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• Saint Mary’s played a leadership role in the Canada/China Language and Cultural Program (CCLCP) funded by CIDA. This project ran from 1982-1997 and established a language-training centre at Beijing Normal University and an across-Canada network of regional orientation centres for Chinese scholars and students coming to study and research in Canada.
• During the 1980s, Saint Mary’s established partnerships in the business sector through the CIDA-supported Canada China Management Education Program. These partnerships were with the University of International Business and Economics and Xiamen University. Saint Mary’s University was involved in helping Xiamen University to build its MBA Centre, which was believed to be the first of its kind in China.
• During the 1980s, Saint Mary’s developed an exchange program with Shandong Teachers University.
• During the 1990s, Saint Mary’s delivered two Executive MBA Programs on behalf of China Minmetals Corporation to train and upgrade its middle management.
• Working with Xiamen University and Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Saint Mary’s helped lead a $7 million CIDA-supported Community-based Conservation Management project in China and Vietnam.
• Saint Mary’s has delivered a Master of Finance program to Chinese students who have come to Halifax since the late 1990s. Over 300 Chinese students have completed their Master of Finance degree. Many of them have also obtained CFA designations and are now working in China’s financial sector.
• Saint Mary’s has student exchange and credit transfer agreements with more than 20 Chinese institutions.
• The Confucius Institute, in partnership with Xiamen University, operated at Saint Mary’s from 2011 to 2024. The Institute provided Chinese language instruction and accreditation and taught about Chinese culture.
• Saint Mary’s completed a Federal government-funded project in Chongqing. Led by Dr. Kevin Kelloway, the project focused on occupational health and safety in the workplace.
• Dr. Robert Summerby-Murray, President and Vice-Chancellor of Saint Mary’s University, has travelled extensively to China on trade missions with the Premier of Nova Scotia and the Mayor of Halifax.

Saint Mary’s partnered with Beijing Normal University Zhuhai from 2002 to 2024, encompassing several study abroad programs, transfer credit agreements and a Saint Mary’s satellite campus at BNUZ. These included the following:

• Saint Mary’s collaborated with BNUZ to offer Canadian students an annual five-week summer study abroad program on Chinese history and culture. 
• From 2012 to 2015, Saint Mary’s collaborated with Acadia University to offer an annual three-week for students from Beijing Normal University and Beijing Normal University Zhuhai. Held on their two campuses in Nova Scotia, the program focused on North American culture and English language. Beginning in 2016, Saint Mary’s delivered the entire program on its campus in Halifax. 
• 2+2 agreements in Business, Science and Arts enabled BNUZ students to complete the first two years of university study on campus at BNUZ and to transfer to Saint Mary’s to complete the final two years of their degrees in Halifax. The Arts 2+2 was the only such agreement in Canada and possibly in the world. 
• Saint Mary’s and BNUZ collaborated to offer professional development institutes for their two universities' academic faculty and administrative staff. This was a bilateral organizational change initiative: BNUZ focused on teaching and pedagogy development, and Saint Mary’s focused on intercultural development.
• In 2014, a satellite campus of Saint Mary’s was established to offer the Bachelor of Commerce degree (Finance Major) in China. Students would take two years of the degree program from Beijing Normal University at Zhuhai (BNUZ) faculty, and for the final two years, they are instructed by Saint Mary’s professors from the Sobey School of Business. Students could stay in China and take a Saint Mary’s degree on-site at BNUZ.
• The connections built between BNUZ and Saint Mary’s have helped the City of Halifax and the Province of Nova Scotia develop relationships with businesses in China.

from the Global Learning & Intercultural Support Office