Documentation:CTLT programs/Global Citizenship/Introduction
Global Citizenship in Teaching and Learning
See also: Living Lab and Equity, Diversity and Intercultural Understanding.
Many students asked: “Who will teach global citizenship?” They emphasized that if the goal is to have students become global citizens, professors must be global citizens too.”
- Global Citizenship Project, UBC, 2004
Universities have a pivotal role to play in educating tomorrow’s global citizens and in contributing to the healthy functioning of societies and the world community. Increasingly, university educators recognize that their obligation to students stretches beyond the traditional scope of the academic discipline. Since 1998, the concept of ‘global citizenship’ has been part of UBC’s vision and mission, and the Vision of The UBC Plan announced in December 2009 addressed UBC’s renewed commitment to global citizenship as follows:
As one of the world’s leading universities, The University of British Columbia creates an exceptional learning environment that fosters global citizenship, advances a civil and sustainable society, and supports outstanding research to serve the people of British Columbia, Canada and the world. -
A variety of administrative units and departments at UBC have taken up the challenge of grappling with this vision. How does a large, decentralized institution with many stakeholders and interests operationalize a university’s civic vision? The Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) is one of the units that have tackled the mission head on. We offer a variety of programs, workshops, consultations, and resources to assist the UBC teaching community in meeting our goals of fostering global citizenship.