The Global Engagement Portal is an immersive internet video connection that joins two rooms across the world to provide a sense of spatial continuity, allowing participants to engage with one another naturally. BC's portal is housed in a climate-controlled shipping container at the edge of O'Neill Plaza.听Created by Shared_Studios,听Portals have been used for educational, cultural and artistic exchanges, conferences, shared meals, and much more.
Each session can accommodate 6鈥�8 participants in the Portal. Multiple sessions can be booked, back-to-back or on different dates. Session times are 50 minutes to allow deeper conversations and full participation.听
Where will our Portal connect?
During the Fall 2023 installation:听
- Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh听
[at HAP, a youth-led social enterprise that provides technical and strategic support to humanitarian orgs and donors, located near the Kutupalong Rohingya refugee camp, the world's largest refugee settlement.] - Erbil,听Iraqi Kurdistan
听[Inside the Harsham IDP camp for persons displaced by ISIS attacks on Mosul] - Gaza City,听Palestine听
[in the听GazaSkyGeeks听tech hub/ startup accelerator]
** Cancelled because of the war in Gaza ** - Mexico City, Mexico听
[outside the听CCD听digital culture musem]
- Walkers Savannah, Barbados听
[at an environmental conservation organization, the Walkers Institute for Regenerative Research, Education, and Design]
- Addis Abbaba, Ethiopia
[At the Rotary Club, an association of business, professional, and community leaders.]听 - Kigali, Rwanda听听
[at the听Impact Hub听public arts/social enterprise]
- Nakivale, Uganda听
[at Opportunigee,听a refugee-led organization based just outside one of the world's largest refugee settlements]
- Johannesburg, South Africa
[At Maker's Valley community arts organization] - Bamako, Mali听
[the innovative听Kabakoo Academy, bridging high-tech and indigeneous knowledge] - Lagos, Nigeria
[at the Sustainable Green Enterprise Initiative]
The Student Experience
60+
hours of conversations
Fall 2023
Sponsors & Image Gallery
Thank you to our Fall 2023 sponsors:
- Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences
- Carroll School of Management
- Connell School of Nursing
- Lynch School of Education and Human Development
- School of Social Work听
- Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society
- International Studies Program
- Islamic Civilization and Societies Program
- Undergraduate Government of BC (UGBC)
