Canadian English language sector battles teacher shortage
As Canada’s language sector begins to recover from the pandemic, it faces a new challenge – a shortage of English-language teachers.
As Canada’s language sector begins to recover from the pandemic, it faces a new challenge – a shortage of English-language teachers.
Canadian language providers are making a coming back with new schools opening along with those that closed due to the pandemic.
Student numbers at Languages Canada member schools fell to only around a third of pre-pandemic levels, the organisation's latest report has found. But the sector continues to be optimistic about recovery.
A shortage of host families in Canada has forced some international education programs to stop accepting new students who need homestay.
One of the tragedies of Covid, and I include Global Village Calgary in this, is that people working in the sector lost their professional lives, their social lives, when the school shut down
Welcoming international students and improving their language skills are essential for Canada to achieve its economic goals, the minister of immigration has said.
After the pandemic caused international student numbers to drop dramatically, Languages Canada says it’s back and stronger than ever.
Immigrants with experience studying in Canada earn "considerably more" than those who completed their education in other countries, research has suggested.