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Aboriginal - College Access

1-year, Ontario College Certificate Program

Program Info

Designed to provide recent high-school graduates and mature students opportunities to consolidate their academic skills prior to entering other post-secondary programs, College Access emphasizes development in the areas of communications, mathematics, research, media awareness, critical thinking, computer applications, and personal management. As a complement to the program, an investigation of career and post-secondary options provides students with a basis for making informed career decisions. Graduates of the program will be prepared to pursue their studies in a range of post-secondary programs.

The College Access program

  • familiarizes students with the expectations of post-secondary level education;
  • emphasizes the development of essential academic skills;
  • provides a basis for making informed career decisions;
  • provides opportunities to develop a critical awareness of the media;
  • develops practical critical thinking and problem solving approaches;
  • provides transferable credits in communications, mathematics, and computer applications;
  • prepares students to pursue a range of post-secondary programs.
Employment Opportunities: 

College Access is a pathway to a post-secondary education; graduates obtain the skills base needed to pursue their career aspirations and to succeed in other post-secondary programs.
Applicants not meeting the admission requirements of certain programs are encouraged to consider College Access; College Access graduates will be eligible to apply to programs in

  • Business
  • Hospitality
  • Media Arts
  • Community Services
  • Applied Arts
  • Negahneewin
Admission Requirements: 

In order to meet the admission requirements to the College Access program, Applicants are required to be 19 years of age or older by the program start date. Any Applicants meeting this criteria will be eligible for an Offer of Admission into the program.

 

Recommended Admission Requirements:

We recommend that Applicants meet the admission requirements outlined below for program admission. 

  1. Ontario Secondary School Diploma (or equivalent) with courses from the College (C), University (U), University/College (U/C), or Open (O) preparation levels.
  2. or successful completion of the Mature Student Assessment.
  3. or appropriate credits from Academic and Career Entrance.

Course Recommended: Grade 12 College or University preparation English

Departments:

how to apply

Do you have significant & relevant experience?

Ask about Prior Learning Assessment & Recognition (PLAR) - a mechanism to offer credits for learning acquired through study, work, volunteering and other life experiences that are not recognized through formal transfer credit mechanisms.