Here in Toronto, it’s the Labour Day weekend. That means the summer holidays are behind us, and the start of classes is just around the corner. It’s an exciting time! We are about to welcome our fourth cohort of students into Year One of the program. And our third cohort will soon begin Year Two. I’m […]
Over the last few months, I have been on the receiving end of some training. My training has been taking place in the gym, rather than in an interpreting lab. But it has nevertheless made me reflect on how trainee interpreters might make the most of their experiences. Once upon a time, I was pretty devoted to working out. But […]
This week at the MCI, we were in touch with a number of our recent graduates. Now that their training is behind them, they’re trying to map out a strategy for their entry into the profession. They came to us for a bit of advice. If I had to summarize these recent discussions for you, […]
August is here! That means, for many of you out there, that summer holidays are in full swing. And why not? In just over one month’s time, the MCI will be revving up to once again welcome a new cohort of online students in Year One, and to meet face to face with our students […]
The Glendon MCI prides itself on training “the next generation of interpreters”. Our students learn to interpret in multiple settings, and we teach the first year of the program online, so that our students are comfortably working with technology. We want them to be the generation of professionals that shapes remote interpreting and the impact […]
September is winding its way closer to us, and with it, the start of a new school year at the MCI. For this reason, we’re hearing a lot from would-be interpreter trainees. That’s great! We’re always interested in hearing from bright, well-informed people with a powerful command of two or three languages. Some of the […]
This week, I turn my blogging duties over to outgoing Year Two student, Érika Lessa (PT A, EN B, ES C). Érika was part of a team of MCI students who were fortunate enough to go to Brussels for a study visit at the European Commission and the European Parliament. (For more on the interpreting […]
This week, I’m continuing my report on this year’s InterpretAmerica Summit. This was an event that I attended at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, California. Now, I go to a number of conferences in the language industry each year. After all, it’s part of my job to make sure that the MCI […]
Here at the Glendon MCI, our students have all received the results from their year-end exams. In some cases, the news was good. In others, not so much. In short, this is a time when all our students will be looking at themselves in the mirror and trying to figure out their next steps. Some of […]
Over the last several weeks, I’ve had to take a bit of a hiatus from blogging. This is because 100% of our attention at Glendon has been focused on the development, administration, and marking of the year-end exams. That said, I did manage to steal away for a few days in order to attend the 5th […]
