David Zimmer
Interview
Can you please introduce yourselves and the organization. What do you expect from this organization?
My name is David Zimmer and I am the member of provincial parliament for Willowdale. And we are here in Earl Haig school which is one of the very very important high schools here in Willowdale. Every year, we have these education fair services so that the parents and the children can come and visit all of these boots and find out all of the opportunities that Ontario offers its students in the high school system and in the out of the high school system. What we found is that it is very very popular, people look forward to every year. Especially you’re Canadians who have just been in country a while and who are trying to understand some of the issues on the complexities of the education system, how the high school system works, how the university system works and what kind of choices and opportunities are available for the children
Do you think that this organization is becoming more and more bigger each year ?
If you walk through the show, you will see that big gymnasium is full. There isn’t any room for any more tables and when we started a number of years ago, it was a little smaller, there was lots of room now it is more more popular and grows and grows. I don’t know where we going to have next year. I think we are going to need bigger space next year. And this event is sponsored by TDSB , the local trustee whose name is Mari Rutka, sponsored by me on behalf of province, and sponsored by federal MP Chungsen Leung. We all have great interest in education
What are the feedbacks coming from community about this event?
I have been walking for a half an hour, I probably had a half a dozen parents come up to me and thank me, thank the other organisers for putting this on because they have found that there are chances, things available for their children that they did not know about until they came to this conference. There is lots of literature here. I got some literatures here. There is four pages program, you will see on that page after page of information. But you know it is very hard for especially you’re Canadians arrived, not sure about how the education system works and people always want to have the best for their children . I can imagine me if I maybe moving to China or moving to Turkey. I didn’t know how the system works. My parents didn’t know how the system works. It will be helpful to go to something like this in Turkey and understand how the system works.
Thank you for your time!
