General Tips for Newcomers

Tips 1 to 41. Have an Open MindIn a new country things are going to be very different. You must be ready to try new things. It is useful to try to understand why people do things differently and what different values they have. 2. Look for Familiar ItemsSometimes its nice to eat familiar food or read a book in your own language. Look for places that sell products similar to your home country and meet people that speak your language. This will help you get over the culture shock. 3. Get OutsideIt...

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About

This blog is an offshoot of the parent company factsnet.org. It aims to be a testing site for FACTSnet's technical and data management coordinators to the improve aesthetic quality and usability of FACTSnet's main site and those of its offshoots. Most of the content on this blog has been borrowed from another FACTSnet offshoot blog, the Alberta International Friendship Network in order to help the coordinators develop a system that will work with the typical FACTSnet blog.Tous les parties de...

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Installing a horizontal drop-down menu

The code, instructions and most of the images in this post are taken from helplogger: this post is intended to be a backup in case the above link ever gets broken. Second note: I am hopelessly technologically impaired, so parts of this tutorial may seem blindingly obvious to anyone with any knowledge of HTML or Blogger. I put in all the issues I had in adding this menu, on the off chance that whoever...

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Menu

New site menu how-to: link Since we'll be creating an entirely new template for this, we'll probably want to write up a clear tutorial so future employees can figure out what we did and how to change it if they need to - we don't want to end up with a second unchangeable templa...

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Newcomer Blog Project Information

ESL Information for Newcomers BlogHomestay Edmontonhttp://www.edmontonhomestayagency.com/Visitors to Edmontonhttp://www.infoedmonton.com/http://www.edmontonevents.com/Ethnic societies in Edmontonhttp://www.edmontonmulticultural-ems.org/resource-directory/ethnic-group.htmlEdmonton Public Libraryhttp://www.epl.ca/interests/multiculturalESL contacts:NAITKimberly Payne 471-8360 kpayne@nait.caLorraine 780-378-5030 lorrnord@nait.ca  W111PBInterview with Kimberly - Summary:NAIT has 5 levels of English....

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Informations pour les francophones en Edmonton

Edmonton a une communauté francophone vive, avec une grande variété de ressources qui vous sont disponibles. La plupart d’entre eux se situent près du centre-ville dans les environs de Campus St-Jean, la campus francophone de l’Université de l’AlbertaEdmonton has a great francophone community with a wide variety of resources available. Most of these are located downtown around Campus St-Jean, the...

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General Tips for Students

Tips 1 to 51. Get OrganizedWhen you are a student in a post secondary institution you will have a lot of papers and books to keep track of. Make sure you have lots of binders, shelves or file folders to keep the papers in order.A large calendar will also help you remember your assignments.*In some institutions, you can get a student planer to help you things organize.   Do not forget your deadlines for exams, fees, etc.2. Watch Your MoneyWhen you first arrive at a post secondary institution...

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