Website for Canadian alumni in RI

JAKARTA: In a drive aimed at facilitating communication among all alumni and provide information on job opportunities, Canadian Ambassador to Indonesia Ferry de Kerckhove launched on Wednesday a new website dedicated to Indonesians who had studied in Canada.

The Internet address of the site is canindo-alumni.org.

More than 1,500 Indonesians are now studying in Canada. A prominent figure from Indonesia who studied in Canada previously is Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Rokhmin Dahuri.

Kerckhove said the project, which enjoyed financial support from Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade and the Canadian International Development Agency, demonstrated the importance Canada placed on education and its alumni in Indonesia.

"Too often, the public is unaware of the high quality of the Canadian education system and alumni in Indonesia do not receive the profile they deserve," said de Kerckhove. " We hope that our modest contribution will change this situation". -- JP