Education Youth

Edmonton Intercultural Dialogue Institute hosted a round-table discussion on “Radicalization of Youth” at the IDI Edmonton centre. The keynote speaker was the Hon. Brent Rathgeber, Member of Parliament for Edmonton - St. Albert. In attendance at this very topical event were academics including Prof. David Goa, Director of the Ronning Centre, Prof. Catherine Caufield, University [...]

This year’s graduation ceremony was more lively and exciting then ever before. Two valedictorians from each campus were chosen. Habibe Dogan, our valedictorian from the Blue Haven Campus gave an energetic speech that had the class of 2015 both in laughter and in tears. She will be continuing her education at McGill University where she [...]

Afterschool programs can enhance children’s academic achievement. Muslim Students, who have been growing in Canada, have a chance to avail of intensive Islamic religious studies with the Afterschooling project of Dicle Islamic Society. In summer courses, Dicle has provided 53 students with Qur’anic education in two different locations for boys and girls separately. The association [...]

Nile Academy received an Honorable Mention at the 2015 International Sustainable World Energy, Engineering, and Environmental Project (I-SWEEEP) Olympiad in Houston Texas. I-SWEEEP, held in May this year, is organized by the Cosmos Foundation, a non-profit educational organization in Houston. The event welcomed over 1,000 young scientists from over 70 countries. Grade 11 students Mert Serinken and Gurhan Uzum received an Honorable Mention [...]

Kitapokuyorum.org is great web site that helps children learn Turkish. Students read the books provided and then take quizzes on the site for each book. Last month, Vedat Hanci at level 2, and Erkam Boyacioglu at Level 5 took the first places. Both students are […]

Over the past weekend (March 28th-29th) Nile  students competed in the Sport TKO (Taekwondo) Open which was held at York University. Our team competed in the High Performance Category. Turkey Sal performed superbly and we are proud to report that he won […]

Nile Academy received 1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze medal from the Toronto Science Fair. Nile Academy students competed at the Toronto Science Fair on March 27-28. Mert Serinken and Gurhan Uzum, Plunkett Campus students, won gold medal for their project “Preventing formaldehyde […]

Two teams representing Nile Academy Plunkett Campus won awards at this year’s Sumobot Robotic Engineering Competition at UOIT (University of Ontario Institute of Technology. Overall Nile […]