CICan’s new three-year International Strategy

 Ottawa, June 16, 2022 – As Canadian colleges and institutes emerge from the global pandemic, Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan) is pleased to share a brand-new vision for its approach to international education and development. CICan’s new three-year International Strategy works to futureproof the Canadian college and institute network through internationalization and global engagement.

Developed following extensive consultation with both member institutions and partners from outside the college and institute sector, the new International Strategy officially began implementation in April and complements CICan’s existing 2019-2024 Strategic Plan: Strengthening the System.

The strategy will support CICan members as they pursue new opportunities in international education across three pillars: futureproofing Canada; bringing the world to Canada; taking Canada to the world. It will enhance outbound student mobility and help Canadian students develop highly sought-after global skills, diversify student recruitment, build the capacity of members to implement their internationalization strategies, and strengthen international cooperation with new models for business development.

The Strategy is aligned with CICan’s commitment the Sustainable Development Goals. In particular, it supports colleges and institutes as they continue to champion inclusive and equitable access to Quality Education, Gender Equality, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Reduced Inequalities, and Climate Action.

The strategy also provides new and revised frameworks for collaboration between institutions in Canada and abroad to help achieve stronger Partnerships for the Goals.

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Quebec plans to Exempt International Students from additional Fees

 

Exemption from additional tuition fees depending on the program of studies and the region

An exemption from additional tuition fees will be granted, effective in September 2023, to foreign students enrolled in a college or university institution located outside the territory of the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal. They will have to take a program of studies in French in the employment sectors identified as priorities by the Gouvernement du Québec, that is:

• information technology
• engineering
• health and social services
• education
• educational childcare services

Thanks to this exemption, the foreign students who meet the criteria will pay the same tuition fees as Québec students.  This measure will take effect in the fall 2023 session.

Conditions of eligibility

To be eligible, you must meet the following conditions:

• be a foreign student registered in a college or university institution
• be registered full time in a program of studies in French related to one of the fields identified as priorities by the Gouvernement du Québec;
• your places of learning and residence must be located in Québec, outside the territory of the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal

The conditions to benefit from the exemption will be published soon.

Eligible educational institutions and programs

The list of higher educational institutions and programs of studies eligible for this exemption from additional tuitions will be available soon on this page.

https://www.quebec.ca/en/education/study-quebec/financial-assistance-international-students/exemption-additional-tuition-fees-depending-program-region

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Regional Municipality of Niagara Secondary Schools

List of Niagara Regional Municipality Secondary Schools Addresses

 The District School Board of Niagara Secondary Schools

School name	Street address	Community	Postal
A. N. Myer Secondary School	6338 O'Neil Street	Niagara Falls	L2J 1M7
Beamsville District Secondary School	4317 Central Avenue	Beamsville	L0R 1B0
DSBN Academy	130 Louth Street	St. Catharines	L2S 2T4
Eastdale Secondary School	170 Wellington Street	Welland	L3B 1B3
Eden High School	535 Lake Street	St. Catharines	L2N 4H7
E.L. Crossley Secondary School	350 Highway #20	Fonthill	L0S 1E0
Governor Simcoe Secondary School	15 Glenview Avenue	St. Catharines	L2N 2Z7
Greater Fort Erie Secondary School	1640 Garrison Road	Fort Erie	L2A 5M4
Grimsby District Secondary School	5 Boulton Avenue	Grimsby	L3M 1H6
Laura Secord Secondary School	349 Niagara Street	St. Catharines	L2M 4V9
Port Colborne High School	211 Elgin Street	Port Colborne	L3K 3K4
Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School	101 Glen Morris Drive	St. Catharines	L2T 2N1
Stamford Collegiate Secondary School	5775 Drummond Road	Niagara Falls	L2G 4L2
St. Catharines Collegiate Secondary School	34 Catherine Street	St. Catharines	L2R 5E7
Thorold Secondary School	50 Ormond Street North	Thorold	L2V 1Z1
Welland Centennial Secondary School	240 Thorold Road West	Welland	L3C 3W2
Westlane Secondary School	5960 Pitton Road	Niagara Falls	L2H 1T5

Niagara Catholic District School Board Secondary Schools

School Name	Street Address	Municipality	Postal Code
Blessed Trinity Catholic Secondary School	145 Livingston Avenue	Grimsby	L3M 5J6
Denis Morris Catholic High School	40 Glen Morris Drive	St. Catharines	L2T 2M9
Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School	460 Linwell Road	St. Catharines	L2M 2P9
Lakeshore Catholic High School	150 Janet Street	Port Colborne	L3K 2E7
Notre Dame College School	64 Smith Street	Welland	L3C 4H4
St. Francis Catholic Secondary School	541 Lake Street	St. Catharines	L2N 4H7
Saint Michael Catholic High School	8699 McLeod Road	Niagara Falls	L2E 6S5
Saint Paul Catholic High School	384 Windermire Road	Niagara Falls	L2J 2Y5

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Questions to ask before enrolling in private high schools

 Before signing the contract with a private high school, parents and guardians should ask : 

Does the Ontario Private High School :

• follow the Ontario curriculum?
• conduct criminal reference checks with local police reports on staff?
• have a published public code of conduct or other discipline policy?
• employ qualified teachers with the Ontario College of Teachers?
• publish Ontario Secondary School Literacy test (OSSLT) results?
• publish contract terms with fees, refunds, attendance policies?
• have a procedure for resolving complaints by parents and students?
• have a policy regarding access to the student's records, such as the Ontario Student Transcript (OST) or Ontario Student Record (OSR)?
• have liability insurance with respect to accidents involving students?

The government of Ontario requires that a private school have the following:

• a principal in charge of the school
• control of quality of instruction and evaluation of student achievement
• control of content of the program or course of study
• a common school-wide assessment and evaluation policy
• a common procedure for reporting to parents
• a common school-wide attendance policy
• a central office for the maintenance of student records

The government of Ontario has the sole authority to determine the courses of study that a student must complete to obtain the Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD).

Have questions? email eslincanada@gmail.com or call 647 247 3897

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Scholarships for Schools in Canada

 Scholarship applications are open March 1 to May 31, 2022.

Leadership Excellence Awards of Distinction 

L.E.A.D. honours the accomplishments of four special 4-H senior youth members and showcases the outstanding accomplishments of 4-H members across Canada in the area of leadership excellence. Through the generosity of CN, four scholarships – with an overall value of $20,000 each over four years – are available to 4-H members who have demonstrated personal values, leadership and community involvement within one of 4-H’s Leadership Development Pillars.

John Deere Canada 4-H Scholarship

Through the generosity of John Deere Canada, 15 scholarships – valued at $1,000 each – are available to 4-H members across Canada. Opportunities such as this help support 4-H members who will pursue post-secondary education at a Canadian college or university in a degree, certificate or trade-based program. 

TD 4-H Agriculture Scholarship

Through the generosity of TD, 12 $2,500 scholarships are available to 4-H members who are pursuing post-secondary education in agriculture, ag-science or agri-business at a Canadian university or college in September 2022.

Canadian Co-operative Wool Growers

 4-H Scholarship

Through the generosity of the Canadian Co-operative Wool Growers, two scholarships - each valued at $1000 – are available to 4-H members planning to attend a Canadian university or college in September 2022 in an agriculture-based program, ideally with a focus on sheep related studies.

Have a question about 4-H Canada's scholarships? Contact 4H at program@4-h-canada.ca.

About 4-H

For more than 100 years, 4-H has been one of the most highly respected positive youth development organizations in the country.

We believe in nurturing responsible, caring and contributing leaders who are committed to positively impacting their communities.

The four H’s represent our core values:

Head: managing, thinking
Heart: relating, caring
Hands: giving, working
Health: being, living

One of the world’s largest youth organizations, 4-H can be found in more than 70 countries across the globe. 4-H in Canada has more than 23,500 members and 7,800 volunteers.

https://4-h-canada.ca/

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Tour Leaders Wanted for English Language Programs

Group and Tour leaders can be bilingual English teachers, Faculty of Education students, travel consultants, educators, education consultants, HR trainers, motivated parents and non-native English instructors who have English language teaching or tour experience and wish to attend either teacher training or education consultant training while in Canada.

Group and Tour leaders who help us organize and escort a group of 12 (or more) English students will have their airfare, English camp accommodation, English camp meals, English camp tour expenses paid and receive a small honorarium for acting as referral, guardian and assistant ESL English teacher.

This program is ideal for non-native English speaking individuals who want to travel to Canada with their "class" and experience a real Canadian English Immersion Program.

Group and Tour leaders will be able to use their English, work with our ESL in Canada English teachers and the English Camp activity and skills instructors. We will be posting specific 14, 21, and 28 day English Camp programs with full day schedules and updates as they become available.

We will be integrating the Group and Tour leader Program with either the ESL in Canada Summer English Camp Programs or ESL in Canada Study Tour programs

How we Operate Our Programs

The Group and Tour leader program is designed to be the best experience for all parties who participate. We want this program to be a good experience for parents, students, assistant teachers, tour leaders, regular English teachers, activity coordinators, the ESL in Canada program organizers, various cooperating schools, residence providers, travel providers and the attractions, and event providers.

We want the parents of the English students to feel comfortable with the group and tour leader acting as escort, guardian, assistant teacher, sometimes translator and confidant. It is a worrying experience for parents to send their children half-way round the world. We want parents to feel comfortable with the knowledge that a trained professional from their country is there to assist.

Our goal is to have the English students who are studying and traveling to Canada to have the best experience of their life. We want them to improve all the English skills and be able to use them.

We want the students to have fun, meet new international friends, have a wonderful tour of Canada and Canadian culture. We want students to come back to Canada with new locations and participate in new tours that become available in other exciting parts of the world.

We want the international Group and Tour leaders to have a good experience with this program. Many international English teachers have student loans, low wages and high expenses preventing them from being able to travel to join English immersion programs. The Group and Tour leader program can help these teachers finance their overseas professional development and teacher training.

Many international English teachers have employment requirements of language immersion, and teaching skills workshops or on-going professional development. The Group and Tour leader program is designed to trade the expenses of travel and tuition for assistance and training. We want the international teachers to enjoy the tour, improve their English and teaching skills, gain some international teaching experience, meet new friends and fellow Canadian teachers and help them obtain their professional development requirements.

This Group and Tour leader Program is ideal for non-native English teachers that have to attend ESL workshops or programs to maintain or upgrade their English skills and wish to attend these programs in Canada. The tour leaders receive air flights, meals, accommodation, small honorarium and TESL workshops in exchange for their assistance.

To meet all current Canada CIC Laws and USA Work Permit Regulations the Teacher Tour Program is not considered a job in Canada and the cost of airfare, accommodation and the IELTS,  TESL, TEFL or TESOL teacher training workshops are not considered a salary for Canada taxation.

Email ESL in Canada for additional details

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CCLA Nation-wide High School Contest

 Each year, the CCLA presents a nation-wide high school contest to commemorate the work of Bernard Chernos. Student entries address one of the fundamental freedoms questions posed by us each year (often issues the CCLA itself is working on), examining different civil liberties implications, and applying a ‘reasonableness’ analysis.

Entries can be submitted either as essays or as ‘video rants’ (in the style of Rick Mercer, one of Canada’s most famous political humorists) for a chance to win cash prizes.

The Chernos Contest makes a great ready-made assignment for a wide range of high school courses!

Contest finalists are selected by CCLA lawyers and educators, then judged by a panel of legal scholars, and civil liberties and human rights educators from across the country.

Winners receive certificates and prizes:

• 1st place: $500 + book
• 2nd place: $150 + book
• 3rd place: $100 + book

Deadline is May 27, 2022!

01 Choose Your Question

Choose one of the four questions selected for the 2022 Chernos Contest.

02 Choose Your Format

Write a 750-1,000 word essay OR record a 3-4 minute video rant.

03 Create Your Entry

Write your essay! Record your video! Proof read! Fact check!

04  Submit!

More info here:

https://cclet.org/contests/

The Canadian Civil Liberties Education Trust (CCLET) is a non-profit research and public educational organization created in 1967 by the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA). 

 CCLA is a national, non-profit, non-governmental organization that works to protect and promote rights and freedoms through the courts, in the community, and in schools. Together, CCLA and CCLET stand for freedom, equity, and a better future for all people in Canada. 

CCLET supports the belief that those who understand and think critically about their rights and responsibilities are better prepared to live as global citizens. Our programs encourage learners to engage with and think critically about diverse perspectives, so that they may actively participate in our democratic processes — and make Canada a better, more inclusive place for all. 

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To apply for a Canada study permit you need an acceptance letter from a DLI

 To apply for a Canada study permit you need an acceptance letter from a DLI

A "DLI" designated learning institution is a school approved by a provincial or territorial government to host international students.

List of designated learning institutions by province/territory

Step 1: Choose the province or territory your school is in.

Step 2: Type in keywords such as the name of the school, city, etc.

Step 3: Find the designated learning institution (DLI) number and write it under the section Details of intended study in Canada on your study permit application.

If you’re 18 years of age or over, you must qualify as a fully vaccinated traveler to come to Canada to study. You can study at any designated learning institution (DLI).

If you’re under 18 years of age, you don’t need to qualify as a fully vaccinated traveler to come to Canada to study. If you’re not fully vaccinated, you must study at either a

• DLI with an approved COVID-19 readiness plan (for post-secondary students), or
• DLI in a province or territory that accepts international students (for elementary or secondary students)

If you qualify as a fully vaccinated traveler and you’re under 18, you can study at any DLI.

Link to list by province or territory

Post-graduation work permit

You need to know if you are eligible to work after you graduate. Not all designated learning institutions make you eligible for the Post-Graduation Work Permit Program.

Along with graduating from an eligible designated learning institution, you need to meet all other criteria to get a post-graduation work permit.

Have a question - email ESL in Canada

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High School Courses in English As a Second Language in Ontario

 

High School Courses in English As a Second Language in Ontario

Level	Course Name	Course codes	Credits
1	Beginning Communication in English	ESLAO	1
2	English in Daily Life	ESLBO	1
3	English for School and Work	ESLCO	1
4	Study Skills in English	ESLDO	1
5	Bridge to English	ESLEO	1

Ministry of Ontario - Common Course Codes:

EBS Business English ELC Canadian Literature ELI Literature ELM Modern Literature ELT English Literature EMD English-Media ENG English

ENH English II ENO English Oral ENC English - Single cate ENI English - Indep Study ENP English - School Pack END English Other Discipline ENS English Lang Studies

ENT Theme or Topic ESI - Introduction course ESD English Skills Develop ESL English as 2nd Language ESF English Skills Language EWC Writer's Craft EWR English Writing

English As a Second Language and English Literacy Development Overview

Students in any grade may be placed in appropriate ESL or ELD courses. Since many ESL/ELD classes include students aged between fourteen and eighteen, the topics and activities must be selected to appeal to a wide range of ages and maturity levels. There are five ESL courses and four ELD courses. The courses are designated according to levels of proficiency in English and literacy development, not by grade.

Working within the framework of the Education Act and its regulations, district school boards adapt provincial education policy to local situations. They must also provide and maintain within their jurisdiction adequate teaching and support staff and appropriate facilities. Trustees, as elected members of the board, represent the local community, providing a link between electors and the education system.

Private schools also provide elementary and secondary education. They are independently operated and do not receive funding from the government.

In Ontario, all permanent residents between the ages of 6 and 16 must attend school. Elementary schools provide Junior Kindergarten and Kindergarten programs (for children aged 4 and 5) and programs for grades 1 through 8. Secondary schools currently offer programs from Grade 9 through to Grade 12, as well as Ontario Academic Courses (OACs). To receive an Ontario Secondary School Diploma, students need to complete at least thirty credits in secondary school (one credit is normally one course). Students planning to attend university can include the required six Ontario Academic Courses in these thirty credits. The new standards for education were introduced during 1999 in high schools across Ontario.

The credit system consists of:
Compulsory Credits (total of 18)
4 credits in English (1 credit per grade)
1 credit in French as a second language
3 credits in mathematics (at least 1 credit in Grade 11 or 12)
2 credits in science
1 credit in Canadian history
1 credit in Canadian geography
1 credit in the arts (music, art, drama, or dance)
1 credit in health and physical education
1/2 credit in civics and 1/2 credit in career studies
1 additional credit in English, or a third language, or a social science, or Canadian and world studies

1 additional credit in health and physical education, or business studies, or the arts (music, art, drama, or dance)

1 additional credit in science (Grade 11 or 12) or technological education(Grades 9-12)

In addition to the 18 compulsory credits, students have to earn 12 optional credits in courses of their choice, selected from the full list of courses available in the school. Optional credits allow students to build an educational program that suits their individual interests and meets university, college, apprenticeship, or work requirements.

Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test
Students will take the Secondary School Literacy Test in Grade 10. Students must pass the test in order to graduate, and their result is recorded on their student transcript. Students who do not complete the test successfully will receive remedial help to prepare them for retesting. The literacy test requirement is additional to the 30 credits needed for a high school diploma. The literacy test evaluates students' reading and writing skills based on curriculum expectations in language and communications up to and including Grade 9. ESL students will take the test only when they have reached this level in their language studies. Accommodations will be made for students in special education programs.

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Bloom Institute of Technology.

Become a student at Bloom Institute of Technology. 

The next application deadline is December 10, 2021.

Bloom Institute of Technology is entirely online, and they train people to be software engineers and data scientists for no upfront tuition in exchange for a piece of what you'll make later. You don't pay until you're hired. 

The computer science academy offers full-time, 6-month programs for Web Development and Data Science, and a 9-month program for Backend Development, which is jointly developed by BloomTech and Amazon. Throughout the rigorous programs, students will demonstrate mastery of core front end and back end technologies as well as computer science fundamentals. Remote classes are live and interactive, and include one-on-one help, professional mentorship, opportunities to build real products, and frequent code reviews. The school also helps students find employment by providing interview preparation, portfolio review, effective resume writing tips, and salary negotiation practice. Students graduate with 900+ hours of hands-on technical experience for Web Development and Data Science, and with over 1,400 hours of hands-on coding experience for Backend Development. 

Data Science Course

An intensive 6-month online data science course for a career in Data Science, 

Data Analytics, Business Intelligence, and Data Engineering.

Python, SQL & Databases, Data Visualization, Linear Algebra & Statistical Analysis

Machine Learning, Deep Learning & ML Ops, Computer Vision, Natural Language Processing

Web3 Course

A flexible, online 10 week course created to help you make the leap from Web2 to Web3. Learn the basics of blockchain, Ethereum, Solidity, DeFi, and smart contracts with our project-based curriculum.

Ethereum, Smart Contract, Solidity Programming, Ethereum Virtual Machine, GraphQL,  ERC20 and NFT Tokens, Blockchain Cryptography, Decentralized Finance (DeFi)

Backend Development Course

A rigorous 9-month online backend web development course jointly developed with Amazon to prepare you for entry-level engineering roles at companies of all sizes.

Java Foundations & Programming, Testing, Software Engineering, Data Structures, Algorithms, DynamoDB, Concurrency

Learn more about BloomTech

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