History
Originally located at St.Joseph's College on the campus of The University of Alberta, operations moved to the Education Building in 1984 to facilitate expansion of the "Cantonese Language School"
SVCC Language Schools was founded in 1980 under the name "Student Volunteer Campus Community," by the late Father Firth and Rita Chow. Originally, SVCC was an English Language School intended for new immigrants from Vietnam and the Orient learning English as a second language.
Those English as a Second Language classes were held at St. Joseph's College, a small college also located on the University of Alberta Campus. When the English Language School hosted five classes, SVCC relocated to the Education Building on the University Campus, where it continues to operate today.
In 1984, SVCC opened their second language school as the "Cantonese Language School" for children.
As time went on, SVCC became more well known as its popularity came with the establishment of a Mandarin Language School (2005), French Language school (2007), Japanese Language School (2008) and Korean Language School (2009).
Today, there are over 50 volunteers and over 250 students attending classes each semester.
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