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September 22, 2020

Contact North | Contact Nord Hearst Online Learning Centre Reopens September 17, 2020

(HEARST, ON) - Contact North I Contact Nord’s Hearst online learning centre reopened on Thursday, September 17, 2020 and staff are looking forward to providing on-site student support services
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September 9, 2020

Contact North | Contact Nord Sudbury Operations Centre Reopens September 9, 2020

(SUDBURY, ON) – Contact North | Contact Nord is pleased to announce the reopening of its Sudbury Operations Centre for students and staff on Wednesday, September 9, 2020.
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September 8, 2020

Contact North | Contact Nord South Porcupine Online Learning Centre Reopens September 8, 2020

(SOUTH PORCUPINE, ON) - Contact North I Contact Nord’s South Porcupine online learning centre reopened on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 and staff are looking forward to providing on-site student support services.
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August 28, 2020

Contact North | Contact Nord Thunder Bay Operations Centre Reopens August 28, 2020

Thunder Bay, ON – Contact North | Contact Nord is pleased to announce the reopening of its Thunder Bay Operations Centre for students and staff on Friday, August 28, 2020.
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August 17, 2020

Contact North | Contact Nord Cochrane Online Learning Centre Reopens August 17, 2020

Cochrane, ON – Contact North I Contact Nord’s Cochrane online learning centre is reopening on Monday, August 17, 2020 and staff are looking forward to providing on-site student support services, including:
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August 5, 2020

Contact North | Contact Nord Collaborates with Athabasca University to Offer Free MOOC

THUNDER BAY, ON - New and returning post-secondary students preparing to take their university classes online this fall can now take a free online course (MOOC), Learning to Learn Online starting August 10, 2020.
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July 14, 2020

ED-TECH IS WATCHING YOU! THE NEED FOR ANTI-SURVEILLANCE – In Conversation with Audrey Watters

Thunder Bay, ON – Contact North | Contact Nord features a conversation with Audrey Watters, self-described” education writer, independent scholar, serial dropout, rabble-rouser, and ed-tech's Cassandra” to warn us of the most pervasive trend in education technology today - surveillance.
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January 9, 2020

Contact North | Contact Nord’s 10 Predictions for Online Learning in 2020

(THUNDER BAY) - Contact North | Contact Nord today released its ten predictions for online learning in 2020, which outlines ten patterns and trends it forecasts to dominate online learning in 2020.
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October 10, 2019

Double Digit Growth in Online Learning in Canadian Colleges and Universities

Preliminary results of the National Survey on Online Learning released to 1,100 + delegates at ONLINE LEARNING 2019 in Toronto on Wednesday, October 9, 2019, reveal a 10 % growth in online learning in Canada between 2019 and 2018
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October 7, 2019

OCAS – Contact North | Contact Nord Collaboration

(Thunder Bay / Guelph) – Contact North | Contact Nord and OCAS, a not-for-profit organization delivering shared technology and application services for Ontario’s public colleges, today announced a partnership leading to enhanced services for students participating in online programs and courses in 600 small, remote, rural, Indigenous and Francophone communities across the province.
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