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The summer is a good time for us to reflect on the challenges our students faced when they first arrived and how we might think about these as we approach a new academic year. I recently watched [...]

Everyone has a language of appreciation that resonates with them – whether it is through gifts, words of appreciation, acts of service, quality time or physical touch. Our host Carole Mace [...]

After 20 years of hosting students, our family has decided to take a break.  It feels so weird to say that – it’s almost like leaving a 20 year old job, and it feels like the family [...]

12 Tips to Overcome Culture Shock Coming to a new country can be disorienting and overwhelming, and most people who move to a new culture, experience an adjustment period that we call “culture [...]

Thank-you-letter-from-David, our scholarship recipient in Quebec.

I grew up in the small town of Minnedosa, but my parents are originally from Northern England and emigrated to Canada just before I was born. I come from a long family line of sheep farmers and [...]

First CHN Mini Conference in Toronto CHN organizes its National Conference every 2 years so that colleagues and teams across the country can meet face to face, learn from each others wisdom as [...]

Have you ever caught yourself checking your smartphone while you’re behind the wheel — even though you know it’s dangerous? Do text alert chimes routinely make you interrupt conversations with [...]

The May Wellness Challenge is to incorporate some of the virtues from The Virtue Project into our work life this month.  The challenge is to focus on one virtue a week and journal about how [...]

As some of you may know, I joined a coaching program for entrepreneurs a couple of years ago. One of the great insights I’ve gained from this program is the “entrepreneurial time system,” which [...]