I never had anything like the resources it takes to travel internationally while I was a student, and aside from one high school trip to the UK, it wasn't until I was 41 that I traveled outside Canada and the United States. Even so, my experiences since then have had an enormous impact on me. So something like the Global Skills Opportunity program described here would have been a huge benefit to students. And it's focused on exactly the right people: "the GSO program is targeting Indigenous students, low-income background student and those with disabilities." And it's not just the participants who benefit; I recall Australia basically building an entire online learning industry by sending 'flexible learning leaders' around the world to make connections, identify leading-edge trends, and bring back knowledge.
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