The Calgary Board of Education, Calgary, Alberta

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A great place to learn. We are proud to welcome international students from around the world. With more than 200 schools, serving over 100,000 students, we offer a wide range of academic courses and specialized services, including ESL programming for all levels. Our teachers are highly trained and experienced and our standards of academic excellence are among the highest in the world. Our goal is to ensure our students have a valuable academic and cultural experience and we work hard to ensure the school placement matches each student’s interests and abilities.

A great place to live

Calgary, Alberta is a vibrant, cosmopolitan city of over 1,000,000 people. Friendly, clean and safe, it has a high standard of living. Calgary is one hour away from the world famous Canadian Rocky Mountains. Calgary offers a wide variety of outdoor activities, cultural attractions and more.

International students are placed in schools where there is space and program availability. You may request a specific school and we will make every attempt to accommodate your request. However, Global Learning Services has the right to make the final placement decision. Please note that not all Calgary schools can accept international students.

The Calgary Board of Education works with Canada Homestay Network (CHN) to place students with excellent host families in the City of Calgary. The process for admitting host families into the homestay program is a rigorous one.

All families:

• have had a thorough interview to determine suitability;
• have had a homestay inspection;
• have had references checked;
• passed a police record check;
• are enthusiastic to receive international students

Once the student is placed in the home, supervision and support are provided by CHN’s Relationship Managers throughout the program. International students and their parents have access to the Relationship Managers 24 hours a day in the event of a problem or emergency.