Resources

This page features a list of links and documents that we believe will be useful and interesting for students coming to Ontario from Baden-Württemberg. We encourage you to send us suggestions of other helpful links that you think belong here.

Please note: The OBW Program takes no responsibility whatsoever for the contents of the websites and/or the services accessed through the external links listed below!

Important Offices

• Canadian Embassy, Berlin
• German Embassy and Consulates General in Canada

Health Insurance for International Students

• UHIP: Universities Health Insurance Plan (all universities except Windsor)
• Health insurance at the University of Windsor

Public Media

• TVO (TVOntario)
• TFO (Télé-Française d’Ontario)
• CBC Radio
• ICI Radio Canada
• CBC TV
• ICI Radio Canada (Télévision)

National Newspapers

• The Globe and Mail
• National Post

Travel, etc.

• The weather in Ontario
• Travel Ontario
• Ontario Parks
• Ontario Parks Guide
• Parks Canada
• The Bruce Trail
• Hike Ontario
• Budget accommodation
• Fall Colours Report

Maps

• Official road map of Ontario
• Other maps of Canada

Transportation in Canada

• VIA Rail Canada
• Greyhound Canada
• Megabus
• Air Canada
• WestJet
• Porter Airlines
• Swoop

Download(s)

• Course Credit Form (for use only if your home university requires you to present more detailed information on courses than is provided by your host university’s transcript)

Also…

• The Sweater
• Canadian, Please
• The Blackfly Song