I want to warn any of you teachers who may have been offered a or thinking of, a job with
Grand Canadian Academy in Nanjing China.
For starters, here are some news articles (see below) on this group, and this is only a small representation of the press reports on these guys.
The school is run by
Kingston Education Group which has a head office in Vancouver BC and calls itself a "Canadian Highschool".
No"Canadian" educational institution would ever get away with the bullsh*t this school tries to pull off. The teachers contracts in Nanjing stated FULL MEDICAL AND DENTAL COVERAGE.
I got sick, had to be medivaced to Hong Kong and when I got there, waiting to see a surgeon was told by the Principal I had no medical insurance.
I am out approximately $11,000.00 Cdn for expenses associated with this little adventure. I had to then fly back to Nanjing after paying for the flights, and the surgery consult, xrays and ultra sound, hotel room, taxis, meals etc, and immediately fly back to Canada for surgery.
This school does not and did not pay the teachers their salaries. The first pay period, leading into the autumn holiday some teachers received as little as $85 Cdn for their pay for September.
This pay fiasco was not a one time event, it went on and on and on - some teachers who quit are still trying to collect the pay they have coming to them.
Two other teachers had to fly to Canada for medical treatment, one was so ill she didnt return and David Ze, the slime who heads this school in Vancouver is trying to sue her -
BEWARE, and take this very seriously, STAY AWAY FROM ALL THE KINGSTON EDUCATION GROUP SCHOOLS IN CHINA! There are others besides this one in Nanjing and the treatment of teachers is the SAME in all their schools.
This person has a lot of nerve to call himself a Canadian, its time he learned Canada is NOT China and Canadian teachers will NOT be treated the way the Chinese treat Chinese teachers.
I have filed a law suit against them for medical expense, plane fare, lost wages, etc
I have to say the Principal in Nanjing is a wonderful guy, I cant figure out what the hell he is doing being employed by these dishonest, underhanded, lying slime ball employer
News Stories about Kingston FYI
http://www.themanitoban.com/2006-2007/1115/103.Investigate.private.universities.B.C.profs.php
http://www.ubyssey.bc.ca/2006/11/14/province-orders-inspection-of-lansbridge-university/
http://www.cufa.bc.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=77&Itemid=44
Complaint filed by students
http://www.cufa.bc.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=77&Itemid=44
BC Legislature
http://bcndpcaucus.ca/in_the_house/question_period_private_colleges_0
http://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard/38th2nd/H1123pm-03.pdf
Class action suit filed by students
http://www.hwm.ca/kingston_claim.htm
Check past articles in The Vancouver Sun newspaper for more press on Kingston Education Group. The Province has also featured them in their newspaper for their dirty dealings.
They run schools in Canada as well for Chinese students and the Chinese Government has issued a warning to all students to NOT attend their schools.
They are ripping off Canadian teachers and Chinese students coming to Canada. They were issuing bogus degrees from an American University they had no association with and got caught.
These are not schools you want to teach in or be a student in. What a crook.
anny789
