Global Partners Blog

Join us on Facebook!

gpicanada — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 02:42:58 +0000

We are excited to announce our Global Partners Facebook page! Please come visit and Like Us!!

We will now be moving our Blog page over to Facebook so please stay tuned for updates.

http://www.facebook.com/Global.Partners.Institute

Easter Snowman

gpicanada — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 01:09:33 +0000

By March we’ve all usually had our fill of snow, so we tend to welcome spring.

Here is a nice picture of Aika Nawashiro in Alberta along with her host family the Steeve’s getting ready for Easter and playing in the snow with the Easter Bunny!!

SAYONARA TOYO STUDENTS!

gpicanada — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:25:16 +0000

How does that song go – “Everytime we say “goodbye”. It must be farewell time again, which is always a time of mixed feelings. Of course, many of our students look forward to returning home and reuniting with their families, while at the same time they feel they have made many friends here in Canada and don’t want to leave.
It has been a wonderful year in Edmonton, Alberta for our students from Toyo High School who departed on March 10th. There were many tearful farewells and best wishes for the students. Host families, Program Coordinators and Regional Manager, Mr Neil Hosler know that students will be moving on to an even better future now with all that they have learned abroad in Canada.
As the students return home to Japan, it is not good bye from us but rather a new beginning as they move on towards becoming independent young woman and men and the global citizens we know they all have the potential to be.

Fuki, Rei, Yuka, Kanami, Sakura and Sayaka, we will truly miss all of you, wish you the best and will always be here for you, if you decide to come back and attend university in Edmonton.

Sayonara our friends, until we meet again!!

ESL Summer Camp

gpicanada — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 02:47:42 +0000

Would you like to have fun over the summer break as well as improve your English skills? Then join Global Partners Institute’s Summer ESL Camp in Camrose, Alberta.

During this 3-week camp you will receive 30 hours of English as a Second Language (ESL) instruction as well as hands-on activities that will utilize your language skills. Learn English in a fun and active way through “Active English” experiences such as individual and group teamwork activities, crafts, swimming, bowling, and beach volleyball.

Camrose ESL Camp Brochure

Camrose ESL Camp Application

For further information please email elaine@gpicanada.com

Hope is growing in a New Generation in Japan!

gpicanada — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:47:28 +0000

This is very moving and in light of the assistance that some of our host families and students gave we wanted to share this very moving video of “Thank You from Japan”.

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=SS-sWdAQsYg&vq=medium

Kazumi is having hoop dreams

gpicanada — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:19:46 +0000

Kazumi Yamamoto was playing for her school basketball team, the “BEARS”, in a recent tournament in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. She was just too fast to get a good action shot.

Daisuke Rocks!

gpicanada — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:16:51 +0000

Here is a picture of Daisuke KAZUYA (on the left) along with his curling team from Miller High School in Regina, Saskatchewan. They played in the city finals on Saturday Feb.11th.

Welcome Osaka Gakugei High School Students

gpicanada — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:12:42 +0000

We would like to extend a “CANADIAN WELCOME” to our Osaka Gakugei High School students. They are a new school group that arrived from Japan on January 28th. Students were welcomed to their long-term host community of Winnipeg, Manitoba. We are very excited they have arrived…..stay tuned for updates.

WELCOME TO CANADA:
Yuka Ito
Daichi Morishige
Haruka Nobata
Yuri Tanabe
Chihiro Tanaka

Reflections of Toyo High School Students

gpicanada — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:02:09 +0000

It has been a really busy year for our Toyo High School students in the Edmonton Toyo FFP program. They started their year arriving just on the heels of what proved to be one of Alberta’s worst winters. The students were glad to be arriving at the tail end of it.

During the spring they immersed themselves in the High School experience . Students were very pleased when several host families celebrated their birthdays over the spring with fun family and friends events.

During July the students emerged themselves in English as they participated in GPI’s intensive TOEFL English course. Over the year the student braved 2-3 TOEFL exams in an effort to bring their English scores up during the year. It was not all work though, the students got to go to Fort Edmonton, and also did a presentation on Japan culture for a seniors group.

Over the summer many of the Toyo students volunteered at the many festivals in Edmonton. They especially enjoyed helping out at the Japanese pavilion at Heritage Days in Edmonton. Of course as moved into vacation season in August many of the students got to experience many fun activities with their host families.

October brought the students to Halloween where all of the dressed up in their scariest/funniest outfit and carve pumpkins. Christmas brought many new kinds of meals…TURKEY!

As their year in Canada begins to come to a close the Toyo participants prepared for a Family Day long weekend of skiing in Banff for a final Yahoo!

We will miss the students from the Toyo program, they have been exemplary ambassadors for Japan.

gpicanada — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 04:26:06 +0000

Pictured here are our Toyo High School students who enjoyed a wonderful weekend in Banff. The students enjoyed some fun at the very popular Banff Upper Hot Springs. Students went to Banff along with their Regional Manager, Mr Neil Hosler. It was a good time enjoyed by all.

Back in Edmonton after a fun day at the hotsprings. The group photo in front of the ice dragon.