Data-informed, curated source market access for international student recruitment

“The Trade Mission format is actually ideal because it’s a niche that nobody else really fulfils… we had twenty of some of the country’s best educational institutions participating; we matched them with the best agents out there through BONARD’s research.”

Gonzalo Peralta
Executive Director
Languages Canada

“We’re very proud of our very long-standing relationship with BONARD with about 20 events under our belt together. BONARD is one of the most experienced providers of bespoke agent trade mission type of events.”

Bonnie McKie
Executive Director
CAPS-I

“Our experience with BONARD was exceptional. From the start of the process, through the establishment, right through to the event management on the day. They are always there to provide support, assistance and expertise.”

Brett Blacker
Chief Executive Officer
English Australia

"Bonard provided high-level vetting, scheduling, and execution for a prospective recruitment partner search in a key target market. Their thorough preparation and contextual data ensured productive meetings with potential partners. Extraordinary service all around!”

Joseph Gemignani, M.S.
International Admissions Director
California Baptist University

“Amazing experience working with BONARD. The team is extremely professional and innovative in screening and selecting the best-fit partners for us. The market intelligence on China education market and agency market are also insightful, which helped us to finetune our market strategies. We look forward to continuing our partnership with BONARD.”

Ada Xu
Regional Marketing Director
IDP China

“Very successful agent mission here in Mexico City. It’s the first time IPSEA has come to Mexico City. Once again, we used BONARD’s services — we’ve been working with them for several years now. We’re very happy with the attention to detail, the care they put into it, and the follow-ups. It’s been a seamless, stress-free event.”

Kathren Clarke
Executive Director
International Public Schools Education Association (IPSEA)

“This was completely stress-free and highly productive for us. Meetings were delivered on time, and I was impressed by how smoothly and efficiently the entire process was managed from start to finish. The team clearly cared about our success — and that was priceless.”

Marie-Andrée Cloutier
Assistant Director of International Student Program
Eastern Township School Board

“We have engaged BONARD’s expertise in mainland China to help with agent engagement, social medial development and social media campaigns. Each time we’ve worked with BONARD, their staff provided excellent industry intelligence, professional support and creative problem-solving. This was especially true while setting up our official WeChat account. We have appreciated the advice and support BONARD has provided.”

Ramona Hamilton Cook
Senior Marketing Manager
Richmond School District

“BONARD has arranged our recent China exploration trip to network with prospective agents and institution partners in Tier 2 cities. The BONARD staff were very professional and helpful when making initial connections and provided ground support during travel. They have great market intelligence of the Chinese market, which helped us to enter the market in a very cost-effective way.”

Saurabh Vashisht
International recruitment officer
Medicine Hat College

“The BONARD team does a great job of choosing and screening agencies to participate in their events. What always strikes me working with BONARD is the very depth of the agent pool. We really see some emerging opportunities from this event.”

Matthew Raby
Executive Director
Upper Canada District School Board

“Everybody is so excited about how the Trade Mission event went. Thanks so much to BONARD for organizing such an incredible event. The agents were of such good quality, knowledgable, which really makes our job easier, as we do not need to start from the beginning.”

Pam Baji
Former President
AAPS-I

“We found the Agent Introductions extremely positive. The screening and vetting of the agents were very well done. It felt that every agency we met knew who we were and understood our goals and objectives. Conversations were aligned from the very beginning, leading to very productive meetings.”

Dan Witt
Chief Operating Officer
Waterloo Catholic District School Board