This opportunity is only open to specific programs and years as noted below:
- Child and Youth Care/ year 1, term 2
- Early Childhood Education, year 1 terms 1 & 2
- Educational Assistance & Adult Supports, year 1 terms 1 & 2
- Recreation Therapy, year 1 term 2
- Social Service Worker, year 1 terms 1 & 2
DAY 1: Saturday, October 19, 2024
The day has finally arrived, and you are Ireland bound! Travel to Toronto Pearson International Airport to join your fellow Niagara College peers to board your Air Transat flight to Dublin. Sit back, relax, and try to catch a few winks on this overnight flight as the adventure begins in the morning.
DAY 2: Sunday, October 20, 2024
Rub the sleep from your eyes and don your finest green, you have officially touched down in Dublin! Collect your bags and get ready to experience the Irish Rail transit city as you make your way to Castlebar on the West Coast of Ireland! The train ride from Dublin to Castlebar is around 3 hours, you’ll check into your hotel and be given the time to settle in and relax until we gather for a brief city tour to get acquainted with your new village.
Included Meals: Meals served on the flight
DAY 3: Monday, October 21, 2024
After enjoying breakfast at your accommodations, get ready as your Irish educational experience begins today in the Woodlands. As Irish weather in late October can be unpredictable, make sure your dressed in your warm clothes, rain gear, and appropriate footwear!
• Nature Connection
• Camp Fire Lunch
Included Meals: Breakfast, Campfire lunch
DAY 4: Tuesday, October 22, 2024
After enjoying breakfast at your accommodations, your Irish educational experience continues with a full-day seminar on leadership in the field of community services and care.
Included Meals: Breakfast
DAY 5: Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Wake up and pinch yourself because it’s not a dream – you’re headed to Galway! Known for its near-constant festival-like atmosphere, Galway ranks as the cultural capital of Ireland and is home to 10% of the country’s Irish speakers.
You need to be packed up and ready to check-out after breakfast as today we will take a ferry from Rossaveel to Inis Mór Island! The largest of the three Aran Islands, Inis Mór and boasts many scenic attractions and historical monuments, including an Iron Age fort perched precariously atop a 100-meter-high cliff face.
We spend the day here on a guided tour before continuing our journey to Castlebar this evening.
Included Meals: Breakfast
DAY 6: Thursday, October 24, 2024
Fuel up for the day with another delicious breakfast before heading back to ATU to partake in more amazing educational sessions and incredible industry visits in the afternoon.
- Sessions at ATU – Connected Spaces & the 3rd Teacher
- Dinning experience
Included Meals: Breakfast
DAY 7: Friday, October 25, 2024
Wake up and seize the day for our last sessions and community visits at ATU! Cheers to the new friends we have made and memorable lessons and experiences that will stay with us always!
- Sessions at ATU – Reflection and site visits as confirmed
- Free evening
Included Meals: Breakfast
DAY 8: Saturday, October 26, 2024
Leave the hotel at 8.00 a.m. and travel to the land of the Lilywhites, County Kildare.
Amongst the lush landscape of the Thoroughbred County, many of Ireland’s top studs, stables, and racecourses are to be found.
11.30am- 3.00pm: Your first stop will be at the Irish National Stud & Gardens. Here, you will meander through the Japanese Gardens and pose for a photo on the famous Red Bridge. You may also wish to take a guided tour through our Irish Racehourse experience. We will then stop off at the Curragh where our ATU host will give a brief history of the Curragh, as this is Louise’s home county, and she is a proud Lilywhite!
3.30pm- 5.30pm: Arrive at the Killashee hotel where you will be served Afternoon tea Killashee Afternoon Tea | Killashee Hotel & Spa |Afternoon Tea Kil
6.30pm: Arrival at Dublin Hotel (near the airport, not in the city of Dublin), rest up for an early journey home.
Included Meals: Breakfast
DAY 9: Sunday, October 27, 2024
It’s an early shuttle back to the Dublin Airport. Board your flight and take in one final aerial view of the Emerald Isle and reflect on your amazing experience on your way home to Toronto.
Included Meals: Meals on flight
Disclaimers: Be World Ready does its best to execute the itinerary as outlined above, however, all elements are subject to change based on availability or requirement to adapt due to circumstances outside of our control. Students are reminded that it is their responsibility to research the entry requirements to the destination countries visited per their nationality and vaccination status.
* Price per student is in Canadian Dollars and reflects the Be World Ready (BWR) grant which has been applied to the total trip cost to heavily subsidize the rate per person for our Fall 2023 International Field Studies (IFS). Our future IFS BWR grants will not remain this high. To qualify for the full value of the BWR grant applied to this IFS, mandatory training and tasks are required to be completed, training and task expectations will be clearly communicated by BWR staff upon registration. Failure to complete the requirements as outlined by BWR staff will result in the value of the grant being billed back to the applicable student account, up to a maximum of $2500. Securing your seat on this trip will occur on a first come, first serve basis based on the registration date, and meeting payment timelines.