Welcome to the World of Wonderland

"Today is the day I get to go back to my childhood. Gemma and I are the only two students brave enough to be going to be heading to Canada Wonderland, there are 17 roller coasters there and this makes it one of the World's top 3 roller coaster destination in the World! Coasters such as the Yukon Stricker – the newest roller coaster is the tallest, fasters and longest Dive roller coasters in the world. It has a drop of 245 feet and goes more than 130km/h so this may need to be ridden before we go for lunch. The park also has a huge water park attached but with only one day to explore this huge place we are going to treat ourselves to some fast passes (que jump passes) and stick to the roller coasters and stay on dryland." - Emma Carlyle

"We made our way through the gates of wonderland, and I was like a kid in a candy store, the colours, the smells and the sounds of people screaming was amazing there was fountains at the front of the gates which were so beautiful and a great opportunity for a photo op. We went on a mission to try and find our first ride, we wanted to go on the biggest fastest one we could find, and we delivered the first one we found was the biggest and longest rollercoaster in the whole of Canada! It was called Leviathan and it was fantastic we went on to ride it another 7 times. " - Gemma Davidson

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Dr. Craig Stephenson

Today Kerryn and I met with Dr. Craig Stephenson, President and CEO of Centennial College (2019-2024). Craig spoke about his experiences at Centennial College, and we were excited to Learn that previous to working at Centennial Craig worked in the University of Cumbria - so a lot closer to home! Craig spent time discussing with us the differences he has noticed moving over to Toronto and about his experiences here. A lovely opportunity for Kerryn and I to connect with Faculty at Centennial, and look forward to continue communications in the future.

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Passports at the ready!

Passports at the ready! Ten students and two members of staff, have been selected for a trip to Canada, funded by the UK Government’s Turing Scheme, have been meeting recently to prepare for jetting off in May to attend Centennial College in Toronto. The students are from a range of faculties including cyber security, childcare, motor vehicle, business and enterprise and animal care, and include both full and part-time students and apprentices. There will be opportunities for sightseeing, social events and learning about the lifestyle, culture and customs of Canada. A great chance to develop students as Global Citizens. Centennial College is recognised as one of the most culturally diverse colleges in Canada, welcoming more than 14,000 international and exchange students in 2022. I am soo excited and grateful to have been given the opportunity to attend this international trip and strive to make it one to remember for every one of the students attending. I h...

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Animal Welfare

Toronto Wildlife Centre which is the only wildlife center in all of Toronto. We unfortunately were not able to get a behind the scenes tour but there were three observation windows in the back of the center, one had a view into the operating room, there were no operations being performed but it was really interesting to be able to see the set up and how it was different to the set-up of some of the operating rooms I have seen in Scotland. Then next room was a room that some animals are rehabilitated in and currently there was no animals, however lucky window three was a one-way mirror into a care room where there was pigeon's, orphaned racoons and orphaned opossums where being feed and cared for. TNR Course – Trap-Neuter and return. I gained my qualification to legally be able care for, feed , T-N-R my own feral cat colony in Toronto, allowing me to trap them and take them to Toronto humane society (where I visited on Thursday 25 th ) to get neuter and rerelease them back in t...

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Team Canada 2023

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