In 30 years of teaching math, I often heard that question from a single timid student only to find that most of the class had the same question, but they didn’t want to “look dumb!”
For dependable facts, try The Christian Science Monitor. You will find that experienced journalists on both sides will endorse it. A long history of REALLY fair and balanced news.
Didn’t he just leave for college last fall? Are Canadian colleges 2 years?