My daughter was one of the first students at My Whole Earth Academy back in 2014. At that time she…read moredidn't have very good English and had some sort of separation anxiety. Thanks to all teachers and especially Miss Jen for giving my daughter lots of attention and helping her to overcome that anxiety. My daughter has very good memories about her preschool. I always recommend My Whole Earth Academy to all my friends who are looking for professional child care.

Worst school experience, on our first day, my 19month child was playing with some musical…read moreinstruments and one the the teacher was afraid that my child will break it, so she grabbed the tambourine out of her hand and put it behind her......The teacher was playing a plastic box as a drum, and she's not worried if it will break since it's already half broken? My child is only 19 month and she took the chance to let her discover and learn, without teaching her with patience. After circle time that teacher stood up walking with out care and bumped into my child and kicked her into a very sharp table corner, dented her forehead and my child started bleeding. The whole classroom wasn't protected, but right after this happened they started to put up all the protection for sharp corners......I was very upset and disappointed. The principal also called me after, but her phone call made me felt worse, and she said she was going to check back with me and I never received another phone call from her! My child has a scar on her forehead and the dent is still there after more than a month. I have taken my child to many daycare and community center, and we are still waiting to be called on a few wait list, since this school has opening, I thought I could take her there for the time being, but This is the worst school we have been to, and I suggest moms that wants to apply think twice, because they are very unprofessional. If this system could let me choose no star, I wouldn't have given one！

Friendly and professional staff. They were on time and I had my results within 20 min. There is a…read morepublic bathroom that is shared with other businesses on their floor. I would highly recommend Iridia Medical for your Covid test needs.

From the owner: Iridia Medical is a leading provider of basic and advanced cardiac care training, having trained…read morethousands in the use of CPR and AED. As premier implementer of AED programs in Canadian workplaces, we also offer industry-leading defibrillators and SmartMan manikins. Remote care medical services is another area where Iridia looks to deliver the right care at the right time. Our team of physicians, paramedics, and OFA III's, as well as a fleet of mobile treatment centers and ambulances are there in remote work sites to promote and ensure health and safety. As one of Canada's Fastest Growing Companies, we continue to offer innovative solutions to eequip lay rescuers, health care professionals, and workplaces with the right tools and knowledge to save lives.

BE AWARE. If you buy 10 hour Study Space Pass from them, you have to use it within that year…read moreotherwise they will keep your money and unused sessions will expire. When you get the invoice from them it does not say anywhere that they expire and you are not going to get refund. My son had tutoring through them for the past three years. Paid $1360 every four weeks. Bought Study Space pass for my daughter that she end up never using it and it expired. You think they would contact me to tell me you have unused sessions that are expiring or asked me if I would like to transfer it to my son. No, money down the drain. On the other hand had excellent experience with Tutor Doctor with my daughter and tutors come to your home as opposed to you going to them. Rip off and no respect for loyalty or the amount of money you spent for tutoring with them.

Brainboost Education on West Broadway in Vancouver is at best a mediocre tutoring service…read more We contracted them to tutor our son, Kieran, in Language Arts and Math last summer. They provided us with an acceptable tentative schedule, but by the time he began school the classes and tutoring sessions we had agreed upon no longer existed. Instead we settle on Social and in about a further 4 month's time, they found a math tutor for our son. Unlike the class they had promised us the tutor costs $75 per hourly session. It's very difficult to find suitably qualified extra-curricular services for learning disabled students, even for those with dyslexia (a very common disability). Due to high pressure sales tactics, last minute scheduling changes and real insensitivity towards their clients requests we found BrainBoost much less amenable than other tutoring companies in the immediate Broadway West or MACKENZIE HEIGHTS/DUNBAR area. I feel now that it's much less of a school than a business and it provides only modest value for your hard-earned tutoring dollars. Please feel free to contact me for more specific recommendations if you have a learning disabled child. Giles Slade, PhD

We had my son at the VLC for 1 year. The staff are all fully certified teachers, are kind, and mean…read morewell. A couple of the teachers are older and have more experience. If your child is with them, they are fantastic and will likely do really well. The rest of the staff seem to be young, fresh out of teacher college, and regularly turn over. The premise of this place is that it is run by an Educational Psychologist who assesses all children before tutoring commences and designs a specific programme for each child to follow. While this was expensive, this is a great approach. Unfortunately, my experience was that the teachers are not trained in any sort of special ed, or multisensory learning. In fact I've heard them boast that they 'do their own thing.' Which is a shame, given the millions of dollars of research-based interventions available that they are refusing to educate themselves with. The teachers have some ideas, and do their best with the in-house tools, but in our case they fell short entirely due to lack of actual training. Kids who struggle in school don't struggle because they need more of the same. They struggle because they need a different approach. I did not find this here. The centre makes a big deal about brain plasticity and neurology...but what I saw was a dated programme, with no evidence of any of the new research in this field that has come out in the past 20 years. They do have some interesting cognitive training programmes. I was pretty excited about them to start with, but it became clear that they are not research-based. Based on the research I have read on these type of 'brain training' programmes, they are unlikely to have any measurable effect, except perhaps to improve scores on the WISC intelligence test as they are very similar to the tests within that assessment. If your child just needs a bit of extra 1:1 support, then the VLC is a good place to get it. Frankly, if this is the case, go find yourself a good tutor off craigslist or use the teachers tutoring service for half the cost. If your child has an LD, I suggest you find someone who is trained in modern, research-based strategies who can intervene and help your child catch up with his/her peers. One benefit of being part of the VLC was the extraordinary amount of service we received from the Ed Psych. She really cares about her kids, and attended a school meeting with us without charging us a dime for her time. Unfortunately, we were saddened to discover that once we left we were completely cut off from support from her. We requested to pay for her time, but she wouldn't even return our emails. I couldn't believe it, after all the money we had spent at the place! Due to this, we lost 6 more months before my child was able to have the IEP he needed to be supported properly at school, plus we had to pay out of pocket for another psychologist. If you choose to send your child here, make sure that someone is doing regular progress testing with your child, to track that they are improving at a rate that will enable them to catch up with their peers. Otherwise, you are simply paying a higher rate for regular tutoring.

This is an awesome place! The coaches at the VLC teach my…read morechild strategies to overcome weaknesses and to encourage talents to blossom. All coaches are compassionate and caring - the VLC is the highlight of my child's week.

1/5 stars- don't waste your money on this name brand driving school. Overall, it is expensive, the…read moreinstructors are not friendly or helpful and they are hard to get ahold and the online training is outdated, slow and not tailored to BC roads. I went with Young Drivers for when my daughter started driving as I felt it had a good reputation throughout the years. However, I was extremely disappointed in the driver's school. Here is why: -it is very hard to book the lessons. We tried to book lessons and there was very little options outside of school time. One time my daughter woke up sick and we tried to cancel the lesson. After being on the phone for 90 minutes we were still waiting to speak to a person and it was time for my daughter's lesson so she had to end up going when she was sick -the first instructor my daughter had did not speak English very well. He wasn't patient with her and turned her off of driving for a whole year. When we finally convinced her to start driving again we found out that the lesson package we bought expired (which we were unaware of, and it expired in one year!). We were told that we could just forego the money that we paid or we had to upgrade to the new 2024 price! We ended up with a very nice instructor the second time but our experience with her made us realize that the first instructor did not follow the proper protocols for Young Driver's and he was supposed to be giving her an overview at the end of each lesson to provide her with insight on what to work on. So we wasted money on 3 very expensive lessons that didn't teach her anything. -the online portion was very slow to load, it took my daughter a long time to complete the program and not because it was lengthy but because it was often loading and very, very slow. It was very frustrating. Also, it seemed to be more tailored to those living in other provinces and not very applicable to driving in BC. They told my daughter that you could use these credits for high school but we were told when she completed that only if the whole test and driver's training is completed in a certain time frame So overall, there is no advantage to go through Young Driver's. Don't waste your money on this franchise. There are better driving schools out there that will give your child more respect, knowledge and treat you as a person not just a number.

Surrey BC. Poor customer service and not worth the money…read morespent. YDC makes it very challenging to get a hold of someone to book appointments, cancel, or rebook a lesson. This is done over the phone during office hours only. We were charged a $210 'cancelation fee' when we called to cancel the road test. Since the Road Test and lesson already was paid for as part of the package and feel this was an absolute cash grab who took advantage of the situation. When we called to get a refund, they couldn't explain why it was charged in the first place and transferred us to the person who charged us. She said it was the manager's problem to fix and I have not received a phone call or email since. Very disappointing experience. I recommend a driving school that offers online booking with reminders of lessons coming up. They also could use follow-up emails or reviews to check how the lessons are going or if the instructor is a good fit.