Oh purleeeeze! Winterlude is about getting frostbite while lining up for an hour to buy a beaver tail and then watching some nut attack an iceberg with a chainsaw.

Watching the Sens see off the Leafs is OK occasionally but it's a bit like fillet steak or Meg Ryan.

TV actually I was under the impression that Queens was a fine university, and RMC graduates are snapped up like timbits at a hockey game to the point that companies will buy them out of the military for silly money Nothing wrong with Kingston nightlife. I was only refering to the criminality or lack thereoff. Not been too many gang related murders in Kingson that I remember, but it wont compete with Toronto, but then neither will London.

Certainly worth visiting when making a shortlist anyway, assuming you stand a hope in hell of getting into Queens in the first place. I looked into an MBA there, but dont have $80k burning a hole in my pocket unfortunatley.

Yes they did, they are applying to London or Windsor as they cant get a placein TO to study law.

Subsequent to that they were wondering if its practical to work a few days a week in TO .

Or did I get the wrong end?

Well, the original post included :

"I will not be at Uni full time.
Question: Can i commute by train/car from TO to either city?
if yes, how long?"

and, really, can you imagine considering moving from Vancouver to Windsor?

otoh, a law student is a potential lawyer, and anything from such a source must be taken with a bucket of salt.

D'oh, my mistake. Good point!
Sleep deprivation catches up with you in the end I guess.

oi! dont get bitchy about lawyers!!! we are not all money grabbing sharks!!!i am a legal aid lawyer, so leave me alone fellow brits!!!
my situation is i am a UK lawyer, living in van.
As you probably know, the hoops for lawyers to practice here are hideous!!!!
I am a criminal lawyer and must sit 6 exams, before i can be a trainee again (great, did that in east london 8 years ago)
spoke to toronto and osgoode, only a few places for foreign lawyers, and its unlikely they can accomodate 6 subjects, as they have to slot you into their upper law classes, and competition is fierce there, hence looking at the other options.
i dont want to live in Kingston or London, but posted just to get an idea of whether communting was possible.
hope that clears things up.

Nuff said.

[QUOTE=Paul-F]
Especially if I was a University student. I have siblings in Uni now, and I know they would not rather be rotting in Kingston...which somebody mentioned it's excitement is showcased on the radio station they get.

The other locales are vibrant for the University crowd, and is better networked into the larger University scene in that part of the province.

This is part of our problem as we have 3 kids - 2 teenagers, around university age who love the city life (we live in Cardiff, Uk at the moment) whereas their brother (age 9) and their parents want a more rural lifestyle. I know that they will leave home soon, but immigrating to a different country will be easier if they are living with us to start with (especially financially)
We need somewhere easily commutable that has something for all of us, so we are still open to ideas at the moment.

Rachel

My comment was with regard to the comment about Vancouver to Windsor.

Perhaps as a lawyer you shouldnt jump to conclusions.

Ok,so why do my quotes not come up in blue small type like everyone else's do? What am I doing wrong??

Whereas now I'm not.

The quoted bit has to be within the [quote equals username] [slash quote]
Your bit has to be outside

So when you quote selectively, be carefull not to delete the last [slash quote] or it wont come out as intended. If in doubt use the preview post button for a sneak peak.

So has this worked? (goes to check preview post....) Thanks Iain, I'm now feeling very technically minded!!

Hi Rachel,

I can suggest 1 of the 3 main University towns within the same region of Ontario:

1. Waterloo
2. Guelph
3. Kitchener

(perhaps in that order) Have a peek online for info on all 3.

Each of these locations offers reasonable proximity to Toronto (approx. 1.5 hrs) for spontaneous shopping trips, music concerts and general social-tours for the University folk in your home.

And all 3 of the above locations also offer proximity to very nice rural areas.

1. Waterloo has St. Jacobs and St. Mary's... Mennonite country with St.Jacobs being a bit more a touristy area with shops and baking and woodwork etc. - than is St. Mary's.

2. Guelph has a gorgeous area just southwest of there called Rockwood. Beautiful rustic area that is prized for it's 'tucked-away' charm. Also, Guelph is the smallest community of the 3.

3. Kitchener has similar proximity to Mennonite country as Waterloo (because the 2 cities actually share a border), however Kitchener also has a world famous Farmer's Market and has a great a number of small towns and villiages on its edge that would strike a nice balance between urban and rural).

You can explore the University options in each of these locations quite easily by surfing for the information '[city name] university' in a Search Engine. All 3 have well-developed services and support for your 2 teenagers and their education needs.

And all 3 also have many things for the rest of you to discover and enjoy.

Hope that helps to at least get you started.

Cheers,
Paul-F

All of the places mentioned are charming in a rustic kind of way, we quite often take the dog for a tromp at Rockwood and we go to the horse auctions at Waterloo, but really there's not much out there for people of university age who don't have a farming background. Obviously, if what you want to take at university is veterinary science or equestrian management then Guelph is the choice, otherwise though, I'm a bit perplexed by the suggestion.