Manitoba Moose Game

Last Friday we spent the evening watching the Manitoba Moose play against the Bakersfield Condors!  The Manitoba Moose is an ice hockey team in Winnipeg playing in the American Hockey League.  

Even though the Moose couldn't get a win we cheered loud...

And we even danced a little with Winnipeg Legend Dancing Gabe!!

MCIE Reception

Last Tuesday night we were invited to the Manitoba Council for International Education annual reception.  We had four wonderful volunteers who greeted guests and got to meet international students from around Manitoba as well as government officials involved in education.  It was great to see so many people committed to international education in one room.  Thanks for the invite MCIE!

Manitoba Museum

Last Friday, we were just a small group of four but it was a great day at the Manitoba Museum and Smoke's Poutinerie! We started with some Canadian comfort food...poutine...or french fries, cheese and gravy for anyone who is unfamiliar.  After we took a much needed walk to the Manitoba Museum to see the National Geographic Presents: Earth Explorer's Exhibit.  We learned lots about Manitoba's history and how scientists are exploring the world and learning new things every day!

Esfera Flashback!

In October we hosted a small group of 7th graders from Brazil! It was so much fun to see them making fast friends and being interested in Winnipeg and Canada.  We went to the Zoo...

...and saw the amazing new Journey to Churchill Exhibit.  There were Polar Bears swimming, wolves lounging around and some seals getting lunch.  Later in the week we visited The Forks and had to make a little pit stop at the skate park to see how fast we could run up the ramps...

The Forks was great for some early lunch and shopping before we walked over to the Canadian Museum of Human Rights to learn about human rights around the world. Our tour guide was awesome and the students were so engaged in learning about champions of human rights and issues that the world faces.

The next week our Brazilian guests got the real Canadian experience by learning how to skate and play ice hockey with the St. James-Assiniboia Hockey Academy...

And last but certainly not least we got a great tour of the St. James Fire Station.  The students were able to try out the fire hose, put on the gear, and even got some first aid experience. 

It was a great two weeks spent seeing Winnipeg and making new friends across the world.  Until we meet again!

October

October has gone by really fast!  It's hard to believe it it's over already.  We had our annual grade 7 group from Brazil, and they saw quite a bit of Winnipeg in their two weeks here, including some swimming polar bears.

We also went to see an NBA game, which was a great opportunity.

And of course it was just Halloween.  Here is Daniel with a great costume and fantastic pumpkin carving.

Send in any more Halloween pictures, we would love to see them!