IMPORTANT NOTE: Please note that in ALL of these situations, it is mandatory for students to contact their subject teacher in order to arrange for your tests or test passwords to be sent either to a testing site or a test supervisor.

If you book a test and are a no show or have not made proper arrangements with your NIDES teacher, you will be charged for the testing time by the test center.

Writing Tests


If you are a student enrolled in the Grade 8-12 Program at NIDES, it is likely you will be asked to write a test for your course.  It is important to note that each course has different expectations, so please contact your teacher when you are getting close to writing your first test to make sure you know what the expectations are.

For local students (Comox Valley and surrounding areas) there are a few locations that you can access to write a test.

Tsolum Campus 2505 Smith Road Heather.Riedle@sd71.bc.ca
G.P Vanier Secondary 4830 Headquarters Road Amber.McLeod@sd71.bc.ca
Highland Secondary 750 Pritchard Road Derek.McCubbin@sd71.bc.ca
Mark R. Isfeld Secondary 1551 Lerwick Road Heather.Beckett@sd71.bc.ca / Christine.Watt@sd71.bc.ca
Glacier View Alternate

**Wednesdays & Thursdays Only**

241 Beecher Place Kirsten.Odegaard@sd71.bc.ca

For students located in other areas of the Vancouver Island and Vancouver areas, there are two options available for you to write your tests:

  1. You can write at one of our approved testing centers as listed below
  2. You can find a teacher either in your current school or in the community who would be willing to supervise your tests.  Please have them complete a test supervisor form and email it to navigateexams@sd71.bc.ca.  There are restrictions on who is eligible to supervise a test for a student so please read the test supervisor form carefully for details.

Test Request Form – (to be filled out by student)
Test Supervisor Request Form – (to be filled out by test supervisor)


IMPORTANT NOTE: Please note that in ALL of these situations, it is mandatory for students to contact their subject teacher in order to arrange for your tests or test passwords to be sent either to a testing site or a test supervisor.

Vancouver Island


Campbell River North Island College

1685 South Dogwood Street, Campbell River

assessmentcr@nic.bc.ca

Phone: 250-923-9715 ext 7715

Nanaimo – Grades 10-12 / Adults Sylvan Learning Center

6330 Dover Road, Nanaimo

Nanaimo.bc@sylvanlearning.com

Phone:  250-758-1526

Port Hardy area – Adults North Island College

9300 Trustee Rd, Port Hardy

Phone:  250 956 7912

Powell River – Gr. 8-12 Brooks Secondary School – Learning Centre

5400 Marine Ave, Powell River

Maria.anderson@sd47.bc.ca

Port Alberni North Island College

3699 Roger St, Port Alberni

Phone: 250 724 8741

Mona.fournier@nic.bc.ca

Ucluelet North Island College

10 – 1636 Peninsula Rd, Ucluelet

Phone: 250 726 2697

Bill.morrison@nic.bc.ca

Lower Mainland


Abbotsford University of the Fraser Valley

33844 King Road, Room S3125, Abbotsford

https://www.ufv.ca/assessment/

Burnaby BCIT Burnaby Campus

3700 Willingdon Ave., Burnaby

Bcit_burnaby_test_ctr@bcit.ca

604-456-1186

Chilliwack University of the Fraser Valley

Building A, room 1351 at CEP 45190 Caen Avenue, Chilliwack

Phone: 604-504-7441 ext.2460
Toll-free: 1-888-504-7441 ext.2460

Exam Fee: $55 Payment Methods accepted:

**Cheque or cash only** (exact change required) – Please note only some students need to pay – Graduated adults and those XE students who choose not to write at their enrolling a school.

https://www.ufv.ca/assessment/

Delta BCIT AIC Campus

1608 Cliveden Ave., Delta

Bcit_aic_test_ctr@bcit.ca

604-451-7054

Richmond Sylvan Richmond

Suite 120-8171 Cook Road

Richmond, British Columbia V6Y 3T8

604-273-3266

richmond@sylvan.bc.ca

Richmond Xspace Learning

200-13571 Commerce Pkwy, Richmond, BC, V6V 2R2

Tuesdays and Thursdays 3:00 – 6:00 pm

Surrey Kwantlen Polytechnic University – Civic Plaza

13485 Central Ave, Surrey, BC V3T 0K2
civictesting@kpu.ca
https://www.kpu.ca/dev/testing/distance-exams

Vancouver BCIT Downtown Campus (DTC)

Room 480, 555 Seymour Street
Vancouver, BC V6B 3H6
Tel: (604) 412-7500

Email: dtctestctr@bcit.ca
Web: BCIT Downtown Campus Test Centre

West Vancouver Sylvan West Vancouver

1425 Marine Drive,

#230 West Vancouver, BC V7T 1B9

(604) 229-3097

westvancouver@sylvan.bc.ca

Other areas


For students living in an area where they cannot access one of our testing centers, there is the option of finding your own test supervisor at your local school or community college.  Have the individual complete a test supervisor form and they must meet the requirements outlined on the test supervisor form and email it to navigateexams@sd71.bc.ca.

Test Supervisor Request Form – (to be filled out by test supervisor)

If you have any questions concerning any of our testing policies then please contact us at navigate.support@sd71.bc.ca.