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Climbing friendly towns to study in Canada (paramedic)
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Hi, I’m looking to study as a paramedic. I was initially looking at studying in the USA but visas, job opportunities and cost have made me look into Canada.
Obviously my first choice would be British Columbia, but I’m curious to find out about other areas that would make for a good place for a climber to study. I’d like to use this to compare colleges and course offerings; so suggestions for good courses would also be appreciated. Things I would look for in an area would be; •a college which accepts international students and has the Primary Care Paramedic course •access to outdoor climbing (year round if possible) •access to indoor climbing •reasonable priced living •also, good access to travel into the USA for climbing trips would be pretty cool I’d also be psyched to hear from anybody from Canada who has taken this career path and find out more. Thanks :) |
Francesca Parrattwrote: •access to outdoor climbing (year round if possible) Year-round out climbing in Canada? Oh, that would be so nice! I'd tell work I was a remote worker from now on, and move there. Unless you intend to take up ice climbing, too? |
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I'm not sure if Quest in Squamish has a paramedic course. But I'm sure UBC does in Vancouver, and there only 40m apart! |
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Winter is 7 months long in Canmore so you better like ice climbing. |
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A bit off the radar is Thunder Bay (Ontario). It's a sleeper town with world class climbing that no one knows about. Killer rock climbing with endless FA possibilities. World class ice climbing. Zero crowds. Cheap cost of living. There is a small gym, and a nice community of climbers there. |
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You can rock climb year round in penticton with some motivation. |
Cory Bwrote:  Shhhhh!!!!!!! |
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Great, thank you, that’s given me a bit of food for thought. BC is still top of the list but Ontario could work, although I may have to hone my ice climbing skills (but you can only get better from terrible)! Waiting on international students to reopen. |
