Canada

The University of Illinois System fosters strong, cross-border partnerships with Canada, highlighted by a major collaboration with the University of Toronto on research in mobility, data science, and sustainability. These efforts include a joint seed fund, participation in the Great Lakes Higher Education Consortium (GLHEC), and a long history of academic, research, and student exchange, particularly within the Great Lakes region.

U of I System Initiatives with Canada

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    University of Toronto/U of I Education and Research Initiatives

    The University of Toronto (U of T) and University of Illinois System (U of I) are providing matching seed funds to support collaborative education and research initiatives through a Joint Call for Proposals.
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    Great Lakes Higher Education Consortium (GLHEC)

    The Great Lakes Higher Education Consortium (GLHEC) was launched in 2020 to facilitate a new era of cross-border, institutional collaboration in the bi-national Great Lakes region with a focus on three overarching priorities for strengthening the region’s long-term competitiveness and sustainability – skills and talent development, research and innovation, and entrepreneurship.