Supporting various initiatives to foster closer ties with Ukrainian education institutions reinforces Canada’s commitment to Ukraine’s goals of freedom, democracy, peace and prosperity
July 11, 2014 - Kyiv, Ukraine - Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada
The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade, today participated in a Canada-Ukraine round table on education cooperation. Minister Fast is leading a Canadian delegation on a three-day trade and development mission to Ukraine to demonstrate Canada’s continued support for the country, a partner in peace and prosperity.
Minister Fast commended the Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE), an independent, not-for-profit organization that for more than 20 years has worked with educational institutions in Canada and Ukraine to foster closer ties.
One noteworthy project singled out by the ministers and supported in part with technical advice from CBIE is an experimental school in Kyiv that incorporates best practices in education from around the world. The Novopecherska School for first- to eleventh-grade students opened on July 6, 2014.
Moreover, with support from Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada’s (DFATD’s) development arm, Canadian institutions such as the Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology transfer Canadian know-how and experience in labour-market training to foster the development of small and medium-sized enterprises in Ukraine.
Shannon Gutoskie
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Office of the Honourable Ed Fast
Minister of International Trade
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