CICan’s on-going cooperation projects with SETEC, Brazil’s secretariat of professional and technological education under the Ministry of Education, strengthen technical education and promotes research cooperation between Brazilian and Canadian institutions.
Since 2001, Canadian colleges and institutes have been building long-lasting relationships with their counterparts in Brazil. These collaborations have supported quality professional and technical education, facilitated the exchange of teachers, professors, students, and researchers; and promoted research in areas that are mutually beneficial and strategic for both countries.
The most recent 5-year cooperation agreement with SETEC was signed in April 2023 to promote teacher and student mobility and work together to expand the Thousand Women Program (Mulheres Mil) in Africa and Latin America.
Building on the Mulheres Mil program
Mulheres Mil (One Thousand Women) is an approach to social and economic inclusion of vulnerable and unskilled women through improved access to education. In collaboration with SETEC, we successfully implemented the program in Brazil from 2007-2011. Nearly 1,200 women benefited from the program.