A day in the life of an international student: How Samsung innovations can help you thrive in Canada

Anita wakes up at 7:30 a.m. to her Samsung clock app. She picks up her phone to check her calendar and plan her day.

She’s grateful she signed up for the Samsung SmartStarts program after she moved to Canada to go to university and got $50 off her new phone.

She checks her calendar and sees she has class at 9:30 a.m., so she checks her transit app and plans to take the 8:53 a.m. bus.

In the classroom

In her Organic Chemistry class, Anita pulls up Samsung’s Note Assist.

She loves how Note Assist instantly improves writing and note-taking with automatic formatting, summarizing, and spell-checking.

Anita uses an S Pen on her Galaxy Tab to take down written notes then uses the Clean Up feature to straighten her handwriting and quickly convert it to text.

She notices that her friend Camille from Quebec isn’t in class, so she has Note Assist translate her notes to French before sending Camille a copy.

In the lab

Anita gets to work on a titration with her lab partner George. To focus on the titration, she uses Note Assist to record her conversation with her labmate and save transcripts in Samsung Notes.

Catching up with family back home

After dinner, Anita calls her grandparents. As she starts the call, she feels a twinge of regret about not having grown up speaking Hindi…

The feeling quickly passes after her grandma answers the call. Samsung Live Translate breaks down the language barrier in near real time, making the conversation feel effortless and allowing Anita to share the highlights of her first few weeks with her grandparents.

Hanging out with friends

She gets off the call with her grandparents and takes a walk to meet Camille for coffee.

Since Camille feels more confident speaking French and Anita isn’t fluent with the language at all, they use the Interpreter app, which translates in-person conversations in real time.

Not only does the app audibly translate what they say, but it also displays a transcription in English and French, making the conversation easy and fun.

Anita shows Camille how she can also turn on the Interpreter app in Listening mode, allowing her to listen to translations directly through her Galaxy Buds.

Camille is so impressed with this feature as well, as the French translation from Organic Chemistry, that she is determined to get a device of her own to help with translations and interpretation.

Anita refers Camille to Samsung SmartStarts, so Camille can also get $50 off her S24 device. They make plans to visit the mall during the weekend to see the phone in person at her local Samsung Experience Store, and buy some new clothes to prepare for the Canadian winter.

Before they leave, Anita takes a photo and shares it with her parents back home.

Preparing for bed

After she gets home, Anita reads through her summarized notes from the day to ensure she’s up to date with her classes and assignments.

Before bed, she checks her calendar and sets her alarm, looking forward to the next day.

How to register for SmartStarts

SmartStarts is a program open to all newcomers to Canada (above the age of 18) who have been in Canada for less than five years.

To learn more about the benefits of the program and to sign up, visit Samsung’s SmartStarts page and click “Sign Up”. Plus, as a welcome gift, you will receive $50 off your first purchase on Samsung.com/ca.^[1]

Note: Eligibility for Samsung’s SmartStarts program requires newcomers to possess* one of the following Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) documents: a study permit, work permit, or permanent residence card. The IRCC document must contain a valid issue date and cannot be expired.^[2]

[1] $50 OFF PROMOTION: Some conditions apply. Offer is valid from March 19, 2024 to December 31, 2024 (the “Offer Period”). Offer available online at www.samsung.com/ca or the Samsung Shop App (“Online”).

Offer available to customers who have (i) completed the registration process by answering a series of questions available at www.samsung.com/ca/campaign/newcomers/, (ii) received an email from SheerID Inc. (the “Service Provider”) confirming the verification process has been completed, AND (iii) received an email from Samsung containing the Offer details along with an e-voucher (the “E-Voucher”) during the Offer Period (“Eligible Customers”).

PLEASE NOTE: The Service Provider will verify all documents submitted by customers during the registration process and will send either (i) a follow up email if additional documentation is required or (ii) an email confirming that the verification process has been completed. Samsung and/or through its Service Provider, in their sole discretion, reserved the right to refuse participation in the Offer if appropriate documentation is not provided.

Eligible Customers who received an E-voucher can save $50 off their total purchase price (before taxes) on their Online purchase of any eligible Samsung products made during the Offer Period.

Redemption limit of one (1) E-Voucher per transaction. Minimum purchase of $300 required in order to be able to redeem the E-Voucher. E-Voucher is single use only, non-transferable, has no cash value, and is unique to each recipient.

To redeem your E-Voucher:

Go to www.samsung.com/ca or the Samsung Shop App during the Offer Period.
Add your desired Samsung product(s) to your shopping cart.
Enter your individual E-Voucher code at checkout by entering the code into the ‘Promo Code’ box in your cart. The E-Voucher will apply the $50 discount to the total pre-tax price of your purchase.*
Complete your purchase as normal during the Offer Period by entering your shipping and payment information.

*Any amount in excess of the E-Voucher amount will be your responsibility as part of your total order cost and will be shown as part of your final order total. Any unused E-Voucher amount cannot be saved or carried over to redeem on any future transaction and will be deemed abandoned once you complete your transaction.

Please note: E-Voucher expires at 11:59 p.m. December 31, 2024.

No rain checks. If you return any of the Samsung product(s) purchased pursuant to this Offer within the applicable returns period, you will not receive a refund of the E-Voucher amount applied to your transaction. Open to Canadian Residents only. Cannot be combined with any other offers or promotions except where expressly permitted. Samsung reserves the right to change or cancel the promotion at any time without notice.

[2] New Applicants Registration Your eligibility for the Program will be assessed by SECA’s third party service provider, SheerID Inc. (the “Service Provider”) through the form found at https://www.samsung.com/ca/campaign/newcomers/#form. As part of the eligibility validation process, you will be required to submit the following information to the Service Provider:

Name,
Email,
Status (Student Permit, Work Permit, Permanent Resident),
Length of time in Canada,
Country of origin, and
A copy of your valid IRCC Document.

SECA reserves the right to validate the information submitted to the Service Provider and may contact the applicant to verify the validity of the information submitted. SECA also reserves the right to add and/or refuse any user, group of users, or companies to the Program in accordance with any eligibility rules that SECA requires to be necessary at SECA’s sole discretion.