What:

• Improve English to open more work and professional opportunities, broaden education choices and strengthen community connections
• FREE LINC / ESL classes for eligible students
• English Language Classes include Literacy and Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) 1-8. (LINC Literacy to CLB 6 only). LINC & ESL taught by TESL certified teachers
• Reading, Writing, Listening & Speaking for English Language Learners at all CLB levels
• Portfolio-based language assessment (PBLA) where real-world task-based learning determines CLB level progress
• Licensed Child Care for all eligible students and Care for Newcomer Children for LINC students only
• In-person classes and limited online classes are offered at the locations stated

Who:

Adults (18+ years) whose English has been assessed at any Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level and any of the following status in Canada:

• Convention Refugee
• Refugee Claimant
• Permanent Resident
• Landed Immigrant
• Canadian Citizen not born in Canada and English is not your first language

When:

September – June (school year)

• Monday – Thursday at 8:45am–11:45am / Friday at 10:00am–11:45am (mornings)
• Monday – Thursday at 12:30pm–3:00pm / Friday at 12:30pm–2:00pm (afternoons)
• Tuesday and Wednesday at 6:30pm–8:30pm (evening)

Where:

St. Louis—Kitchener Main Campus

• LINC – all CLB levels – day only / ESL evening
• 80 Young Street (behind Kitchener City Hall)

St. Louis—Kitchener St. Mary’s Campus

• ESL – day only
• 77 Young Street (across the street from 80 Young Street)

St. Louis—Kitchener St. Francis Campus

• LINC & ESL – literacy to CLB 7 – day only
• 154 Gatewood Road (corner of Blueridge Road West and Queen’s Boulevard)

Highland Baptist Church—Kitchener

• LINC – literacy to CLB 4 – mornings only
• 135 Highland Road West (near Waterloo Region Health Network @ Queen’s Blvd, formerly St. Mary’s Hospital)

Online—contact ESL for details

Ask For:

esl.stlouis@wcdsb.ca or stlouis@wcdsb.ca
(519) 745-1201
ESL—ext. 229
LINC—ext. 400

LINC funded by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
ESL funded by the Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development

What:

• Federally and Provincially funded Language Instruction for Newcomers (LINC) and English as a Second Language (ESL) program
• Offer Classes from Foundational (ESL) Literacy to Canadian Language Benchmark 6
• Classes are offered in-person and online

Who:

Learner must be 18+ years or a graduate of secondary school; must have a first language that is other than English; must be residing in Canada as a naturalized Canadian citizen, Permanent Resident, Convention Refugee or Refugee Claimant, or have arrived through the Live-in Caregiver program or Canada-Ukraine Authorization for Emergency Travel. Must first have a language assessment at Immigrant Services Guelph-Wellington. 

When:

September – June:

• Monday – Friday at 9:25am–11:40am
  (in person and online)
• Monday – Friday at 12:30pm–2:45pm
  (in person and online)
• Monday – Thursday at 4:00pm–5:45pm
  (online only)
• Mondays and Wednesdays
  at 6:45pm–9:00pm (in person and online)

Classes are offered in July and August. Please contact us for days and times.

Where:

St. George’s Centre for ESL
21 King Street (all times) 

Tytler Centre
131 Ontario Street (mornings)

Wellington Centre for Continuing Education
1428 Gordon Street (mornings)

Ask For:

Sheila Nicholas, Program Administrator, ESL and LINC Programs 
sheila.nicholas@ugdsb.on.ca
(519) 766-9551

Narjis Ahmed, Assistant Program Supervisor, ESL and LINC Programs
narjis.ahmed@ugdsb.on.ca
(519) 823-1300