Southern Ontario Cooperative of ESL Ministries
Editor’s Note: Over the past year or so, issues of racism and discrimination have been much in the spotlight. This only helps to highlight the realities that some of our ESL students may be faced with day to day. The following is a piece written by a friend of SOCEM, an ESL teacher, about her […]
SOCEM is looking for a volunteer Communications Assistant to help with Newsletters, website management and Mailchimp communications. Role descriptions are below. Please contact eslministries@gmail.com if you are interested. Role SummaryThe Communications Assistant supports the work of SOCEM leadership through formatting and designing the 5 times per year email newsletter (“The ESL link”) and maintaining the […]
By Kathleen Barnard i saw a man with his childwalk along a path before meshe walked ahead of himhe followed closely behindwatching herwaiting for herwatching all aroundthey passed byout of my line of sight a while laterthey walked backwell …he walked backcarrying her in his armsstill watchingholding her tightly moments laterhe placed her gently on […]
ESL Link: Hello Andrew. Thank you for chatting with us. I know that you are not originally from Canada. Can you tell us a bit about your background? AU: I’m from Poland. During WWII I was a soldier in the Polish Underground Army fighting the Nazis. I experienced Nazi occupation. In 1944 I took part […]