Directors retreat

The past few days we had a short two day retreat with the six Directors of the Seneca International team in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Six work sessions of two hours each looking ahead on the challenges and opportunities formulating strategies, risk mitigation options and brave ideas...

And a few nice lunches and dinners together. One of them at Niagara College Culinary Training Center's restaurant "Benchmark". A few good days together. On we go...

International Development Week

At Seneca we are starting to promote college-wide extra-curricular activities during the Feb 5-9 annual International Development Week. Themes this year: global migration and environment. Posters went up around the college today to start creating "food for thought" and awareness. One of organizations going to display at campus is MSF with their "day in the life of a refugee"....

The team of Seneca International is busy with so many activities already so early in the year. One of our offices is every day full with students interested to start studies at Seneca. We have 4-5 staff at our reception area and they can hardly handle the enthusiastic inquiries. On we go....

2018 start at Seneca

Many new international students arriving. Today a group of about 200 in nursing specialization programs who will be studying at the Markham campus. They received an orientation about the services we offer them around student visa extensions, work permit applications, health insurance paperwork and the adjustments to the education culture in Canada.

At this campus we also offer the Tourism/In-flight services diploma program. In this simulation classroom students were tested today on their acquired skills on customer service. Others were nervously waiting their turn for this hands-on test.