At Columbia, we honor students who excel in both academics and character building. At the ESL award ceremony held today (November 8), over ten students were recognized for earning top marks in ESL courses and showing positive character traits. The award recipients were: Kovaleva Dariia for achieving 1st place in ESLEO An Yuting for achieving 1st place in ESLCO Cheng…
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Halloween Dance: October 27 The annual CIC Halloween Dance hosted by Student Development, took place on Friday October 27th in the Ainsliewood Gym. Students showed up in full costume to dance the night away! This was a great opportunity for students to get in the Halloween spirit and make new friends in a fun environment. Halloween Pictures from the Photo…
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University tours in October provided by Columbia! The University Placement Office (UPO), will be offering University Tours to their students for the month of October. The tours will be taking place at different University campuses every week. Students will have the great opportunity to tour the following Universities this month: University of Toronto (U of T) St. George Campus on…
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JMS Students experience Bark Lake October 14 - 18 15 Junior Middle School (JMS) students had the opportunity to stay at Bark Lake. a 700 acre leadership and conference center located in Irondale, Ontario. The purpose of their 5 day, 4 night stay at Bark Lake, was to take their existing curriculum and transform it into an unforgettable outdoor learning…
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Welcome parents, teachers, friends, and families. Our warmest congratulations to the class of December 2016! Join us at 11:00am EDT through a live stream of the event. The video will be available a few minutes prior to the start of the ceremony at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/user/columbiaintlcollege/live See you soon!
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Columbia International College has advanced to a shortlist of finalists in the CBC's Canadian Music Class Challenge. The Challenge, hosted by CBC Music and in association with MusiCounts, is "looking for Canada's best music program." Schools from across Canada were invited to submit a rendition of an iconic Canadian song selected from a list provided by CBC. Encouraging musical diversity,…
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The University Placement Office (UPO) has been running a number of trips to take students to visit the University of Toronto (Mississauga), University of Waterloo, York University, Brock University, Western University, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, and Ryerson University. These trips are run on Saturday or Sunday, and run annually October through the end of November. The trips offer our…
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On October 20th, students at Columbia International College will write the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test. "The Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT) measures whether or not students are meeting the minimum standard for literacy across all subjects up to the end of Grade 9. Successful completion of the literacy test is one of the requirements to earn an Ontario…
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Posted September 22nd, 2016 Last updated on October 2nd, 2016 @10:17am Mr. Geoffrey Burnet commenced contract employment at Columbia International College in November 2014 following completion of a clean police and vulnerable sector screening report. Columbia International College has terminated the employment of Mr. Geoffrey Burnet as of September 20, 2016, and Columbia International College is cooperating with local police forces…
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It’s 4:00pm on a Friday, and for the fifth day in a row, Chris Vander Deen is preparing CIC’s Student Lounge to host another eager group of students. They’ve been joining the sessions all week to learn more about enrolling in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Program. It isn’t long before another student walks in and politely asks “Mr Chris”…
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