Woodend, JonFedoruk, LisaBeek, AvisWu, XueqinRoy, SylvieGroen, JanetLi, Xiang2016-05-162016-05-162016-05Woodend, J., et al. (2016, May). Critical Thinking in International Contexts: Poly-Ethnographic Accounts of Multicultural Research Collaboration. In M. Takeuchi, A.P. Preciado Babb, & J. Lock. IDEAS 2016: Designing for Innovation Selected Proceedings. Paper presented at IDEAS 2016: Designing for Innovation, Calgary, Canada (pg 92-101). Calgary, Canada: Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary.978-0-88953-390-5http://hdl.handle.net/1880/51230In December 2015, selected doctoral students and faculty from Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and the University of Calgary (U of C) participated in a seminar hosted by Beijing Normal University (BNU) for interdisciplinary/international collaboration. In this paper the U of C participants outlined their reflections of this experience through a poly-ethnographic approach, with consideration for the Twelfth Dimension Framework for School Systems Success. The main themes that emerged included the role of culture and the impact of power dynamics when working academically on an international level.enTransnational Interdisciplinary CollaborationPoly-Ethnographyunknown10.11575/PRISM/5321