Author: Columbia College

  • Fostering Leadership

    “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” —John Quincy Adams Columbia is confident the 16 students who participated in this year’s Leaders-in-Training (LIT) program will use their newly acquired skills in leadership and personal and career development to make significant contributions to their school and…

  • Columbia recognized for excellence in Physical Education

    Columbia International College was recently presented with two respected awards for their physical education and recreational programs. CIRA Ontario The Canadian Intramural Recreation Association of Ontario (CIRA) awarded Columbia with an Outstanding Intramural Achievement Award for its exceptional intramural/recreation program in 2013-2014.

  • Leaders-in-Training Summer Program

    Columbia’s, Leaders-in-Training (LIT) summer program is back! After its popular and successful inaugural year, the LIT program continues this summer with students eager to develop their leadership skills.

  • Learn English and Discover Canada

    Unique adventures, sightseeing, and making friends from around the world are just some of the things our summer campers can look forward to in the upcoming weeks. Columbia International College’s Learn English and Discover Canada Summer Program welcomes hundreds of campers from around the world each summer.

  • Columbia celebrates June graduates

    On Monday, June 30th, Columbia International College held its June Graduation Ceremony in the Ainsliewood Gym. The ceremony honoured close to 200 graduates who were eager to walk up on stage and receive their high school diplomas.

  • Columbia’s Sodexo team globally recognized

    Columbia’s dynamic Sodexo team recently made headlines as they were globally recognized for their inclusive culture. The team was profiled In the June edition of Sodexo’s Global Diversity and Inclusion Task Force Newsletter for their efforts in promoting diversity by hosting a Cultural Diversity week in May. The newsletter is distributed to Sodexo employees worldwide – including Germany, Sweden,…

  • Green Team gears up for Summer Camp

    In just under one week, our Learn English and Discover Canada Summer Camp program officially begins! Our Summer Camp staff, known as the Green Team, is just days away from welcoming campers from around the world to Columbia and Canada. Having recently completed their training, the dynamic team is excited to meet campers and provide high quality instruction.…

  • Celebrating JMS

    Columbia celebrated the achievements of its Junior Middle School (JMS) today in a special Year End Ceremony.

  • FAME 2014

    Last week, Columbia celebrated the arts and student artistic talent as it hosted the Ferreira Annual Mural Expo (FAME) 2014, a youth mural directed by Art Teacher Mr. Roger Ferreira.

  • Water Wars

    In an epic battle this afternoon, Columbia’s students and staff members suited up to participate in the annual student vs. staff water balloon rumble!