Vanier's SAGE Team in Cape Town, South Africa

On July 26, 2010, 250 students in 21 teams from 14 countries gathered in Cape Town, South Africa to showcase their entrepreneurial ventures in the SAGE World Cup.  SAGE stands for “Students for the Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship”.  It was an exciting four-day competition showcasing the best SAGE high school teams in the world.

As national champions and winners of the TDSB Award of Excellence 2010, Georges Vanier Secondary School made it into the SAGE World Cup final after league play.  After presenting to over 350 spectators and judges from around the world, they placed 3^rd in the SAGE World Cup, Cape Town, South Africa.  They also won the Bronze Medal for The Grossman Family International Award for Best Environmental Venture with a cash prize of $500.

SAGE creates opportunities for high school students to run their own commercial and social ventures locally, nationally and internationally through competition.  Georges Vanier Secondary School represented Canada after winning the National Championship at Ryerson University in May, 2010.

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**Fundamentals of Inernational Business -  A Canadian Perspective**

Chapter 1 - Introduction to International Trade

Canadian Importers Database - Provides lists of companies importing goods into Canada, by product, by city, and by country of origin.

Dirty Oil Sands - Provides up-to-date information on the oil industry

How Everyday Things Are Made - Introductory website that demonstrates the manufacturing processes used in the creation of over forty products.  Includes video.

Chapter 2 - Trade in the Modern World

Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade - Read about Canada’s foreign policy, international trade, and traveling and living abroad.

Central Asia Institute - promotes and supports community-based education, especially for girls in remote regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Currency Market - TVO

Canadian Economic Sanctions

Market Access Database

 Protectionism - Financial Times

Chapter 3 - What Is Culture?

Earth Calendar - A day book of holidays and celebrations around the world

Kwint Vision - videos of intercultural communication

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms - insight into Canadian Values 

Chapter 4 - Economics and Politics

 CIA World Factbook - history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, and military for most countries in the world

Executive Planet -  Provides business culture guides—including appropriate topics of conversation, attire, and behaviour—for many countries in the world.

Net MBA - Provides business knowledge resources, covering basic and advanced topics, including comparative advantage. 

Chapter 5 - International Trade Agreements & Organizations

 Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade - Provides information about Canada’s foreign policy, international trade, and travelling and living abroad.

NAFTA Now - Site produced by the Canadian, American, and Mexican governments; provides facts about NAFTA, as well as case studies of businesses that have benefited from the agreement.

Europa - The official EU website provides information about each of its twenty-seven member countries, legislation and treaties, institutions, statistics, videos, photos, etc.

EUTube - The European Union’s channel on YouTube.

World Trade Organization - Provides information on the WTO’s structure, agreements, and news, and includes audio and video resources.

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development - Provides general information about the OECD, as well as statistics and publications. Information can be searched by topic or by country.

World Bank - Provides information on the organization’s history, projects, members, news, etc.

International Monetary Fund - Provides research, data and statistics, reports and publications (searchable by country), as well as news and videos.

UN - Online book that provides information about the UN’s history and goals; includes answers to FAQs and self-test questions.

CBC News, “In Depth—Diamonds”

Brilliant Earth

Canadian Diamond Code of Conduct

Chapter 6 - Social responsibility and NGOs

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Accumulated Value of Savings

Financial Jeopardy 1

Financial Jeopardy - Credit Card

BBB4M - on line resources

The Crisis of Credit Visualized

Capitalism, Chinese style

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