Csilla Volford, Global Partnerships Office in the Office of the Vice-Provost, Global Engagement, represented 成人大片 as one of four Canadian universities during the May 2025 CALDO Mission to Brazil.
The mission, supported by CanExport funding, was focused on partnership development to expand research collaboration, student mobility (including via ELAP), and explore new opportunities for funding via the state research funding agencies of S茫o Paulo and Paran谩, along with presentations to graduate students interested in pursuing studies in Canada. Many new connections were made, existing connections strengthened, and concrete ideas for expanding Queen's engagement in a priority region were developed.
The visit to Brazil concluded with a visit to the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) to strengthen relations. This visit focused on further developing the COIL collaboration called Game Changer involving UFRJ, Durham University (a Matariki Network of Universities partner) and Queen鈥檚 University. The program plans to run again the next academic year 2025-2026.