COVID Updates

Exciting news for current and prospective CIC students taking classes remotely from overseas: if you're an international student holding a valid study permit issued by the Canadian government, you can enter Canada for in-person classes at CIC in Hamilton. Since our COVID-19 plan has been approved by the Ontario Ministry of Education and we are operating in accordance with the…

Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, has announced the border between Canada and the US will remain closed to non-essential travel until at least  December 21, 2020. The restrictions have been renewed every month since March, when they were imposed. COVID-19 in Hamilton The graph below shows the number of new cases reported by the City of Hamilton daily from November 17…

The province of Ontario has lowered the criteria for inclusion in each of the colour-coded stages, meaning it’ll be easier for the province to move regions into more restrictive zones.  Previously, regions having a weekly incidence rate of 100 new cases per 100,000 people, or a positivity rate of 10%, were designated as red zones. Now, regions having a weekly…

European countries are returning to more strict restrictions due to the significant increase of cases in the continent. The goal is to control the spread of Covid that has been overwhelming the health care systems with the arrival of the second wave.New lockdown measures were approved in England and restrictions were put in place as of November 5. For at…

European countries are returning to more strict restrictions due to the significant increase of cases in the continent. The goal is to control the spread of Covid that has been overwhelming the health care systems with the arrival of the second wave.New lockdown measures were approved in England and restrictions were put in place as of November 5. For at…

Masks, temperature check, screening survey, deep cleaning, quarantine, no visitors policy, cohorting and many other safety protocols are implemented at CIC to protect students and staff beyond the requirements of Public Health.At CIC, we have a Safe School Committee that meets weekly to review the Health and Safety protocols and new developments of the past week. We take the safety…

The weekly new cases average in the City of Hamilton dropped from 21 to 19 reported cases. This is the second consecutive week with a decrease in new cases average in the city.Almost a Quarter of Canadian Population Has Been Tested for CovidAlmost 25% of the Canadian population has been tested for Covid-19 since March 2020. In Ontario, more than…

The border between Canada and USA will remain closed to non-essential travel until at least November 21, 2020. On October 12, the US reached 8 million total confirmed cases of Covid-19 and the numbers continue to increase. On October 15, according to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the US-Canada borders will remain closed until the coronavirus gets under control in…

The City of Hamilton is NOT one of the hotspots for COVID-19 in the province of Ontario.With COVID-19 cases rising overall, Ontario Premier Ford announced stricter rules specifically for Toronto, Ottawa and Peel on Friday (Oct 9) following several days of high numbers of new cases in the regions.As we approach the Thanksgiving Holiday and cases have been increasing, the…