Category: Newsletters
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Study Permit to Be Processed in Time for Fall 2021 Semester
All complete study permit applications submitted to Canadian Immigration (IRCC) by May 15 will be processed by August 6, in time to attend CIC’s Fall 2021 Semester in-person. This is exciting news to those in the process of getting their study permit now! To read more about this announcement by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, please access their website – https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/reference-include/study-permit-fall-2021-eng.html Here is an extract…
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Our Graduates Have Received Over 2.6M in Scholarships So Far
Our 2021 graduates have collectively received over 1,114 university offers so far! 158 offers are for the University of Toronto, the #1 university in Canada, including Rotman Commerce programs. More offers are expected to come. Some of the highlights of the offers received so far include: University College London Imperial College Kings College London University of California (Los Angeles) University of Sidney University of Queensland In Ontario our graduates…
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Fun filled Long Weekend & Spring Break
With the nice Spring weather students are enjoying more outdoor activities and fun events at School and in the Residences. Student Leadership Development and Residence Staff have planned special activities for the long weekend and April Break. CIC Total Care team has been working to ensure students’ safety and compliance with Public Health guidelines while…
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CIC Residence & Classes Remain Open Amidst More Restrictions
CIC remains open for in-person classes, activities and Residence Living as Hamilton moved back to Grey-Lockdown on the Ontario’s COVID-19 framework on March 29. The restrictions are loosen-up compared to the previous lockdown. Hamilton’s Grey Zone status means that events and social gatherings are restricted to 10 people outdoors while maintaining social distance. Grocery stores…
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Offers from Top Universities are coming to CIC Grads
CIC 2021 graduates continue to receive offers of Admission and Scholarship from top universities in and outside of Canada. UofT Rotman Commerce & Engineering, Imperial College, and University College London are some of the great offers our graduates have received so far. As it is still early in the Spring Universities have begun sending Admissions…
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Canada Continues to Welcome International Students
With the vaccine roll out picking up speed in Ontario and the rest of Canada, we are now looking forward, with confidence and optimism, to re–opening our campus for full in-person learning in August 2021. Columbia International College is actively planning for the safe return to a full in-person curricular and extracurricular schedule for students at…
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CIC’s Stepped-Up Safety Protection Keep Students Healthy & Safe
Our Stepped-up Safety protocols were implemented earlier in 2020, at a higher standard and before it was imposed by the public health authorities. As the pandemic evolves, the protocols get reviewed and updated by CIC’s Safe School Committee on a regular basis. Some of the protocols currently in place at CIC: 21–day Quarantine in a designated Residence building for new and returning students Daily Survey & Health…
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2020-21 Grads Success: University Offers and Scholarships
Scholarship offers to our 2021 graduates are totaling over $1.2 million dollars. (incorporate this title to the graphic below. Same look and feel. ) According to university reports, more Columbia graduates are accepted to the University of Waterloo, McMaster University, and the University of Toronto than any other school worldwide. WATCH VIDEO CIC 2020 graduates were also #1 in Scholarships with $9.5 million (CAD) in…
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An Individualized Approach to Support Each and Every Student – Our Circle of Care Team
Our Circle of Care Team meets weekly to review each and every student who is in need of support. The team discusses students’ Academic, Social, Emotional and Physical needs to offer individualized programming and set them up for success. Success at school takes more than just brain power. Research shows that a child’s complete needs are Academic, Social, Emotional and Physical (ASEP). CIC is the…
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Hamilton Out of Lockdown Transitioning to Safe Re-opening
Hamilton moved lower in Ontario’s COVID-19 framework on February 16 and the Stay-at-Home order also came to an end. Toronto and Peel Regions will remain in a Stay-at-Home order until March 8, moving to Grey-Lockdown, the highest in the framework, after that. Hamilton’s Red Zone status means that events and social gatherings are restricted to…