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1. Click the link to see the Smart Commute Schedule for the Don Mills Corporate Shuttle.

2. Chris Searles, the student-teacher from Seneca College who did his practicum with us in February 2012, has kindly indicated his availability for private English lessons. Please contact him by email at 2012chrislsearles@gmail.com (delete "2012").

Monday, June 27, 2011

Thanks, and Bye, Canada!


The Globe and Mail has recently shared some interesting graphics about what newcomers do after becoming Canadian citizens:

Naturalized citizens, rate of departure and proportion of Canadians living abroad.


  1. The highest percentage of people leaving Canada after getting citizenship are from ___.
  2. The European country with the most naturalized Canadians leaving is ___.
  3. The country with the most naturalized citizens leaving its shores is ___.
  4. The tiny country with more than 12 percent of its citizens leaving Canada after taking up Canadian citizenship is ___.
  5. The world's most populous country has a naturalized-Canadian turnaround rate of ___.
So where are all these Canadians going? Write three sentences based on the following graphic:

Nearly 2.8 million Canadians (9 per cent of the population) live in other countries, making Canada one of the likliest immigrant-receiving nations to see its own citizens move abroad. Although the majority of these emigrants have moved to Hong Kong, the United Kingdom and the United States, the diaspora is widespread

For a holiday reading challenge, check out the main article itself. Is your home and native land mentioned?

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