One Teacher’s Perspective: When COVID-19 shut down our schools and campuses in February 2020, all classes immediately went into virtual classrooms. One teacher's perspective on everything that happend since that times.
Today the whole world knows what is happening in Ukraine. War came to my home in February of 2022 one morning at 5:30am with a deafening explosion from the airport about 15 kilometers from my street.
You may be able to claim a credit for eligible tuition and other fees paid for courses taken in 2021. You can claim up to $250 for each year, and if you don't make a claim one year, the amount carries forward for use in later years to a maximum of $5,000 in your lifetime. This credit started in 2020.
Zhihai is an ESL student in the first level ESL class at Overland Learning Centre. It is remarkable that he is 91 years old and has been learning English for over two years now.
In Colombia, I was a young woman with a close-knit family, good friends, and a thriving career in psychology because I aspired to help my community that was sadly criminalized by trafficking and violence.
When Saigon fell to the Vietcong, I was only in kindergarten. But soon, school became “re-education”. We swept streets and picked up garbage.
The Workers' Educational Association of Canada (WEA) has been a champion of free, public education for adults since its beginning in 1918.
As the late American journalist, Christopher Morley, once said “There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning”.
On my street lives Aaron Siu whom I met four years ago.
In part one, we learned that eighteen-year old Sarah came from Tehran during the Gulf War to marry forty-year-old Yousef.
One summer, I temporarily rented an apartment where two young women next door welcomed me.
Recently Canada has changed immigration policies to favour those in the skilled trades such as electricians, mechanics, plumbers etc.
Since coming to power in Ottawa, the Conservative government has made a number of changes to the legislation governing many aspects of immigration.
Returning to school for most people can be a worrying experience at the best of times.
This article focuses on OSLT programs and lesser known entry programs like the General Arts and Science programs at the colleges.
With the aging of Canada’s baby boomers, it is a sure thing that health care work is going to increase.
Can you imagine a senior who is 74 years old learning English from Zero? How could I learn English at my age?