VEC students unprotected due to regulation loophole, says NDP
The sudden closure of Vancouver English Centre in British Columbia points to gaps in the regulation of language study in the province, according to stakeholders and the opposition party.
The sudden closure of Vancouver English Centre in British Columbia points to gaps in the regulation of language study in the province, according to stakeholders and the opposition party.
The College of the Rockies has been voted the world's best post-secondary institution for international student satisfaction for the second year running, in i-graduate’s International Student Barometer.
Ongoing teachers’ strikes in British Columbia have forced schools to cancel summer programmes and with less than a fortnight until schools are due to reopen, there are fears that the dispute may not be resolved in time for the beginning of the new academic year affecting some 11,000 foreign students.
The Canadian federal government has announced CAN$10.5 million of funding for English as a Second Language (ESL) programmes for new migrants in British Columbia (BC), as part of a wider move to centralise management of services for new immigrants.