone: (902) 457 6488
Location: Seton Annex, Room 101A

Responsibilities:

For Students:

  • Immigration questions such as:
    • Study Permit applications and extensions
    • Temporary Resident Visa applications and extensions
    • Co-op Work Permits
    • Post-Graduation Work Permit applications
  • New International Student Orientation (NISO)
  • Living in Halifax
  • Student life challenges
  • Working in Canada
  • Transitioning to academic life in Canada
  • International student taxes

For Faculty and Staff:

  • Ideas for new programming to support international students
  • Immigration updates and consultations

Sarah JacquesContact:

Email: sarah.jacques2@msvu.ca
Phone: (902) 457 5970
Location: Seton Annex, Room 105

Responsibilities:

For Students:

  • One-on-one or group academic support with:
    • general and academic language and style
    • speaking skills, including pronunciation and presentations
    • writing skills, including planning and revising assignments
    • assignment comprehension and review
  • Transitioning to the Canadian academic and social cultural environment
  • Social events and programming
  • Cultural Ambassador student volunteers
  • New International Student Orientation (NISO)
  • WUSC Local Committee and Student Refugee Program

For Faculty/Staff:

  • Support with issues identified as barriers to international students’ success
  • Collaboration on intercultural initiatives
  • The Right Start program

For Anyone:

  • Resources regarding academic transitions and language support
  • Intercultural events and celebrations

Contact:

Email: mahx.mason4@msvu.ca
Phone: (902) 457 6199
Location: Seton Annex, Room 101C

Responsibilities:

For Students:

  • Preparing for your advising appointments
  • All incoming exchange program administration including application and course registration
  • All outgoing exchange program administration including application and documentation.
  • First language support for Mandarin speakers

For Faculty/Staff:

  • Initiating a new international partnership, including an exchange program
  • Any website issues
  • Chinese partnerships and relations
  • Support with Chinese cultural awareness training
  • Translations, Mandarin-English and vice versa
  • Hosting delegations from China or any partner institution
  • Preparing for your visit to China or any partner institution

For Anyone:

  • Material to promote existing partnerships
  • Hosting a delegation at the Mount