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: Mattawa and North Bay
Institution: Confederation College and Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Program: Pre-Health Sciences Certificate and Mental Health and Addiction 101 Tutorials
Working at the online learning centre, there were very few distractions. I know if I were in a classroom I would have been distracted.
Online Learning Centre: Parry Sound
Institution: Quinte Adult Education
Program: Ontario Secondary School Diploma
Melissa is the first person in her family to graduate from high school
Online Learning Centre: Hearst
Institution: Anishinabek Educational Institute
Program: Native Early Childhood Education Diploma
I thought I would have to travel, but found out about Contact North and online learning
Online Learning Centre: South Porcupine and Haliburton
Institution: Northern College
Program: Northern Colleges Collaborative Program in Business Fundamentals Certificate
We have a teacher who is directing the class, it’s offered at a particular time online and I find that very convenient
Online Learning Centre: Cochrane
Institution: Northern College
Program: Developmental Service Worker Diploma
Raven had two small children at the time and required the flexibility of online learning
Online Learning Centre: Kenora
Institution: Confederation College and Lakehead University
Program: Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree
We attended classes through videoconference…it was still fairly interactive
Online Learning Centre: South Porcupine
Institution: Northern College
Program: Law Clerk Diploma
As a single mother of a toddler, she appreciated the ability to listen to the recorded lecture in the web conferencing platform when she...
Online Learning Centre: Shelburne
Institution: Upper Grand District School Board
Program: Ontario Secondary School Diploma
Going back to school was not so intimidating.
Online Learning Centre: Windsor
Institution: St. Lawrence College
Program: Bookkeeping Certificate
She knew an online program provides the flexibility to study from home
