I'm still not a fan of Langara, mostly because they are so stubborn and will not have earlier…read morecontinuing evening classes or more classes offered on the weekend, making it extremely stressful and difficult for me to commute home. Also, the experience with the instructor in the first class, who didn't show up for the final exam, made the class an absolute nightmare (although Langara did right by taking our complaints seriously and giving everyone a very generous credit). And the Starbucks on campus is run by fucking morons. However, I am giving them back a star, because I was impressed with how they handled the recent school closure. On Monday April 1st, a disgruntled student* set off some incendiary devices in the school, causing the evacuation and closure of the school for two days (luckily it reopened on Wednesday April 3rd, the day I had class). It was big news, and Langara was really good with sending everyone informative emails about the incident. They updated everyone in a timely manner about the school closure and what was going on (Translink could learn from them), and even after the school was reopened, they kept everyone informed about the progress of the case, and offered students support services if needed. The emails were well written, informative, and interesting. There were quite a few emails, but it didn't feel like spam. So good job, Langara, at keeping people informed. *One of my classmates said that she had found out that the student who set off the devices had failed his chemistry class. I guess good thing he failed, otherwise the damage might have been worse.

School has set times for registration for classes, apparently its randomized but if you get…read moreanything that's not the first day good luck. Courses fill up with the insane amount of international students Langara hosts and you'll be lucky to have a spot in the 20's in the waitlist. Not even the worst part. Before you can actually see the course outline or how the course is etc, Langara has their 100% refund date set to just the day before all that info goes live. If on the day all the info goes live and you see that you don't like the course itself, too bad you just lost money and are now only eligible for a 70% refund. This school is the gross reality of what post secondary has become, a product only for those who can afford it and past that, only for those with the incomprehensible patience for it.

I am pursuing EA diploma at the Abbotsford campus. I am having a great learning experience over…read morehere. I gain a lot of knowledge from here to become a successful EA in future. My instructor is so humble and intelligent. She has a tons of experience in this field and she is always ready to help her students in every possible way. I will definitely recommend this college to everyone....Just go for it!!!

I was a student at the Abbotsford campus and I must say the training I received was above and…read morebeyond. The instructor for the SSW course had over 20 years of experience in the field and brings her real life experience into the classroom. I was more than prepared for the "real world" with the education and training I obtained at the school. I have been employed in my chosen field of work, since graduating last fall. If you are wavering, take the plunge!

Recently we had a representative of VCC come to Centennial Secondary. I was able to ask them…read morequestions about the cooking program the college offers. The representative was very polite, had no problem answering my questions about the community and classes along with the tuition and gave me lots of helpful insight like how long the course takes and what higher level courses they offer once you finish the first and want to progress up. The reason I picked VCC was because of their culinary courses and the representative sold me on my choice with VCC. He was able to exceed my expectations and even offered a personal tour of the entire kitchen from him.

I'm a new student here just trying to get familiar with the place. I wanted to get ahead on my…read morebooks and materials and had been told to come back another time as I was using a gift card to pay for my books and materials. I was told by two employees that neither had been trained to do gift card transactions with the new system. Coming from North Burnaby, this a bit time wasting. When I was able to purchase my materials, I realized I was missing two items from the kit I purchased; everything was originally stuffed into a canvas bag in disarray so you could barely navigate through it to double check everything. Granted, the kit that I bought included 20+ items so I shouldn't be too upset. It's just the fact that I had to trek all the way to the downtown campus to pick up books and materials weighing well over 10lbs and trekking home again just to realize I'm still missing items. But overall I'm not too upset just a little annoyed. The customer service I got from other employees was sincere and friendly. First impressions mean a lot, but it isn't everything.

If someone had told a younger version of me that I would be #livingthedream at UFV.. I am not sure…read morewhat I would have said. The thing is, life moves fast, and although we all have dreams and goals.. sometimes we end up at somewhere like UFV. Now, I am not trying to trash on anyone who goes to UFV, it is an okay school, and I don't blame anyone for going there. It is a relatively affordable school, and it makes sense for so many people to go there; it makes sense for me to go there. However, at the same time, I would not try to claim that the University of The Fraser Valley is a great school. To be honest I kind of sort maybe hate it. The profs are pretty good, and the campus itself is not that bad, but if I were to be completely honest, the only thing that convinces me to go to school is wanting a better job when I am older. Okay, not really.. my main motivator for going to school is the UFV Timhortons located within building G. Shoutout to the Timmie's workers, they are the goats. Oh yeah, also the wifi/power goes down like everyday.. so I guess that's one way to procrastinate with a reason.

It's okay if you're looking for a place close to home or a starter school, but it's pretty lacking…read morewhen it comes to some departments. It's difficult to get through a degree when courses aren't always available or you're being waitlisted. This is especially apparent for their low budget CIS program! Highly recommend communications courses here though! The profs are all great and what they teach is useful for any real world career! Japanese Prof Joe Sunami is also highly under appreciated. He's a wonderful, patient teacher! Weeaboos please take his class seriously. He deserves better than you!

This is a nice place to study. There are course like Tourism…read moreand Hospitality and Business. Greystone is near from at the Granville Station and in front of the pacific centre. The professors are really good and helpful. I choose Greystone to study because I read a lot of good reviews in my hometown. I liked the programs and the policies and I was thinking to my self, "why not?" Now here I'm studying and write a good review. I hope you enjoy to study here too and have a good experience as I had :)

From the owner: Greystone College offers vocational training programs in Business, Tourism and Hospitality, and…read moreTESOL, and has locations in Vancouver, Toronto, and New Delhi. Our programs offer co-op options to help students gain hands-on experience in the field. Students who complete our certificates and diplomas will qualify for certification through the American Hotel and Lodging Association, the Canadian Institute of Management, TESL Canada, or Cambridge ESOL. Greystone College was established in 2002 and is proud to deliver premier quality career and vocational training in a stimulating, cross-cultural environment.

A school that is tailored to international students. 80% of the students here are international…read morestudents. The only degree program that they off is associate of political arts degree. They do offer other programs like film, culinary school and fashion design. May students who attends LaSalle College are hoping to get their PR or immigrate to Canada. The school is very secretive. When you walk in you are first approached by a security. If you are not a student, you will need to sign in with the receptionist.

I would like to say that LaSalle College in Vancouver is a diamond in the rough. I was pleasantly…read moresurprised by their Fashion Design program. LaSalle's fashion program strongest part would have to be their pattern drafting, sewing and illustration. The sewing and pattern drafting instructor is highly educated on patter drafting having apprenticed with a German patter drafter who wrote 3 books on the subject of how to make tailored garments. I believe LaSalle is the only school in Vancouver who teaches its students how to make your own blocks from scratch. Other school starts you up with pre made blocks. I came from a sewing background and still my skills in sewing improved dramatically. Other students, who had never sewn before starting the course, did amazingly well for beginners. I was blown away by our illustration instructor. She will make you improve whatever skill you have in drawing 100 times if you work hard every day. It will pay off. The campus location is great. It is right by all the downtown sky trains and the space of the school is quite nice. It's not new but the working area is big. While I was going there, all the teachers were excellent and since it's still a small school you will get a lot of one on one with all of the instructors. The school always encourages students to participate in extracurricular activities. Even though it is up to the student we are constantly hearing about fashion shows and participating at Vancouver Fashion Week. I have recently graduated in 2011 and secured a post graduate work permit. Currently, I got an interview with Cirque Du Soliel, which has always been my dream. I think LaSalle's reputation helped me get this interview because it is a logo that is recognized internationally. Check out my links on my graduating show and illustrations http://blog.lasallecollegevancouver.com/vancouver-fashion-week-wilber-tellez https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150222747385222.314030.84011640221&type=3

Very rude employee in the student Information. I called them on 8th of Aug, 2025 at 3:10 pm. After…read morea long waiting time, when she finally picked up the phone, she didn't even let me finish my question and yealed at me saying go to the website. I was explaining the info is not on the website and she yealed again. Why BCIT assign impatient person to reply the phone?

They'll cancel your courses the day before they're supposed to start and then won't respond to your…read moreemails.

I can't say that CapU is a university that stands out if compared with others in the Greater…read moreVancouver area. Programs are usually overpriced, and the curricula aren't that great. They do whatever they can to milk money from students (especially from the international ones) and do not deliver good quality courses and SERVICES. I attended the North American Business Applied and do not recommend it. There are similar courses out there for a much better price, and most of the time, the instructors will be the same - btw, one of the few things that I liked about CapilanoU. Do not expect to have much assistance from their staff. They don't keep their word at all! I confess that I got a lot disappointed, maybe because I was expecting too much from this college - considering the huge amount of $ and time invested. if I could turn back time, I'd have chosen another university for sure!

I've attended Cap U twice in my life; One when it was Capilano College under the film studies and a…read morefew years later (recently) under the culinary program. My primary review is for the film program. I came here based on the reputation at the time of the course being better than some in the city (you know who you are). For what you paid and what the course had to offer seemed weak. The course was divided into sectionals: Lighting and camera, script writing, editing, AC, history of film, and business of film. Some teachers in the course had experience in the industry that were relevant and had a lot to offer while others were out dated. Please note that my experience compared to the current course may have changed as well as the teachers, however, I know that most of these are still in existence 'cause I have some of my friends nieces currently enrolled. Through conversation with them I feel that situations have not changed. Of course names will not be mentioned as that is irrelevant to the review. Editing: Bi-polar teacher that was supportive one moment and screaming at your the next for no reason. Not enough computers to go around to encourage or allow students to work on projects. History of film: You watch movies all day, something that I can do on my own for free on Netflix. Teacher was sexiest. Script Supervising: One of the most valued courses for me. I have an eye for mistakes and love the technical side of things in regards to continuity. Aside from a PA on major productions, for independent movies I did a lot of script supervising. Teacher was warm, knowledgeable and she made things make sense. Camera & Lighting: Learned some basics, however, with new lenses, editing and lighting this soon became an outdated course. The basics still hold value today. Business of Film: Teacher had an awesome sense of dark sarcasm and humor, we got along great. After learning about the business, financial numbers seen very interesting to you. I found that the course had way too many fresh out of high school kids who either didn't know what they wanted, thought they could be the next Lucas, still had some high school tendencies. I was a bit older than them and established myself a bit more to mature and grow before finding my way. There weren't enough people that were my age or slightly adult who took the course as seriously as they should. This partially ruined my learning experience. I was 4 years older than most of the students and still too young for the few adults. Way too much drama and high school attitude that most of my classmates carried through in their adult life. Because of this I didn't get a lot out of this during the projects as I felt were owed to me. This is a flaw with the admissions portion as mentioned before, not the students themselves. As mentioned, even if you have a demo tape. If you had the money or a scholarship, you were in. No real filtering of students who would actually elevate or make the course. The course was overly priced. Parking is horrible, take the bus. Parking is horrible, take the bus.

i dont recommend your child to attend this school. there…read moreare kids who vape (smoke in the bathrooms) marijuana and get high. teachers are also eh not that great

First class all the way! A beautiful Catholic school with…read moretop notch staff and teachers that help form the great minds of the future. Excellent athletics program

Sitting in the "peanut gallery" as the prof used to call those of us who sat in the back of the…read moretheatre, I would smugly smile at my good fortune to be in a faculty that had classes downtown instead of the prison-like institution up the mountain. Plus, it gave me even more reason to hang out downtown. [end flashback] Taking classes in the Writing and Publishing program this past year gave me a reason to go back and experience it through adult eyes, and while the views and amenities are still there, I gotta say, I wasn't so impressed. At one point I dropped a course because it fell into the realm of irrelevance. I know I can go back and finish the certificate program anytime in the next year, heck I even have cash credit towards another course... but I likely won't use them. It's not that there isn't valuable information to be learned here, it's that it's not tax deductible. Not tax deductible? Isn't post secondary education considered deductible? Well, not according to the letter I received this week saying they had wrongly issued me a T2202E... That's the second time in my SFU career that their admin department has screwed up costing me money, time and suffering in the tax department. Once it even resulted in me being audited... as a student! I want to scream at the top of my lungs, "Get it together! You're an institution!" But I refrain, I have to save my energy for another looming accountant bill which is where this path leads. Hindsight is 20/20, and the grass is always greener at UBC.

I've taken quite a few courses and workshops here in the Writing and Publishing program, and they…read morehave all been great. Well, except for one that was kind of lame... In any case, when you sign up for a course here, you not only get a lot of great information from instructors who are professionals in their fields, you also get a course package that includes all the books and materials required, note paper, even pens and pencils. One intensive two-week workshop I took even included a dinner and fireworks cruise in the tuition fee. There are also plenty of free events put on throughout the year, such as author talks, that you can attend just by signing up. The campus is compact, but it's quite nice, and there are coffee shops in the building and just around the neighbourhood for getting to know your classmates better. SFU Harbour Centre is great for continuing ed - convenient, safe, and attractive.