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As our team makes the check in calls to their students, they have been heart warmed by the reaction that they have been getting.    Each member has been assigned certain students, and speaks to [...]

Carol has said that during this difficult time, she and he student have been bonding a little more! Together they have baked cupcakes – her student Nicha was in charge of the creative [...]

These crazy times bring out the best in us, as we heard in this story about our student Au.   He has enjoyed cooking since he was a high school student, and treated his hosts, Genny and Nep, to a [...]

This year, the Ottawa team organized a “Food for Thought” workshop for hosts, after a survey showed that this was a topic that hosts wanted more information about.  The aim of the [...]

Rose and Carlos,  Thank you very much for everything!  I do not have words to express how thankful I am!  Before I came to Canada, I was a bit scared and nervous to stay in a homestay because I [...]

This is a story about the surprise of a life time. It really begins at the end of August 2019, when Emanuela Tondo came from Italy to study at North Grenville District High School, to stay with [...]

Those of us that have lived in Winnipeg are used to crazy weather, cold winter storms, and more snow than most people are prepared to deal with. In fact, it is a point of pride to claim you have [...]

Speaking of forming a connection – this University of Toronto  student Xingcheng Zhu arrived from China, and stayed with our host for only a month in 2018.   His host, Wilfred Malakas [...]

I was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan.  I came to Canada (Vancouver, BC) to study English right after I graduated from university.   It was 1980.  I met a lot of international students including [...]