Recently, Queen’s Elite Academy and the University of Toronto Rotman Commerce, held a signing ceremony together: The Queen’s Elite Academy International Award. So far provided by QEA, this permanent award is Rotman’s first cooperated scholarship dedicated to international students, and QEA is the only institution that Rotman has worked with.
As the largest college from the University of Toronto, and also the largest in Canada, Rotman Commerce was renowned for its excellent teaching. The faculty and the scientific research resources of Rotman are always among the top 10 in the world. Thus, this college has long been the best choice for big corporations in terms of recruitment, and has been popular among students who want to study commerce.
The signing ceremony was held by David Goldreich, the Director of Rotman Commerce on U of T campus. Accompanied by David and other staffs, Principal, Vice Principal, faculty and students’ representative of QEA visited the campus, and both sides exchanged ideas that were connected to international education. Goldreich highly appreciated QEA’s dedication towards it, as well as the social responsibilities the school has shouldered. He noted that more attention should be paid to international students.
Rotman Commerce has recruited more international students in recent years, and helped them promote a world view in order to become the crème de la crème of society. Goldreich believed that these young students will spread diversity and dynamism to the University of Toronto and to the Canadian society as well.
Simon Liang, the Vice principal of QEA and Director of the International Students Department, agreed with Mr. Goldreich. He said Canada owns advanced education resources.
“Attracting and cultivating international students is necessary for further globalizing Canada’s education, and this is also the goal of QEA,” he said.
Liang further argued that Queen’s Elite Academy International Award was found to encourage students all over the world to study business, and also to award those who have done great achievements in academy, community awareness and leadership. When it came to international education, Mrs. Nell, the Development Minister of Rotman Commerce, invited Liang to be a lecturer of Rotman.
“I wish him to influence more future business leaders through our Mentor Program,” she said.
After the ceremony, the Principal of QEA, Carol Eckler, introduced QEA’s advanced education philosophy and diversified system to Goldreich in detail. He credited QEA for its effort in education, affirming the direction of the school is something many universities appreciate, and said he is involved in Rotman’s recruitment every year.
He also expressed his wishes that the Rotman Commerce could absorb more talents, showing that applicants should be excellent in not only academy but also in research, community awareness and leadership.
“With increased applicants, we found that grades cannot fully reflect the students’ potential or personal qualities. U of T tracked freshmen every year to see their performance on campus to make reverse evaluation of the high schools they graduated form. During the process, we found that the academic assessment criteria of many high schools is not aligned. That’s why we welcome students from schools of IB, A-Level and AP more. Furthermore, besides excellent scores, we will access students in a more comprehensive way, according to their complements, including hobbies, competitions, volunteering and clubs. As Carol said, QEA is a recognized Cambridge school with A-Level programs that provide English-teaching classes in competitions, sports and art. And I think graduates cultivated by this comprehensive educational mode will be more up to our qualifications.”
—— David Goldreich
Director of Rotman Commerce
In the end, Goldreich said Queen’s Elite Academy International Award strongly supports Rotman Commerce to deliver better education to international students, as well as offer QEA graduates willing to study business, opportunities to communicate with universities.
Expressing his expectation of more communication with QEA, Goldreich highly appreciated the school for its strong responsibility towards students and society, and its advanced education philosophy. After all, they could work together to make some difference to Canada’s international education.