About Red Leaf Student Programs
Why Red Leaf
- Welcoming host families for Junior students across Canada in small communities since 1989
- Specialized English curriculum for students ages 10 to 18
- Experience. Over 17,000 Juniors and Teens have joined us between 1989 and 2008
- Expert Local Coordinators care for students in every community
- Approved systems for
- selection of host families
- matching students and families
- student orientation
- program planning
- partner school or summer camp selection
- Innovation in outbound programs for Canadians
- Exchange opportunities with reputable international partners
- Recognized by Canadian and Spanish provincial governments as quality provider of English tuition to hundreds of scholarship students from provinces including Quebec, Basque Province, Navarra, Castilla Leon, Aragon.
- Member of Canadian Association of Private Language Schools (CAPLS)
Who Is Red Leaf
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Marylou Heenan President In 1979, founded one of Toronto’s first language schools and has worked with Juniors from all over the world since 1983. Although from Toronto, she lived in Europe as a student and speaks English, French and Spanish. |
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Jesús Salgado Vice-President & General Manager, Red Leaf Spain In 1988, began sending Spanish juniors and adults to Canada and quickly earned the respect of the Spanish language industry for his #1 position in the Canadian market. Jesus has degrees in Engineering, Business Administration and Marketing. |
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Maria Jose Soriano Director of Programs A native of Madrid, Maria has been involved in the language field for over 20 years, first as an exchange student, then with the YMCA and finally with Red Leaf in Spain and in Canada since 2001. |
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Cam Harvey Director of Marketing and Sales Originally from Toronto, Cam has been in the language industry since 1993; first as a teacher in Japan and then for ten years running the Marketing and Sales operations for Global Village English Centres. He and his wife Jodi also have an outbound agency, The Learning Traveller. |
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Tatiana Ivanova Registrar and Director of Academic Programs Tatiana came to Canada and Red Leaf in 2000 from Russia via USA where she gained summer camp experience that has been of great value in her work with Red Leaf. |
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Marlene Lowen Assistant Director of Programs Marlene comes from the east coast of Canada and has always worked with people and public relations. |
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Nick Scime Director of Residential Programs Nick has 30 years of experience with the City of |
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Atsushi Kato Japan Market Coordinator Atsushi came to |
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Haruko Koizumi Registrar Originally from China, Haruko moved to Japan, where she worked for sixteen years. Haruko is new to Canada but brings plenty of experience working in the international environment. Haruko is fluent in English, Mandarin, and Japanese. |
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Marilyn Henderson Senior Local Coordinator, Abbotsford
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Red Leaf Local Coordinators
Our Local Coordinators take immense pride in caring for your students during their program.
Located in communities across Canada, our Coordinators have been with Red Leaf for an average of 7 years and several have over 10 years experience.
Exceptional program quality is guaranteed by one-of-a-kind training and certification provided to RL Coordinators throughout the year.
Travelling is learning! What people are saying about Red Leaf:
“Arnau and I had already been twice in Canada as exchange students...
Canada is my second home, and in that moment I already knew that Canada would surprise my students with all the magic things it has to offer, with its unique multi cultural and eclectic atmosphere...
Because we think that traveling abroad not only helps you to get your English better, but also to learn about new cultures and new ways of living. And that, for sure, would make you a different person when you come back to your country.
So we sent emails to some international schools in Canada applying for information. Red Leaf quickly answered us through a phone call of Rosa Casado. We started sharing with her our love for Canada. She explained us your program, your way of working and your way of understanding the education. We trusted Red Leaf and that is how we became "Red Leaf Agents".
Since then, we started preparing the trip and imagining how it would be… 
And, now, when we have almost finished our stay, we feel that everything has been perfect, like we had planned. But the most important thing for us is that the students have had a good time. They are different now: they have discovered a new country, a new culture, new ways of living and thinking.
We see the students now, after almost four weeks, and we know they have learnt so much. And they will probably realize about all they have discovered later, after a few months or even years. Traveling is learning. We are now back home. Arnau and I even miss our students…
We have even received some phone calls from parents saying thank you, thank you for our job, for showing Canada to their children. And this success is not only ours, it's also Red Leaf's.”
Arnau Dot and Adam Sedo, Spanish group leaders in Guelph.