Helen Balderama
Director, Global Engagement and Partnerships, York University
Helen Balderama is listed as Director, Global Engagement and Partnerships, York University. Helen is scheduled to speak at CBIE 2026 on 23 November 2026.
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About
Helen Balderama has 20+ years of experience in international education cooperation in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas through her work with UNESCO National Commission Philippines, the Asia-Europe Foundation (based in Singapore) and higher education institutions in Canada. As Director Global Engagement and Partnerships at York, Helen leads, facilitates and shepherds York’s engagement and cooperation with 300+ partners in 60 countries. Working collaboratively with York community and international partners, Helen and the Global Learning Team launched innovative and trailblazing programs benefiting York students and faculty members such as the Globally Networked Learning (GNL), and Global Skills Opportunity funded projects as Go Global SDGs in Action Student Challenge, the International Indigenous Student
Upcoming
CBIE 2026 22 November 2026 – 25 November 2026
- German-Canadian Academic and Research Partnerships: Building on Established Connections and Exploring New Directions Speaker · 23 November 2026
- From Local to Global: Building Transnational Education That Works Speaker · 24 November 2026
- The Partnership Pipeline: From Grassroots to Global Impact / Le parcours des partenariats : du terrain à l’impact mondial Speaker · 24 November 2026
Spoke alongside
People who have shared a session with Helen at events on B2DB.
- A. R. (Elango) Elangovan Associate Vice President, Office of Global Engagement · University of Victoria 1 shared session
- Christian Strowa Director DAAD North America Office and German Center for Research and Innovation (DWIH NY) · DAAD 1 shared session
- Graham Barber Director Global Engagement · McGill University 1 shared session
- Jan Claudius Völkel DAAD Seconded Professor · University of Ottawa 1 shared session
- John Paul Kleiner Senior Manager, University Relations, DAAD Information Centre Toronto · DAAD - German Academic Exchange Service 1 shared session
- Kathy Hogarth Associate Vice President · Wildrid Laurier University 1 shared session
- MJ Maciel Jorge Associate Professor · York University 1 shared session
- Priya S Nayar University Alliance Ruhr · University Alliance Ruhr 1 shared session
- Sheryl Karras Universtiy of Victoria · Universtiy of Victoria 1 shared session
- Virginie Allard-Cameus Directrice générale, UdeM international · Université de Montréal 1 shared session