The Jaffray Centre for Global Initiatives

Who We Are

The Jaffray Centre for Global Initiatives is a project development, training and research centre at Ambrose University College that seeks to integrate ideas, methods and new technological advances in support of the mission and purpose of Ambrose, as it seeks to make a difference in the lives of its students, its local community and ultimately out to various corners of the world.
The Jaffray Centre ‘s main objective is to collaborate with key strategic partners in order to facilitate new and creative solutions to many of the issues that confront us at this juncture in 21st Century.

The Jaffray Centre is also a centre of excellence in project management and intercultural education and training, and launching new initiatives that are both sustainable and reproducible.

The Centre's name was derived from a famous early 20th Century new Canadian family of Scottish descent. The Jaffray family immigrated to Canada in the late 1800s. Over time they developed a number of businesses; not the least of which was a newspaper company that they owned for the better part of 40 years. A newspaper that today we know as "The Globe and Mail".
Robert Jaffray Sr. was a builder of our nation, a respected business man, ...eventually ascending to the Vice-Presidency of the Imperial Bank of Canada (CIBC) and who later went on to serve Canada as a Liberal Senator for many years.

His son, Robert Jaffray Jr., was blessed with many of the same creative and entrepreneurial traits of his father and went on to have a very distinguished international career as a missionary. Robert Jaffray Jr. was a renowned global citizen whose entrepreneurship, innovative spirit, passion for people and visionary leadership speak to the core values and the spirit of the Jaffray Centre for Global Initiatives.

Who We Serve

With God's help the Jaffray Center for Global Initiatives seeks to serve...

Ambrose Students, Faculty and the Greater Christian Community...
By challenging and educating others about needs and finding innovative ways to become more globally involved in their world.

Educations, Leaders and Future Leaders...
By providing a research base for strategic planning and decision-making related to fulfilling the mission of the church in Canada and around the world.

Mission Agencies, Field Practitioners, Churches and International Workers...
By facilitating the pooling of expertise, ideas methods, technological advances and resources between organizations and agencies in the Christian community.

Local and International Partners...
By partnering with and assisting stakeholders (churches, Ambrose faculty, mission agencies, non-governmental agencies, colleges and seminaries) in the task of nurturing globally engaged disciples and internationalizing their organizations.

The Local Church...
By providing formal and informal educational opportunities for the Canadian mission community in various settings.

The World...
By modeling kingdom values in the context of collaboration for the Christian community and society at large.

Jaffray Internships

Internships are available for students at the graduate or seminary level who are interested in pursuing international development, compassion work, local work with multi-cultural populations, or any type of international work. Ten month internships are available from September - April each year.

To Apply: Please submit a resume, a 1-page personal testimony and reason for applying, 3 references and a cover letter to ccook@ambrose.edu or fbuszowski@ambrose.edu

Jaffray Initiatives 2010-2011

Global Leadership in Action - Summer 2010

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