Dear student, please read the following plan for your upcoming trip to Canada, if you have any questions please contact our International students support email info@cncvan.com and use the subject “Arrival Plan”
Before you travel students are required to:
- Confirm your plans with Cloud Nine College
- Students are required to complete their Quarantine (Self-Isolation)
- Speak to your homestay family about expectations, and ask if there is anything they specifically want you to bring to help you to self-isolate. If you are staying in a hotel, please contact the school to notify the special hotel address.
- Arrange a private transportation to your isolation area, if you decide to use CNC transportation services You will be informed before arrival as to who will be picking you up at the airport; it may be your host, or a driver from a transportation provider. Make sure you are clear about where you will be meeting your host or driver after arriving at the airport.
- Carry your host’s or hotel’s cell phone number or the transportation provider’s phone number –
this is important for all arrivals.
- Self-isolating may be physically and mentally challenging for you and you should have a well thought
out plan for how you will manage and pass the time during the 14-day quarantine after arrival. Please
contact Cloud Nine College for resources.
- Medical Check / Testing
Students who are able to obtain a medical clearance letter/certificate and a COVID-19 or antibody test
are required to bring it with them when they travel to Canada. Negative COVID-19 tests will not change
the requirement to self-isolate on arrival; this is mandatory for all travellers arriving into Canada.
- Arrival Plans
All travellers must download and complete the Canadian government’s ArriveCAN application for
approval prior to their arrival on a paper form, web-based form or using an electronic App (available for
iPhone and Android).
In addition, the student must complete, send and print the MANDATORY Self-Isolation Plan for their
province in advance:
https://travelscreening.gov.bc.ca
- Packing
In addition to regular packing requirements, students should also bring –
- 60 disposable face masks OR 30 disposable and 1 cloth face mask
- One large bottle of quality hand sanitizer
- Box of Nitrile gloves
- Thermometer
- Art supplies and music, for activities during quarantine program
In your carry-on luggage, also bring at least 2 masks, several pairs of gloves, a travel-sized bottle of
hand-sanitizer and disinfecting wipes.
Please also make sure you have the following documents available when you arrive in your carry-on
luggage:
- Passport
- Study permit or permit confirmation document (if you have one)
- Letter of Acceptance from your school
- Homestay profile and contact information, or a printed copy of your reservation, showing your
hotel name and address, and airport pickup service
- Print out of your Self-Isolation Plan
- Change of clothes for upon arrival to your homestay
Student Travel Plan:
On the day of travel, complete and sign the Declaration on Departure included in this document.
While en route to their destination, students are expected to:
- Wear a mask and gloves
- Practice Social Distancing
- Wash hands frequently
- Use hand sanitizer when necessary
- Sanitize their personal space and high-touch areas such as seat belts and tray tables
- Minimize trips to the washroom (flush the toilet with the seat cover down)
- Touch as few surfaces as possible
- Keep their cell phone charged
- Bring some food as restaurants or stores may be closed
- Bring a refillable water bottle
Student Arrival Plan:
Upon arrival in Canada the student should proceed through the airport while maintaining physical
distancing.
The student must have the documents outlined under ‘Packing’ ready to provide to Canada Border
Services. The student will also be required to undergo a screening by a border services or quarantine
officer who assess travellers for symptoms.
Upon arrival at the final destination airport:
- Text your driver and/or host family or contact the hotel as instructed
- Wear a fresh mask and gloves
- Pick up baggage while maintaining physical distancing
- Exit the baggage area and go to the location you have previously arranged to meet your driver or
host family
- Load your own luggage into the car and sit as far away from the driver as possible
“Safe Arrival” Protocol
Quarantine (Self-Isolation) Plan:
As part of the Quarantine Act, travelers to Canada are required to self-isolate for 14 days. This means
that students will have to stay in their own room for 14 days and avoid contact with (keep a 2 metre
distance from) others. The homestay family or hotel will provide students with food, clean linens, a
comfortable room and access to them via text message, FaceTime and other remote communication.
Student Expectations
- Cloud Nine College will subcontract Homestay services with families that are able to follow our standar procedures in case you wish to arrange these services with Cloud Nine College.
- Stay in your room as much as possible and away from others.
- Keep your room well-ventilated and clean – open your window to let the air circulate.
- Practice good hygiene: wash your hands frequently with plain soap and water for at least 20 seconds; use a separate towel, kept away from others; cover your mouth and nose with your elbow when coughing or sneezing, or use a tissue. Avoid coughing into either your hands or into the air. Dispose of used tissues right away into a trash bin and immediately wash your hands.
- Use a separate bathroom if possible. Clean the bathroom regularly with household cleaning
products. Flush the toilet with the lid down. In hotels, in accordance with each hotel’s “Safe Stay”
protocols, clean the bathroom regularly with household cleaning products.
- Find some time to go outside each day; you can stay in a private place like the yard. Do not go to
school or into other public areas. In hotels, always wear a mask outside your room. When using
the hotel elevator, ask other guests to let you be alone; outside, you can stay in a private place in
the hotel patio.
- Stay connected – text, email, FaceTime with your friends and family.
- Monitor your physical and mental well-being – if you are not feeling well with symptoms that
resemble COVID-19, ask your host to help you complete an online self-assessment to determine
if you need further assessment or testing.
- Visit: covid19.thrive.health – if you cannot use the online tool, call 8-1-1.
- Package up your garbage – empty garbage frequently and wash your hands immediately.
- Take care with laundry – the clothes you wore during your flight should be washed immediately
and all of your clothes should be washed separately from other people’s laundry. You will need to
wash and fold your own laundry.
- Keep your bathroom space clean and disinfected. Clean and disinfect frequently touched
surfaces such as doorknobs, countertops, dressers, and other surfaces at least once a day.
- Keep your personal items (toothbrush, cups, cell phone, tablets, laptops, etc.) separate from
those belonging to others.
- Eat in your room. Your host or hotel will bring your meals to your room. Leave the dirty dishes
outside your door when you are finished. Do not share dishes, drinking glasses, cups, eating
utensils.
- Avoid prolonged periods of inactivity, try watching Yoga videos online, this will help stretch your muscles.
Students are reminded that while these instructions and protocols may seem overwhelming, they are here to remind them to be careful of their contact with others during the 14-day quarantine.
Students are encouraged to reach out to their host family for assistance.
Students are reminded that quarantine (self-isolation) is a requirement of the Quarantine Act and is not optional.
In order to ensure that the students comply with the 14 day mandatory quarantine period, we will daily contact the students via phone calls to ensure they are staying in their rooms. You must be able to answer our calls and if you do not answer, we will notify the local authorities and give them your home address and phone numbers. Also, we ask that each student reports to our school administrators/head teachers/school director on daily basis via phone calls and text messages.
After arriving in Canada, Government of Canada officials will call the student to monitor compliance with the mandatory quarantine. The student must be prepared to answer calls from 1-855-906-5585 or 613-221-3100. IMPORTANT: When contacting you during quarantine to ensure compliance, the Canadian
Government will never ask you for financial information.
