COVID-19 UPDATE – CANADA

Temporary Border Closure

We understand that there is a growing concern around the impact of COVID-19 and that you may be receiving an increased number of questions from student and parents.

Immigration New Zealand (INZ) is working with the Ministry of Health and other government agencies to manage the COVID-19 outbreak. These restrictions will be reviewed in 14 days.

Please find below the latest updates from the universities of some of the European destinations with respect to COVID-19.

Sr. No.	Name of Institution	Intake	Current Status with respect to the effects of COVID-19
1	Douglas College	May-20	Classes for the Summer intake are still scheduled to take place although the College is continuing to evaluate whether instruction may be delayed, take place online, through self-directed study, or by other means, depending on the nature of the course of program. Currently, all Douglas College campuses remain open services are available during normal service hours. College will be evaluating deferral (to the Fall 2020 semester) and/or cancellation/refund requests after March 31st, 2020. If you have any questions or concerns. You may also wish to review the Collect COVID-19 FAQs https://www.douglascollege.ca/student-services/covid19-faq
2	Vancouver Community College	May-20	Face-to-face learning is suspended, however VCC will be offering alternative modes of learning, and instructors will be reaching out to current VCC students directly to provide options. Please note that the college office remains open, a continues to support prospective and current international students via phone, email, online/web meetings and drop-in advising. Please encourage students who are already in Canada and have a valid students permit to apply to Spring/Summer 2020. Accepted students who anticipated to begin in Spring/Summer 2020 will likely defer or cancel, therefore program seats have now opened up. Available programs include: Cosmetology Diploma, Post-Degre Diplomas (Business Management Diploma, Canadian Business Management), and other diploma programs. Please expect more seats to open up as we receive more deferral and cancellation requests due to the travel ban. More updates will be postedon https://www.vcc.ca/international/programs/program-availability/seat-available/status/ Page in the next few days.
3	The University of Winnipeg	May-20	The University of Winnipeg is looking at offering courses online for the Spring term, but this option is still in the planning stages. More information on online options is coming soon. Deferrals Students can also defer their studies – for those that were planning to start in 2020 (Spring term), they can move their start date to Sep. 2020 (Fall te Many students scheduled to start in May 2020 will have a Letter of Acceptance (LOA) that is also valid for a September 2020 start. If so, they may start their studies then without a new LOA. Any student whose LOA is not valid for September can request a new one for that term. Refunds For students who choose to withdraw from outside Canada, we will be waiving administrative fees against deposits/pre-payments and will not be requesting documentation regarding study permits. For the latest UWinnipeg updates please visit: uwinnipeg.ca/covid-19 /index.html
4	The University of Winnipeg (PACE)	May-20	Project Management (May 2020) – CANCELLED Applicants will receive an email from university with their options (e.g. withdrawal defer to a later intake) and agents will receive a copy of the communication.
5	North Island College	May-20	NIC has decided to defer the new student intake for May 2020 to Sep. 2020. Students accepted into May 2020 intake are required to postpone their arrival and start their studies at NIC in September 2020.https://www.nic.bc.ca/covid19/
6	George Brown College	May-20	College is suspending classes until further notice—this includes all in-person daytime and Continuing Education classes and are preparing to deliver class alternative formats, where possible, on Monday, March 23 https://www.georgebrown.ca/covid-19/
7	Matrix College	May-20	College will be closed from March 14th, 2020 through to March 27th 2020. All courses will continue to run with our at home learning model which all students have information, instructions and access to already.
8	University of Windsor	May-20	If students cannot travel to Canada university will defer the students to Sept 2020 intake. Further updates are available on mentioned link http://ask.uwindsor.ca/app/answers/detail/a_id/552/kw/552?elqTrackId=c5e3093c065847c db7657c27e43981dd&elqaid=505&elqat=2
9	College of New Caledonia	May-20	Our campuses will remain open and services will continue to be provided, modified and reviewed as necessary while this situation continues to evolve. Online and alternate delivery will be adopted where practical, but this strategy intended to support social distancing and lower on-campus density. Further updates are available on mentioned link https://cnc.bc.ca/about/campus-notifications
10	Coquitlam College	May-20	All new international students currently outside of Canada (regardless of which country you are travelling from) are required to arrive before April 10, which is days before the start of Summer semester; this is to account for the mandatory 14-day self isolation period. If the student is unable to arrive in Canada by April 10, they must defer their start date to Fall 2020 semester. In addition, we also strongly recommend that students obtain additional medical insurance for this time period, so they can be covered for additional medical issues such as COVID-19 while they are staying in Canada. Please note that student’s responsibility to check the coverage of the medical insurance.
11	Cape Breton University	May-20	All students of May 2020 intake will be deferred to Sept 2020 intake. All students enrolled for spring and summer semesters will receive a detailed email from Enrolment Services outlining next steps. Further updates are available on mentioned link http://www.cbu.ca/ covid19
12	St Lawrence College	May-20	College has now decided to suspend its May 2020 intake as of now. Further updates are available on mentioned link https://stlawrencec ollege.ca/about/information-on-covid-19/
13	Thompson Rivers University	May-20	1. If students have received a final letter of acceptance for the summer semester they will be automatically deferred to Fall 2020, and will receive a new letter for TRU’s International Admissions team. 2. If students have received a conditional letter of acceptance for summer and they would like to defer to Fall 2020, please complete the form on mentioned link https://www.tru.ca/forms/currentstudents /refund/ 3. If students are already in Canada, please make them contact their International Student Advisor at isa@tru.ca to discuss the options. Further updates are available on mentioned link https://www.tru.ca/ current/wellness/covid-19.html
14	York University	May-20	University has shifted to online mode of delivery Further updates are available on mentioned link https://coronavirus.info.yorku.ca/
15	Sheridan College	May-20	Sheridan has suspended the classess temporarily and will continue to provide further updates Further updates are available on mentioned link https://www.sheridancollege.ca/news-and-events/coronavirusutm_medium=email&utm_source=outlook&utm_ campaign=coronavirus&utm_content=staff-email
16	Royal Roads University	May-20	University has shifted to online mode of delivery Further updates are available on mentioned link https://www.royalroads.ca/news-events/covid-19
17	Alexander College	May-20	If the students are not able to reach Canada by 12th April they should defer the admission to Sept 2020 intake. Please inform your students to continue monitoring their emails for any update from college
18	Fanshawe College	May-20	Fanshawe College will accommodate deferral requests where possible, but please note that not all programs will have seats available in future semesters. Please refer to the Withdrawal and Refund Policy on the website:https://www.fanshawec.ca/international/student-services/international-student-withdrawal-and-refund-process If students wish to defer please let us know so that we can inform the college. Further updates are available on mentioned link https://www.fanshawec.ca/about-fanshawe/news/information-about-covid-19
19	Canadore College	May-20	North Bay campuses will be suspended and students who have applied to that term will be deferred into the September 2020 or subsequent intake as requested. The Spring intake for the Canadore@Toronto campuses will proceed as planned or might have a delayed start date. That will be determined over the coming weeks.
20	International College of Manitoba	May-20	Students can defer to Sept 2020 intake or else can go for online classess. In case they wish to defer kindly let us know.
21	Northern College @ Pures	May-20	For the students whose VISA application has not been submitted or if the visa application is still in process, students will need to defer to September 2020 immediately without any further delay. For the students who have already received the visa copy but have decided travel in May 2020 regardless if there is travel restriction or have symptoms cannot travel at this time. They will be granted deferment at this time. An extended start date for May 2020 has been proposed at this time – Wednesday, May 20, 2020. However, please note, the extended date may change according to the travel restriction advisory from the Government of Canada. Please also bear in mind the 14 days self-isolate period required before the students report to campus.