In this guest post, we hear from Maria Zhang, who is about to enter Year Two of the MCI. Maria takes stock of her first year in the program, and she comes up with a few pieces of advice for young people thinking about a career in interpreting. In the short time that I have […]
This coming Wednesday, August 20, is your last chance to submit an online application to the MCI. After that date, we won’t be able to consider any new applicants for admission for September 2014. In light of this, we held an Open House this past Saturday. Our goal was to let people know about their […]
Yes, that’s right. It’s time for another MCI Open House. Like previous events, we’ll be giving interpreters-to-be and would-be applicants a chance to kick the tires, so to speak. Our event will take place on Saturday, August 16, from 10:00 a.m. to noon. We will meet in Glendon’s Interpreting Lab (York Hall 143). Here’s what […]
This week on the MCI blog, we hear from Minnie Xu, who has completed Year One of the program. Minnie also passed her Transition Exam, and she’s been given the green light for Year Two. In this guest post, she reflects on the challenges and breakthroughs of the last school year. In her discussion, she […]
This week, the dust is settling following the year-end exams. Our Year Two students have received the results of the Exit Exam. Most of our Year One students have the results of the Transition Exam, and any outstanding cases will be finalized in the days to come. All that to say, exam feedback is fresh […]
One of my AIIC colleagues here in Canada tells an interesting story. She was part of the first cohort of studentstrained at the École supérieure d’interprètes et de traducteurs (ÉSIT) by Danica Seleskovitch. (A brief side note here to say that any interpreting students worth their salt should have more than a passing familiarity with […]
Results of the Year Two Exit Exam went out this week. Next week, our Year One Portuguese and Arabic teams will take their Transition Exams. When that happens, our year-end testing will be largely complete. Of course, the results of the testing are not always positive. Some of our students have not passed the Transition […]
I’ve said it in this article, but it bears repeating. My students teach me far more than I teach them. I was reminded of this truth again this week, as I found myself sharing a booth with two of my students. You see, my students are busy doing work placements at this time of year. […]
This week, we hear from student Rebecca Guimarães. Rebecca just successfully completed Year One of the MCI, and she passed the competitive Transition Exam to secure herself a spot in Year Two. In this blog post, she talks about her learning curve since joining the program. Acabei de concluir o primeiro ano do MCI em […]
This Saturday, June 21, was Convocation Day at Glendon. I know a lot of professors that don’t like attending the event. There’s a lot of fancy pageantry, funny robes and hats to wear, and the ceremony itself can seem positively medieval. For some, it can seem like an embellishment that draws attention away from more […]
