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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.
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Online Learning Centre: Cobourg
Institution: Good Learning Anywhere Sioux-Hudson Literacy Council
Program: Customer Service; Goal Setting; Self-Management; Self-Direction: Time Management; and Medical Terminology and Body Systems
I love online learning.
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: Kapuskasing
Institution: Northern College
Program: Social Service Worker
I started the program online and continued to work full-time.
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.
Online Learning Centre: Brantford
Institution: Quinte Adult Education
Program: Science, Math and English
I like doing online; very convenient and I continue to work.
Online Learning Centre: Cobourg
Institution: Quinte Adult Education
Program: Ontario Secondary School Diploma
I am more confident now, I wasn’t even good with computers when I started and now I don’t have to ask for help
Online Learning Centre: Marathon
Institution: Confederation College
Program: Personal Support Worker
If one of the children were sick and had to stay at home, I could just log on from my home computer
Online Learning Centre: Madoc
Institution: Loyalist College
Program: Office Administration Certificate
If I had to drive to the campus, it reduced my time for my kids and any other paid work.
Online Learning Centre: Madoc and Cobourg
Institution: Good Learning Anywhere Sioux-Hudson Literacy Council, PARO Centre for Women’s Enterprise and The LearningHUB
Program: Introduction to Online Learning
I wanted to upgrade my computer skills and figure out ways to make some money.
