International Development Grant
School Twinning - New Brunswick School District 3
Project Number: CA-3-S065623006
Status: Closed
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Maximum Contribution: $24,850.00
Start Date: July 15, 2011
End Date: August 02, 2013
Duration: 2.1 years
Project Description
This project twins the Haut-Madawaska Centre d’apprentissage in Clair New-Brunswick Canada with Kalaban Coura School in Bamako Mali. The project aims to promote multiple intelligences and teaches students to be accountable for their commitments to think more globally and to adapt to international contexts. Students address the following themes: the development of energy human and food resources. The project uses technology to assist the students’ development through the following activities: sharing best practices and tools student-led project presentations using Skype the creation of a wiki and the use of blogs. This project is part of a two-year pilot initiative designed to engage Canadian and developing-country teachers and students in joint learning projects. The International School Twinning Initiative (ISTI) aims to provide an enriched interactive learning environment to benefit both Canadian and developing-country classrooms. Through the ISTI Canadian students and teachers gain greater insight into international development a greater appreciation of their role as global citizens and an enhanced ability to communicate international development issues. The ISTI is part of the Global Citizens Program which seeks to raise awareness and increase knowledge of international development and provide opportunities for youth to participate in international development.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved as of the end of the project (August 2013) include: 523 students and their teachers (329 Canadians 68 Jamaicans 30 Grenadians 26 Antiguans and 104 Malians) experienced 280 "real-time" exchanges (totalling 76 hours) with people living in other countries. They learned from each other shared experiences and gained a greater appreciation of their role as global citizens and the importance of creating links and networks with people in other countries. The students and teachers developed a greater interest and engagement in global issues and a better understanding of international development. The students and teachers also gained pedagogical and technological skills by familiarizing themselves with information technology tools (such as video conferencing video making blogging and email) and social media platforms (such as Google+ YouTube and Show Me) which were integrated into the lesson plans. By means of an online survey 86% of students said their understanding of international development issues increased over the course of the project. Before their participation in the International School Twinning Initiative only 13% of students had communicated or exchanged with someone from another country.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
Province of New Brunswick - School District 3
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
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Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Project-type interventions
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Pre-APP