International Student Services

Immigration Advising

Helping incoming students apply for study permit or other travel documents as required

Helping curent and graduating students apply for study permit or other travel documents as required

Organize immigration workshops to help students plan their future in Canada

Assisting in the Immigration Compliance Report

Health Insurance Advising

helping students apply for MCP

Dealing with the Hospital (especially for billing)

Opting out and transfering to Guard Me

Understanding the insurance policy

Assisting students in making claims

Assisting students in need of medical assistance or that are experiencing pain and suffering.

Contact the MCP manager in Grand Falls to deal with difficult issues and advocate to have special arrangements made in specific circumsptances for students

Programming / Event Planning

Ongoing activities

Coffee House

Craft activities

Photo contests / events

Major community-wide events

BIG Talk

International Night

Multiculturalism Week

Fieldtrips

Gros Morne National Park

Cedar Cove

Steady Brook Falls

Port au Port

Snowshoeing

Themed activities

Pumpkin carving

International Development Week

Diversity Day

Multiculturalism Day

Holiday Social

New Graduate Reception

Educational Workshops

Orientation and Integration

Peer Correspondent

Airport Welcome Centre

Keeping track of housing availibilities

Commiunications with new students (Facebook Lives, Webinars, emails

Internatonal Orientation

Part of the committee for general orientattion

Administrative Tasks

Maintain and develop content on Brightspace

Report to my regulator on professional development, insurance, client account, yearly audit and other requirements

Supervision of 3 students and part-time contract worker

Marketing and communication efforts

Attend and participate Campus Council and other campus wide meetings

Update and develop the International Student Services Website and social media

Basic professional development

Processing invoices and reconciliating pcard following univesity policies

External Relations and Outreach

Provincial government

Advanced Education Sckills and Labour

Office of Immigration and Multiculturalism

Federal Government

Service Canada

IRCC

NGOs

WelcomeNL

Association for New Canadians

ConnectorNL/Board of Trade

TeamGrowNL

CBIE and other scholarship programs

Legal Aid NL

Business partners and local organisations (city of Corner Brook, Colemans, banks, etc)

Internationalization Office in St. John's

Budget Management

Tracking expenses

Applying for internal grants

Applying for external grants

Student Experience and Retention

Take the lead on ISB and other tools to help us track the experience of our international students

Communications with students via email, social media, etc

Peripheral Projects

Career Development

Internationalization Working Group (2019-20 Chair)

WelcomeNL Steering committee

Community engagement advisory board

Federation des francophones de Terre-Neuve, Coin franco, Board member

Intercultural workshops on campus

Working with student groups (e.g. nursing) on practical projects