Education

Learning to speak any new language is difficult. But, having said that, experts believe that once you learn to speak a second language, then a third or fourth or even fifth language becomes easier to learn. Many newcomers to Canada have to…

On September 7th, 2006, Heaslip House at Ryerson University celebrated its official opening. The recently renovated art deco building is the new home of the G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education. With more than 64,000 students,…

If you have to go back to school for accreditation, university is not the only option. Many training programs in trades, business, computer services, health care and human services are offered at community colleges or private colleges at a…

By Adrienne Robertson While most newcomers could probably list about a hundred things that scare or worry them about leaving home and moving to a new, unfamiliar place, all of these issues – finding a job, choosing a doctor, making friends…

Coming to live in Canada may seem like a fairy tale, especially when you arrive from a country where the future prospects for you and your family weren’t so great. From street sweeper to millionaire – North America still counts as the land…

Published March 2005. Some information in this article is outdated. Joe Volpe, the new Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC), and Mary Anne Chambers, Ontario 's Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities, announced a…

by Claudio Muñoz After only six months in Canada, Jeff Lee, an immigrant student at Dr. Norman Bethune CI, applied to become a peer leader for the NOW program. “He was a newcomer himself and that was one of the motivations for hiring him,”…

When I was in school my Mother baked a cake for my class Christmas Party. It was a beautiful cake shaped like a Christmas Tree with deep green icing. The cake was delicious and we ate it all – only realizing when we’d finished that the deep…

You want to improve your English, but you can’t go to school every day. Maybe you have a job. Or a beautiful new baby that you need to stay home and take care of. Then again, maybe you can’t attend because of medical reasons. Or because you…

“If only Tupperware grew on trees – then perhaps I could have plucked a few every time my daughter went away to university.” Having to continuously replenish her container collection is perhaps the only regret that Gulshan Wadiwalla has…