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You can learn how to find the best city for you and how to write video games!
If you want to try something new or expand what you already know about certain topics, free online courses are available with Canadian universities so you can learn without spending money.
Post-secondary schools all over the country offer online courses throughout the year including the University of Toronto, the University of B.C and the University of Alberta.
You can find classes on so many subjects from psychology to writing for video games to dinosaurs and more.
Plus, you don’t even need to have any prior knowledge of the subjects to be able to take the classes.
Here are seven courses Canadian universities are offering for free online that you can enroll in!
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School: University of Toronto
Course Description: This class will teach you how to understand what cities do, why they matter and the forces shaping urbanization along with how to find the right place for you.
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School: University of B.C.
Course Description: This is an introduction to psychology and starts by asking “what is Psychology?” It will cover the history of psychology and look at psychology today.
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School: University of Alberta
Course Description: The class will cover the physical, biological and human dimensions of mountains in Alberta, Canada and around the world.
You’ll study the geological origins of mountains, their importance for biodiversity, their cultural significance, how they’re experiencing rapid change today and more.
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School: Université de Montréal
Course Description: With this course, you’ll learn the social and technical aspects of bias, discrimination and fairness in AI with a focus on gender, race and socioeconomics.
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School: University of B.C.
Course Description: The class will explore interactive storytelling and the history of video games. It’ll also touch on the collaborative process of game development, the way game narratives are built, where they come from and how they’re changing.
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School: University of Alberta
Course Description: This course gives an overview of non-avian dinosaurs, covering topics like anatomy, eating, environmental and behavioural adaptations, origins and extinction.
Plus, lessons are delivered from dig sites, museums and fossil preparation labs!
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School: University of Toronto
Course Description: In this class, you’ll get a historical perspective on global mortality and a look toward future trends with lessons about specific diseases to understand how gains in health are possible.
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The University of Toronto didn’t get the top spot!
Apparently, Canadian universities aren’t just good places to study but also the top places for people to work in Canada, according to a new ranking.
Forbes, in partnership with market research firm Statista, released its annual Canada’s Best Employers list on January 25 that’s based on a survey of more than 10,000 Canadians working for businesses across the country with at least 500 employees.
People were asked to rate their willingness to recommend their own employers to friends and family as well as to nominate organizations other than their own.
In the ranking’s top 50, nine Canadian universities were included as some of the best places to work in the country.
The University of New Brunswick is the highest-ranking post-secondary institution on the list and the second-highest employer overall.
Michelle McNeil, executive director of the school’s alumni office, told Forbes that the university has given them the ability to grow and develop both personally and professionally.
McNeil got a master’s degree thanks to the university’s free tuition perk!
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After that, the University of Victoria is in seventh place and McMaster University is in 11th.
Queen’s University is in the 14th spot followed by Laval University in 18th, Memorial University of Newfoundland in 19th and the University of Manitoba in 39th.
The last two universities in the top 50 are the University of B.C. in 41st place and the University of Toronto in 46th.
Recently, new rankings have revealed Canada’s best places to work and the top employers for young people along with the highest paying positions and the best remote jobs that you can check out if you’re looking to make a career move!
You can get up to $28K! 💰
If you are looking to improve your education, or to start an entirely new career path, the Ontario government has announced a bunch of new programs this year aimed at helping you achieve those dreams.
From covering the cost of those hefty tuition fees to giving you money back on your taxes next year, here are six different ways you can get some serious cash courtesy of Ontario.
Ontario’s Second Career Program is giving financial aid to those who are looking to start a new job after being laid off during the COVID-19 pandemic and for other unemployed workers.
This program will give up to $28,000 to help with education costs and living expenses as Ontarians start training for a new career. Second Career offers funding for training programs that go on for 52 weeks or less, including applicable post-secondary classes, micro-credential programs, and other vocational training programs.
By the spring of 2022, self-employed residents, youth, newcomers and gig workers will also be eligible for this program.
Extra financial aid can also be given for any applicant who needs disability-related supports, child care or a place to stay when training.
The Ontario government said it will help cover tuition fees for registered nurses who are looking to further their careers in long-term care.
Eligible registered practical nurses who apply to the BEGIN Initiative can get up to $10,000 a year. Any candidate who needs extra financial help with tutoring, course materials, child care or travel could also be eligible for up to an additional $5,000.
With the Nursing Program Transformation in Ontario’s colleges, the province will expand access to nursing programs and add more opportunities for enrollment for the upcoming academic year. Internationally trained nurses can also claim up to $6,000 each year so they can get the necessary credentials to work in Ontario.
Ontario is looking to recruit thousands of new health care workers to long-term care homes and facilities so all residents can get an average of four hours of direct care every day.
So, just like how the government is set to cover tuition costs for nurses, they are offering similar benefits to personal support workers, too. Eligible PSWs will be given up to $6,000 each year in financial aid.
Anyone who applies to this BEGIN Initiative will have to work in long-term care for the exact same period of time that they get this funding support.
Anyone looking to up their education and improve their career so they can earn more money from paycheque to paycheque can take one of the 16,000 various online courses that the Ontario government put out with LinkedIn Learning this year — and to top it all off, they’re all free.
The topics are diverse and range anywhere from fundamental business skills to something that’s more creative.
“We are seeing many new opportunities in fields like information technology, finance, and business administration. This includes careers as computer programmers and interactive media developers making an average of $81,400 per year. Financial and investment analysts who make around $78,000 per year. And human resources professionals who earn about $72,000,” Labour Minister Monte McNaughton said in a July 20 announcement.
Ontarians can access these free classes up until March 31, 2022.
The Ontario government also proposed to extend the Ontario Jobs Training Tax Credit to 2022, which can give about $2,000 back for going through these job training programs.
Anyone between the ages of 26 and 65 can be eligible for this personal income tax credit, which will refund all qualified Ontarians 50% of their eligible expenses for the year, which include tuition costs, the money given to Canadian post-secondary institutions for courses taken that year, and costs of trade or occupational exams taken in the year.
In order to claim this tax credit, you have to be an Ontario resident as of December 31, 2022, and have a training credit limit that is greater than zero for the year, too.
As of November 24, Ontario is set to invest millions of dollars to promote skilled trades to young Ontarians by providing more money to its Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program and creating more opportunities for students, too.
Ontario’s minister of labour, training and skills development, Monte McNaughton, said the province is aiming to simplify and increase financial aid for apprentices in a press conference.
“They can now receive up to $4,200 to support them while they complete their eight weeks of in-class learning,” McNaughton said, before adding that they can use that money for essentials like transit passes, food, child care and rent.
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It doesn’t hurt to have these schools on your resume! 🎓
There are quite a lot of Canadian universities across the country but it seems that some stand above the rest when it comes to which set their students up best for jobs later on in life.
QS World University Rankings has put out its 2022 list of the universities that are producing the “most employable graduates” with the soft skills needed in modern workplaces and six schools in Ontario, two in Alberta and two in Quebec made the cut.
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The highest-ranking Canadian post-secondary school is the University of Toronto in 21st place with a total score of 89.5 out of 100. After that is the University of Waterloo in the 24th spot with a score of 88.7.
Western University is tied for 43rd place with a score of 73.8, McMaster University is tied for 81st with a score of 61.9 and the University of Alberta is in 99th with a score of 57.6.
Further down the ranking, Queen’s University sits in the 101st to 110th place section, the University of Calgary is in 131st to 140th, Université de Montréal is in 191st to 200th, Université Laval is in 201st to 250th and Carleton University is 301st to 500th.
Not only are these schools producing employable graduates, but some of them are also in cities that have been ranked as the best places for students to live!Rent, cost of living and the places where you can get food were all factors.
There are lots of places across the country with post-secondary schools and some are far better than others, according to a new ranking of the best student cities in the world.
Studee, a company that helps students find their perfect post-secondary school, released its Student Cities Index for 2021, which ranks cities based on rent, cost of living, price of a MacBook, internet speed, percentage of young people, number of high-ranking universities, places for food, safety and free speech.
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Quebec City was the highest-ranking spot in Canada, taking fourth place because it scored well in almost all the categories, including the cheap cost of a MacBook, rent and safety. It also has two high-ranking universities.
In sixth place was Montreal, and Studee said the city’s affordable rent, below-average cost of living and three high-ranking post-secondary schools make it a great place to be a student.
Vancouver took the 20th spot in this 100-city ranking, with an average rent of over $2,000, cost of living at $1,150 and two top universities. Just one spot below Vancouver was Toronto in 21st place, with average rent at almost $2,000, cost of living at more than $1,200 and three high-ranking universities.
The last Canadian city in the ranking was Ottawa in 22nd place. It has an average rent of just over $1,600, a cost of living at almost $1,200 and two high-ranking universities.
All of the Canadian cities that made the cut in the Student Cities Index for 2021 also scored highly in the free speech category.
