Preparing their students for life outside classrooms, Canadian International School (CIS) is always on the lookout to provide opportunities that expose them to real-world issues and equip them with tools to tackle such challenges.
Embodying this spirit, CIS recently hosted a Model United Nations (MUN) conference, in collaboration with Yale University. After months of planning and collaborating with Yale directors and students, CIS presented the first-ever Yale Model United Nations conference in South East Asia: Yale MUN Singapore.
MUN is a simulation of United Nations committees and conferences where students learn, discuss, and debate about historical or real-time problems from around the world. These topics range from political disputes to climate action and health crises. Students role-play as delegates representing different countries, where they draft and debate directives, resolutions, or papers, aiming to solve the problems addressed.
There were 400 registered delegates from more than 20 schools who participated in the Yale MUN Singapore conference. Delegates flew in from Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, The Philippines,Taiwan,and Canada.
According to secondary principal Dan Smith, this first-ever Yale MUN Singapore was “really exciting” as CIS students get to work with Yale students, and had amazing takeaways, such as “increasing the quality of conversation and debate through the experience that they bring.”
Teacher-in-charge Séverine Fumoux added that the event provided CIS students with a great opportunity for students to experience “something of a different scale” and the ability to “network” with the accomplished members of the conference.
Students from both CIS and Yale sangpraises of the event, talking about the valuable insights and connections they’ve gained from this exceptional experience.
“I’m super thankful to CIS for allowing us to come to Singapore. This is our first conference here and it really exceeded our expectations when it came to membership and the quality of the conferences,” Yale student Noah Killeen shared.
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