Ottawa-Carleton District School Board

When a group of students or educators arrives in Ottawa for an OCENET summer program, a walking and/or bus tour usually takes place within a few days of a group’s arrival.

During the Covid pandemic, OCENET launched a colourful new newsletter for international students and visiting international teachers to let them know about ...

As life begins to return to usual following the pandemic, OCENET has returned to providing in-person orientation week activities to help prepare newly arrived international students with ...

Throughout the evening of Tuesday, April 18th, exchange students from Yamate-Gakuin School in Yokohama, Japan, set up many interesting displays in the foyer at Gloucester High School.

Each semester, as part of their student orientation, new international students attend an online photog- raphy tutorial followed by a contest. Below are recent winners in each of the three entry categories:

Following an “interruption” of several years because of pandemic protocols, the ICP Korea Forum returned on November 24 at the Korean Cultural Centre (KCC)

OCENET recently hosted a Parc Omega photography contest following the international student day trip to the park. Many wonderful submissions were made, and the staff had the difficult task of choosing 3 winners.

Thirty-five international students and International Certificate Program (ICP) students took part in the trip to Parc Omega on Friday, November 12.

OCENET held its first virtual Halloween party on the evening of Friday, October 29th. International Certificate Program (ICP) student planned a spooky evening of fun for the international students,...

Over 70 international and International Certificate Program (ICP) students took part in the Montreal day trip on Saturday, October 30th. They tasted Montreal's famous smoked meat sandwiches at Dunn's and also walked around downtown, went to Mount Royal and ...

At the beginning of March 2021, we sent out call #2 to our international students inviting them, once again, to pick up the brush or the pencil or the microphone and to share a special talent that was helping them though this pandemic by participating in Cov-Art Contest #2.

Our international students were introduced to Anishnabe art and culture through a series of four virtual drawing classes given by Mark Seabrook, Wabano's Indigenous Schools Liaison.

Do you have a special talent that is helping you through COVID-19? Let that talent shine by joining our COV-ART Contest sponsored by OCENET!