New Beginning of UhakMate Education Counselling in Halifax, Nova Scotia CANADA

UhakMate Education Counselling 

My first experience with Nova Scotia was the tour with group of prospective nominees for Investment Immigration of Province Nominee Program in 2003. I was traveling as interpreter for the Province Nominee Program with the Korean applicants. I still clearly remember the thought that I had, while I was participating the seminar given by Halifax Regional Development Center. The people here in Nova Scotia certainly value the education and really care about their education system.

After I came back to Korea, I started study abroad consulting business in Korea in 2003. From that experience I thought that the province of Nova Scotia will be such a desirable destination for future steps for Korean young students’ study abroad. That thought became convinced with my hands-on working experience with Nova Scotia Public School Board and other educational institutions in Nova Scotia. Since 2005 I have been working with Nova Scotia Public School Board and education institutions in Nova Scotia. I have visited Nova Scotia couple of time by myself, which was in 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2014. During the last 10 years of working experience as a study abroad consultant, I can proudly say that I have been confidently recommending the Nova Scotia educational programs to our prospective students with all my heart. I have tried to establish solid business relationship with the members of Nova Scotia International Student Program and I think I have laid the ground work for cooperative business development with Nova Scotia Public School Board.

 

The programs I would like to develop here in Halifax are as follow:

l  Establish counseling center for Korean and International students in Nova Scotia for their further study

l  Can make the full use of the business network that I have been developed in the area of study abroad consulting in Korea

l  Actively promote NSISP to Korean market and bring more students to Nova Scotia

l  Actively promote Nova Scotia Education Immersion Program to prospective student teachers in Korea and bring more student teachers to Nova Scotia

l  Continuously strengthening online marketing activities toward Korean students by developing the informative webpage of Nova Scotia Educational Programs  -  www.novascotia.kr     www.uhakmate.co.kr

l  Develop local support center for housing for International students in Nova Scotia

l  Provide settlement service for the prospective families who wants to move into Nova Scotia for their children’s long-term study abroad.

I want that more Korean students know about Nova Scotia educational programs when they think about study abroad to Canada. Sometimes even agencies also do not have much information about Nova Scotia. They briefly know about that Canada has very high standard of public education system, but the cities they familiar with in Canada are just Vancouver and Toronto, sometimes Calgary and Ottawa. I think, if parents and students have information about Nova Scotia and Halifax, they are likely to choose it for their study abroad destination.  I am planning to strengthen my business relationship with Nova Scotia educational institutions as well as study abroad agencies in Korea. I am going to actively promote the established study abroad programs into the Korean market including ESL, College Program, Education Immersion Program, Public School Board Walk-in Student Program, and the NSISP Program.

 

I hope my personal living experience in Nova Scotia will open new business opportunities for me and the local community both. Through my direct life experience in Nova Scotia, I would like to introduce the province to more Korean prospective students and families who have plan to come to Canada for their study, travel and living. I am always happy to be a non-official ambassador of Nova Scotia. This year I moved to Halifax as a landed immigrant and it makes me possible to give direct support for our students and clients.  

sanghunsam@gmail.com

http://www.novascotia.kr