Taking the "e" out of eLearning.
Learning as a community in real-time and with a shared responsibility to engage, inquire and grow.
Important News
2025-2026 Registration
Registration for the 2025-2026 will open to new students on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, at 10 am.
The registration process will have two steps to complete.
Step 1
Step one will be to review your current personal information and provide updated documents for the 2025-2026 school year. Once all information has been confirmed by the student and documents uploaded it will be reviewed by our staff. This process of review can take up to 15 business days and will be reviewed on the order they were submitted. You may also be contacted during this time if additional documents are required. To see a list of required documents please visit our website.
Step 2
Once all documents are received and verified by our office staff students will be notified via email that they can now select their courses. They will then log in to the student portal and the link for selecting courses will be on the landing page.
As our registration opened earlier this year, it will also be closing earlier. Both steps of the registration process need to be completed by April 30th at 12pm (noon).
Family Day Weekend
We want to take this opportunity to wish everyone a happy Family Day weekend. Our hope is that everyone can connect with their loved ones and build memories this weekend.
As a reminder, the school is closed on Monday, February 17th for Family Day. Classes will resume on Tuesday.
Have a great long weekend!
NEW STUDENT INFORMATION SESSION 2025-2026
We will be hosting a meeting for new students on February 5th at 7:00 pm.
This meeting will help new students and their families learn more about our school, extracurricular activities and how to register. This meeting is an orientation to our school and is not meant to answer student-specific questions.
To join this meeting please register at the link below and connection details will be sent to your email with a link to the meeting. Please check your junk mail.
Semester 2 Start Up February 2025
January 31st, 2025
Students will be emailed a copy of their semester 2 timetable by 4 pm on January 31st that will outline when you have live class time, asynchronous learning, and open office hours.
January 31st, 2025
On January 31st students will be loaded into the Student Guide by 3 pm. All students (new and returning) are required to review the Student Guide to make sure that they are aware of our school policies and protocols. There is an Academic Dishonestly/Plagiarism module in the Student Guide that all students need to complete during the week of February 3rd – February 7th.
February 3rd, 2024
On Monday, February 3rd at 7:30 am all courses will be visible to you.
Our classes will start at 8:00 am on Monday, February 3rd, so make sure you are ready to log in to your live classes if they are scheduled on Monday. You can access your live classes by navigating to your class in Canvas and clicking on Zoom from the left-hand menu.
We will be hosting some technical support meetings throughout the first week. The link and times can be found on the homepage of every course in the School News section.
Renowned Program
The Virtual Learning Centre has been offering Ontario Secondary School students a wide range of flexible, and well-designed high school courses since 1997. It is a renowned program that is unlike any other eLearning initiative in Ontario.
The VLC offers students a full range of learning opportunities powered by the latest online technologies available.
We are committed to setting very high standards for distance learning and know that the student-teacher interaction is key to student success. For this reason, we encourage all of our students to attend web meetings, and to adhere to the course schedule and all due dates. This level of rigor builds a strong work ethic and forges a classroom and school community thereby preparing our students for post-secondary studies.
For more information please review the FAQ section on our website.
If you need further help feel free to drop us a line:
[email protected]
or call us at 705-328-2925 (Monday to Friday, 8:30 – 4:00 EST)
PA Day
Friday, November 22nd, 2024, is a PA day for VLC staff. Students will have no classes on this day. Teachers and office staff will be
Terry Fox 2024
The Virtual Learning Centre would like to thank VLC Students, Staff, Community Members and Alumni for their generous donations to the Terry Fox walk/run/bike/skate/hike/wheel that
"I took one English course with VLC and I was hooked..."
Our Courses
All of our courses are taught by highly qualified Ontario teachers who understand how to blend the power of synchronous, streamed communication with the flexibility of static, anywhere-anytime course content. Students succeed in our program and our attrition rates (under 20%) demonstrate that our program works for most learners.
How are online courses taught?
When you register for an online course within the Virtual Learning Centre, you will be provided with login information such as a username and id. You will also receive an Internet address (URL) to your course. When you login for the first time, an introductory message from your teacher will greet you. This message will outline the course content and describe how the course will be delivered and what is required of you. Although all of the Virtual Learning Centre’s online courses look the same, your teacher is ultimately in charge of how the course will run.
Who teaches the online courses?
Certified teachers who are employed within the Trillium Lakelands District School Board deliver online course material for the Virtual Learning Centre. Each teacher receives training and support so that they are comfortable with the online approach to both teaching and learning.
Will I benefit from online courses?
In most cases, this form of course delivery works well. Obvious prerequisites include motivation, computer familiarity, and the ability to work independently and meet deadlines. Remember, though, that although there is daily contact with others in the class, there may not be any face to face meetings. For students with some learning styles, taking online courses may not be an appropriate choice.
