For the past many years Lloyd Kornelsen has worked at the University of Winnipeg’s Collegiate and Global College. In various roles, as administrator, instructor and program consultant, Lloyd has focused on global citizenship education: developing curricula, facilitating practica, and overseeing internships. He is hoping to begin his doctoral dissertation this year, exploring the impact of global citizenship practica for high school students.

DAVID ARENAS
I’m going to be doing capactiy building? What?

Originally from Mexico City, David studied his B.A. Adv. in Global Political Economy at the University of Manitoba. Through his life, David has been always interested in exploring new places, sharing experiences, and learning from others. This has taken him to live, study and work in places like rural Mexico, Canada, Sweden, England, Chile, and most recently Malawi.  During the summer of 2010 David participated as WUSC Intern in Malawi, with the Malawi Network of Religious Leaders Living with or Personally Affected by HIV/AIDS (MANERELA+).

David is also passionate about football (or how it is known in this side of the world: soccer).

A small and diverse group of teachers at Kildonan-East Collegiate share their experiences spearheading an ambitious four-year long project to have students discover what it means to be Global Citizens.  With backgrounds in English, Social Studies, Computer Science, Hairstyling, and Phys Ed, they demonstrated that teaching citizenship and social justice is cross-curricular.  Starting with a group of 13- and 14-year old grade nine students in 2006, the Tanzania 2010 group coalesced into an indomitable team of passionate individuals that exceeded everyone’s expectations.  Despite many challenges faced, the students and teachers successfully met their goals and travelled to Tanzania in May 2010. There, they completed a rainwater harvesting project at two primary schools in Karatu, as well as studying other cultural and development concerns unique to the Karatu district.

TONY ROGGE
Realistic Expectation in International Practica: Who Says and How?

Tony Rogge is the Director of the International Centre for Students at the University of Manitoba. As a high school and undergraduate student, Rogge was engaged in a variety of activities, student groups, and international practica. He worked at the University of Manitoba Development Education Project for two years before organizing Discovering Our Future at Trent University and then taking on a number or roles for NGOs in Ottawa. His volunteer work in Malawi led him to pilot and implement WUSC’s Malawi Applied Research Program, a six-week internship for Canadian undergraduate and graduate students, a pre-cursor to its Students Without Borders Program. Six years at CPAR enabled him to place many interns and volunteers with country offices throughout eastern and southern Africa. He continues to struggle with the definition of global citizenship.