International Team
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: isl@msvu.ca
Phone: (902) 457 5532
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
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
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 Mount students going abroad
- Media contact
Contact:
Email: nicolle.bowes@msvu.ca
Phone: (902) 457 5405
Location: Seton Annex, Room 106
Responsibilities:
For Students:
- Language requirements & assessments
- English for Academic Purposes classes
- Summer language programs
- Registration in concurrent academic class (at the same time as) UBP or GPP
- Registering in program classes after successful completion of language program
- Creating a language support plan if you are having trouble in your classes
For Faculty/Staff:
- Planning EAP appointments for academic support
- Questions regarding the content of UBP or GPP
- Creating language support plans for students in response to faculty concerns.
- New ideas or suggestions for supporting Mount students with their English Language Development
For Anyone:
- Taking or scheduling the CELPIP or CAEL test
Contact:
Email: lisa.crowell@msvu.ca
Phone: (902) 457 6239
Location: Seton Annex, Room 104
Responsibilities:
For Students:
- Support with your GPP class
- One-on-one or group support with:
- general and academic language and style
- speaking skills including pronunciation and presentations
- writing skills including planning, revising, and self-editing assignments
- Assignment checking
- Adjusting to Canadian academic culture
Contact:
Email: sarah.jacques2@msvu.ca
Phone: (902) 457 5970
Location: Seton Annex, Room 105
Responsibilities:
For Students:
- Support with your GPP class
- One-on-one or group support with:
- general and academic language and style
- speaking skills including pronunciation and presentations
- writing skills including planning, revising, and self-editing assignments
- Assignment checking
- Adjusting to Canadian academic culture
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