Surviving the sinking of the S.V. Concordia

Class Afloat4

“It was fifteen minutes.” For Grade 12 student Callagy Ross that was the time between her history class and setting off in life rafts with her 63 shipmates from S.V. Concordia as the ship began to sink off the coast of Brazil on February 17, 2010. The students, teachers and crew of West Island College’s [...]

The life of a student aboard Class Afloat

Tall Ship

Turn around. No matter what direction you face all you see is flat blue water. As you walk about, you constantly maintain three points of contact to maintain your balance. As you sit on the side of the ship and work on your homework, a single albatross flies overhead. As nighttime falls and the horizon [...]

Students Safe, Ship Sunk

A show of support from Class Afloat alumni

Class Afloat Private School Students Welcomed Home at Pearson Airport Our Kids’ photographer Andrew Stawicki met the students of West Island College International’s Class Afloat program as they got off their plane at Toronto’s Pearson Airport this morning. On February 18th Class Afloat’s tall ship, SV Concordia, sunk in high seas off the coast of [...]

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