Contact North | Contact Nord helps educationally underserved Ontarians in 600 small, rural, remote, Indigenous and Francophone communities access online learning to get a degree, diploma, certificate from Ontario’s public colleges and universities or upgrade their skills via online learning without leaving their communities.
Click on the examples below and learn how these individuals use Contact North | Contact Nord’s services to complete their education and training.
Online Learning Centre: Sioux Lookout
Institution: Lakehead Adult Education Centre
Program: English as a Second Language course
Online courses is good, especially because it is recorded.
Online Learning Centre: Clinton and Kincardine
Institution: McMaster University
Program: Accounting and Advanced Accounting and Finance Requirements
I like that I can continue working, go home after work and play with my kids, and after they go to bed, get some homework done
Online Learning Centre: St. Thomas
Institution: Quinte Adult Education and Fanshawe College
Program: Mathematics for College Technology (College) Grade 12, English (Workplace) Grade 12 course, and Business - Accounting
The instructors reply to e-mails within 48 hours and we have a discussion board.
Online Learning Centre: Haileybury
Institution: The LearningHUB and Northern College
Program: Memory and Study Tips for Students and Social Service Worker Diploma
I have 4 kids at home and it is very beneficial to work from home
Online Learning Centre: Englehart
Institution: Northern College
Program: Office Administration General Certificate program
The flexibility of online learning is perfect for her growing family who prefer living in a small, rural community, close to family.
Online Learning Centre: Dryden
Institution: Confederation College, University of Toronto and Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Program: Personal Support Worker, Understanding Indigenous Perspectives and Mental Health and Addictions 101
It was a very interactive classroom, including doing group work with classmates in other locations.
Online Learning Centre: Orléans
Institution: The LearningHUB and Good Learning Anywhere – Sioux Hudson Literacy Council
Program: Learning to Communicate Using MS Word 2010, Learning to Communicate Using MS Excel and Ready to Work
Online courses are enhancing my knowledge
Online Learning Centre: Hawkesbury
Institution: La Cité
Program: Éducation en services à l'enfance (Early Childhood Education)
I need to be there for my son, and online learning is much easier for me on every level
Online Learning Centre: Longlac
Institution: Northern College and Laurentian University/Université Laurentienne
Program: Social Service Worker and Bachelor of Indigenous Social Work
There were less distractions at the online learning centre, and help was available if I needed it.
