In light of ongoing restrictions emerging from the pandemic, the CANOPY project revised their regular IAP-offering (the mobility placement of Queen’s University teacher education students within educational organizations in Bodø, Norway for 3-4 weeks each spring) into a supervision/mentorship exchange in 2021. This online opportunity connected 3 pairs of upper-year teacher education students (6 total) from Queen’s University with expert supervisors from the Faculty of Education and Arts at Nord University. These pairs, under the guidance of their supervisors, completed major projects (180 hours) on a topic of their choice about pressing issues in the field of education.

After meetings, research, and development work together, the students were expected to deliver a final product; the format of this output varied – ranging from formal research essays to more creative multimodal opportunities, like websites, lesson portfolios, and posters. While working on these projects, IAP students from Canada were also able to engage with the academic and student community in Norway: joining MAGLU classes to discuss their work and ideas with Nord teacher education students, attending research group events, presenting their findings at the second CANOPY Seminar, and surveying/interviewing local teachers and students for their research.