TY  - CHAP
AB  - Abstract Recognizing the need to build global-minded citizens, higher education institutions are increasingly trying to find ways to leverage their international programs to develop students’ intercultural competence. The MA in global leadership at Royal Roads University, Canada, created an international partnership in Ecuador that serves to go beyond the traditional student study abroad or service learning focus and instead focuses on developing competencies of global mindedness and strategic relationships. In this chapter, we present an analysis of how an international student group engaged in building dynamic partnerships within a Global South country to create change for sustainable development initiatives of mutual concern. Through a case example, we describe how these partnerships evolved and adapted in ways that enhanced the learning needs of the students while simultaneously supporting the development of new educational opportunities for Ecuadorians. To illustrate, this chapter delineates the activities that members of the program undertook to connect and develop a mutuality of relationship across diverse stakeholders in Ecuador. The authors analyze this network-building process from the perspective of cultural context, building trust and influence, and responding to social development needs of host communities.
VL  - 11
SN  - 978-1-78754-297-6, 978-1-78754-298-3/1535-1203
DO  - 10.1108/S1535-120320180000011011
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S1535-120320180000011011
AU  - Rowe Wendy
AU  - Krause Wanda
AU  - Hayes Gary
AU  - Corak Lisa
AU  - Wilcox Robert Sean
AU  - Vargas Robert
AU  - Varela Fabricio
AU  - Cordova Fabricio
AU  - Shina Boparai
AU  - Gesow Azam
PY  - 2018
Y1  - 2018/01/01
TI  - Canadian Global Leadership Students Engaged in Strategic Partnerships in Ecuador
T2  - Advances in Global Leadership
T3  - Advances in Global Leadership
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 281
EP  - 311
Y2  - 2024/04/24
ER  -