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Happy (belated) Canada Day! On July 1st, 1867, Canada was officially born, and we are very happy to celebrate this great nation’s birthday together! The festivities go on all day and range from fireworks, parades, and other fun events. There are so many ways to celebrate this special day – you can celebrate on a boat,...

How do you get involved in a local community and make your experience in Canada worthwhile? [su_spacer size=”60″] English & Volunteer Experience At our Kelowna campus, we offer English & Volunteer Experience course in which you study English in the morning and you will be introduced to various businesses and volunteer organizations in the afternoon. Classroom...

Adjectives are words that describe the qualities (characteristics) of other words. They add a lot of interesting meaning to what you are saying. When you want to describe something that has different degrees of quality, you use gradable adjectives! [su_spacer size=”50″] Gradable [su_spacer size=”10″] Most adjectives are gradable, such as ‘cold’ ‘hot’ and ‘expensive’. Gradable adjectives...

There are many great restaurants near our campuses. Use the restaurant guide below – go ahead and explore what Vancouver / Kelowna restaurants have to offer! [su_spacer size=”40″] Arriving at the Restaurant [su_spacer size=”10″] If you have booked a table: [su_spacer size=”5″] “Hello, I have booked a table for ____ people.” : number of people [su_spacer...

Thanks to everyone who participated in the Karaoke Competition last Friday – we had a blast!! Big congrats to Susan who won a free Whistler tour and free pizza lunch for her class 😉 Enjoy the video! If you want to know more about our upcoming activities, please visit https://vanwest.com/downloads/ and download our current activity calendars!