ATT International Students!! WELCOME TO CANADA!

Harder than it looks!

Coming to university is big adjustment for everyone, but for international students it can be even more difficult. Starting a new chapter in your life, entering a new country, leaving behind the familiar and starting over in a new place with new people can be a little daunting even for the most well adjusted among us. When I first arrived in Canada I was totally at the mercy of my cab driver and his GPS for finding my way to York.

Thankfully things have changed a little since I first came to York! For the last couple of years The City of Toronto has been running a WELCOME Booth for all international students attending Post Secondary Educational Institutions in Toronto. You might be thinking, "What happens at this Welcome Booth?"

Someone's there to welcome
YOU!

Well if you enter Canada through either Terminal 1 or 3 (which are the main terminals for international arrivals at the Pearson International Airport), you'll find that there is a welcome booth. At this booth
you'll be greeted with a warm welcome to Canada and support as soon as you arrive. You'll get:

• A welcome package with some AWESOME stuff!
• A free call home
• Some info and support related to your campus, destination, public transportation and housing/ accommodation and
• Receive a $20.00 SIM Card for your mobile device courtesy of Rogers Communications. 

Does that sound appealing to you?!? I know I would have really appreciated having this service to welcome me to Canada. So the question that I can tell is on the tip of your tongue is "When do these booths open?"

York's President at the Opening
of the 1st Welcome Booth!

Well these booths will be open in Terminal's 1 and 3 in the international arrivals areas from August 15th to September 8th 2013 from 7am to 11pm.

So if you're coming to Canada over the course of those dates and within those times be sure to stop by
and pick up your welcome package and call home...to let them know that you're already making new friends!!

If you want more info about this service check out this link!

Once you're in Canada and you leave the airport, the welcome doesn't stop there. Once you make it York's Campus, the welcome continues at Frosh Week. This week is specifically designed to welcome incoming students to University life and given you a chance to meet people and make friends before your first day of class. Wanna know more about Social Orientation/ Frosh Week/ O-Week? Check out this link!

As if that's not enough of a welcome to Canada and York...there's also our international student office, info.

Orientation...DO IT!!

York International that has their own welcome and orientation events open for all international students, check out their website for more

If you've got questions about the welcome booths, or frosh week, feel free to comment below I'd love to answer any questions you might have!

Don't forget that your support continues on during the school year, so if you ever need any questions answered or directions stop by the Vari Hall Booth and talk to the RED Zone!

As always remember to take it one day at a time and catch me in the Zone!

Nicole