October 7th, 2015: The Honorable Richard Earle Brown, Minister of Workforce and Advanced Learning for Prince Edward Island (PEI), Canada, has visited Canadian University Dubai (CUD) to explore opportunities for collaboration between the University and its counterpart institution in the Maritime Province.
Accompanied by Mr. Scott Carver Ferris, Director of Global Trade Services & SalesForce PEI, the Minister took the opportunity to address CUD faculty, staff and students, on the unique characteristics of PEI, and how it has established its distinctive economic and cultural identity.
Like Dubai, the Minister said, PEI is empowered by its diverse population, with 25 nationalities represented among its 150,000 residents. The province is also acting to broaden its business base, and similar to Dubai, it is building a strong tourism industry, as well as developing its capacity in technology-driven sectors such as aerospace.
The Minister also spoke about the successful policies that had been adopted to facilitate this diversification, including incentivizing inward investment and developing specific programs to support immigration and citizenship. He concluded the address with a Q&A session.
With an already comprehensive portfolio of academic partners across Canada, cooperation with PEI will further extend CUD’s reach across the country’s higher education landscape, adding to the opportunities for student transfer and exchange, collaborative curriculum development and collective research initiatives.
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