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VanWest College is pleased to announce that VanWest Kelowna offers professional career training programs. The Kelowna campus is offering Professional Customer Service Co-op Certificate and Cross-Cultural Business Communication Certificate programs starting in January 2018.     Professional Customer Service Co-op Certificate The eight month Professional Customer Service Co-op Certificate has always been a best-seller among our...

VanWest College is proud of the student diversity at both of its campuses. There are representatives from various areas around the world, ranging from Asia to Latin America to Europe. This variety enhances everyone’s education and is very important. Why is it important to have student diversity? When students enter a classroom, they step into a...

VanWest College offers exciting opportunities to learn English for Families. People from all walks of life can get the chance to improve their English and take advantage of summer life in British Columbia – from students to parents and their children. Why English for Families at VanWest? The program at VanWest College is for parents and...

When VanWest Alumni Orlando Contreras first came to Vancouver in 2012 he was only 18 years old, but he knew exactly what he wanted. He dreamed of becoming a pilot and he traveled from Mexico to Vancouver because he knew that he needed to learn English in order to achieve his dream. Proud VanWest Alumni! He plowed...

These two words are often confused. Many students use the word ‘funny’ for every situation, but the words fun and funny actually mean different things. Read this blog and find out which word you really meant to use: fun or funny!   Fun means enjoyable Fun can be an uncountable noun and an adjective. Think about this:...