Ottawa-Carleton Education Network

This past April, eleven secondary students from six OCDSB schools travelled to Chengdu, a city of over 20 million, which is located in central China in Sichuan province to learn about and experience Chinese culture.

Starting 33 years ago as an educator with the former OBE and with almost 24 years at OCENET, Constantine Ioannou will be retiring in the spring of 2025 and looks back at a long and successful career.

OCDSB/Aix-Marseille-Nice Student Exchange has provided an opportunity for students from southern France to live with local Ottawa students and their families and to attend OCDSB schools for 5 weeks each Fall, and likewise, for the Ottawa students to be hosted by a French family for 5 weeks and...

The ICP Graduation Ceremony held on June 6th celebrated the accomplishments of 138 graduates from 20 high schools who successfully completed the requirements to receive the OCDSB International Certificate.

What are some of your roles with the Canada Homestay Network?: These days (I’m in my 23rd year at CHN) I step in when colleagues are away, mentor and train as needed, and act as the nominal, legal custodian for many of OCENET’s international students.

Throughout July, 25 teachers from Madrid participated in a training program on content-based language teaching. This group of teachers represented various subject areas where they teach their curriculum in English and therefore teach subject content as well as English.

The third annual EuroChallenge event held in Canada took place on May 2 and 3 in Richcraft Hall at Carleton University where teams of students from local OCDSB schools delivered presentations on topics related to...

What started out as an “adventure” by teaching in Japan was instrumental to paving the way for a career in education for OCENET’s Greg Duggan.