Canada has a rich and varied history, and Frontier College is an important part of our country’s story. Our alumni—staff, volunteers, and Labourer-Teachers—come from all parts of the country, all walks of life, and their experiences with Frontier College span decades. If you have worked with us in any capacity, we encourage you to send in your own Frontier College story. For more information or to reconnect with Frontier College, please contact alumni@frontiercollege.ca.
The year was 1957. I was twenty-one and looking for a summer job after my first year at university. A friend told me he was applying to be a Labour...
At 96 years old, William Bartolotta not only remembers when Edmund Bradwin was principal of Frontier College, but had the pleasure of meeting him. ...
Even volunteering with Frontier College for a short time made an impact on me. My first few sessions as a tutor were hard sometimes,...
J’ai eu la chance de m'impliquer de 2008 à 2014 avec Collège Frontière, plus particulièrement dans le quartier Côte-des-Neiges. En plus d...
J’ai joint Collège Frontière parce que cet organisme m’enlevait les mots de la bouche! Je devais les récupérer, j’ai donc frappé ...
When I first came to Canada as a new immigrant in May 2014 I took a dream with me; to become an English teacher. As long as it could take to get th...
Un bénévole arrive à Collège Frontière un peu par hasard. Il aurait pu choisir un autre organisme. Elle aurait pu travailler à un autre enjeu. Rapi...
I started volunteering for Frontier College because I was passionate about learning and bringing education to underserved communities: ensuring the...
Mon implication au sein de Collège Frontière a d’abord débuté par un besoin d’aider les autres. Étant aînée d’une grande famille ...
My journey with Frontier College started June of 2000; little did I know that my time with the College would span over 15 years. What drew me to ap...
I first heard of Frontier College through my brother who volunteered as a tutor for the College during his four years at Queen's University...
Je suis devenu bénévole à Collège Frontière dès ma première année au Québec, soit en 2006. 6 mois plus tard, j’étais déjà responsable d&rsq...
"Hard Work and Low Pay” said the summer employment ad in the Manitoban, the U of Manitoba student newspaper. What kind of an organizatio...
Say goodbye to pavement!I don’t know if the Wasaya airlines shuttle driver noticed the confused look on my face, but he didn’t elaborat...
A memorable event of any early Frontier College instructor’s field posting was the briefing by Principal Edmund W. Bradwin. These were based ...
I first heard of Frontier College early in my studies at the University of Toronto; when hitchhiking my way to class, a station wagon bearing the n...
For the past three summers I have been working as a Summer Camp Counsellor with the Lieutenant Governor's Aboriginal Summer Literacy Program. I...
This is story of the most amazing summer I have ever spent. A summer that started off with tears of, “I can‟t wait til this is over”, b...
I became a social worker largely as a result of my experience as a Labourer‐Teacher with Frontier College in 1951. My interest in community develop...
Literacy is measured on a scale of 0 to 5, with 5 being the highest. A 2013 study revealed that almost half of Canadians have literacy scores below level 3, and nearly 1 in 5 Canadians are at or below Level 1.