Stella She landed in Kamloops, B.C., in November to study Grade 12 after schools across the province reopened to international students.

Source: International students trickling back to B.C. under loosened restrictions on school districts | CBC News

Many parents are eager for their children to maintain a heritage language, not only as a linguistic resource, but also as a marker of identity

Source: COVID-19 and heritage learning: How community-based language schools are adapting to the pandemic – The Globe and Mail

As it celebrates its 45th year in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, MOSAIC CEO Olga Stachova says the organization’s focus has remained the same: to offer people the tools they need to succeed and to champion the skills they bring with them.

Source: MOSAIC marks 45 years of service helping new arrivals adjust to life in B.C. | CBC News

While the federal government’s new three-year plan to increase immigration levels is admirable, it needs to be accompanied by increased federal supports to ensure that newcomers succeed upon arrival in Canada. Ottawa’s immigration plan, which was reaffirmed in its most recent fiscal update, plans to recover from the downturn in 2020 by targeting 401,000 new […]

Source: Immigrants need more support to succeed in Canada – iPolitics

The power of storytelling can facilitate dialogue and community building

Source: BEYOND LOCAL: Theatre shows how the art of inclusion can help build a better Canada in 2021 – ThoroldNews.com

An online storytelling project is capturing portraits and personal stories of immigrants and refugees to provide a better understanding of what it’s like to settle in Canada.

Source: Photo series offers insight into experience of newcomers, aims to fight anti-immigrant sentiment | CBC News

Nothing comes easy, put your mind on what you want to do, and work toward achieving your goal, follow your dreams.

Source: With Hard Work And Determination, Everything Is Possible – Migrant Stories

Marina Iyeme-Eteng had no idea what to expect when she landed in Saskatoon — but almost five years on she’s used that uncertainty to her advantage, creating a YouTube channel about the city that has amassed than 250,000 views.

Source: YouTube channel offers an immigrant’s guide to life in Saskatoon | CBC News

The Centre for Education for Racial Equality (CERES) at the University of Edinburgh, The Bell Foundation and Unbound Philanthropy have today published an executive summary of the report ‘English as an Additional Language and Initial Teacher Education’¹.  This research was undertaken to develop an understanding of how, and to what extent, English as an Additional … Continued

Source: New report published: English as an Additional Language and Initial Teacher Education – The Bell Foundation

SASKATOON – Three University of Saskatchewan (USask) researchers have been awarded federal funding to examine how artificial intelligence (AI) will transform higher education, how one major event . . .

Source: USask researchers to examine AI in education, Canada’s labour movement, and ESL student writing | Yorkton This Week