Explore traditional Indigenous knowledge while building your set of transferable skills.

This one-year Ontario College Certificate, designed in collaboration with Indigenous communities, provides you with the opportunity to develop academic and career skills while exploring traditional knowledge and building a set of transferable skills. This program helps you to explore your abilities and interests, determine your career options and learn in a post-secondary setting.

This program is designed to introduce you to the post-secondary world, enhance your math and English skills and (if you are interested) pathway you into Algonquin’s Aboriginal Studies one-year Ontario College Certificate program. You will be given credit recognition for five courses in the Aboriginal Studies program.

Unique program elements such as individualized program delivery and personal weekly coaching sessions build a circle of care to engage your interests and nurture self-confidence. You are invited to explore the College and the Ottawa community by taking part in learning activities on and around the campus and by participating in various field trips.

With courses in subjects such as math, computers, and communications along with courses that explore traditional Indigenous knowledge and ways of knowing, this program helps you to prepare for further post-secondary studies or to expand your readiness for employment. It represents and shares Indigenous values that foster an inclusive, culturally meaningful approach to education and career options that connect your interests with your community.

As a graduate you may apply for further post-secondary programs or apply for work that suits your knowledge, skills and abilities. Completion of this certificate confirms to potential employers that you are able to learn at a post-secondary level. Since career exploration and planning is a key component of this program, employment opportunities within your home community may be an outcome of coursework activities and community engagement.

SUCCESS FACTORS

This program is well-suited for students who:

• Are motivated by new opportunities for Indigenous people.
• Are needing to enhance their math and English skills for other post-secondary programs.
• Are enthusiastic about expanding their life experiences.

Careers

Graduates may apply for further post-secondary programs or apply for work that suits their knowledge, skills and abilities. Since career exploration and planning is a key component of this program, employment opportunities within the graduates` home communities may emerge as an outcome of coursework activities and community engagement.

Pathways

Please use our Pathways tool to search for pathway options.

The graduate has reliably demonstrated the ability to:

1. Apply appropriate strategies to establish equitable relationships, in a personal and professional capacity, between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.
2. Distinguish between Indigenous and non-Indigenous perceptions of the environment, culture and society to validate multiple paths of understanding.
3. Express thoughts, opinions and emotions in ways appropriate to academic and workplace environments.
4. Identify personal needs in order to seek relevant support and strive towards holistic well-being.
5. Articulate self-understanding, as well as personal and social responsibility as an Indigenous person living in the midst of a diverse and changing society.
6. Relate principles of Indigenous knowledge to better identify personal, academic and career paths.
7. Identify and apply discipline-specific practices that contribute to the local and global community through social responsibility, economic commitment and environmental stewardship.

Application Information

PATHWAYS TO INDIGENOUS EMPOWERMENT - PREPARATION
Program Code 1937X01FWO

Applications to full-time day programs must be submitted with official transcripts showing completion of the academic admission requirements through:

ontariocolleges.ca
60 Corporate Court
Guelph, Ontario N1G 5J3
1-888-892-2228

Students currently enrolled in an Ontario secondary school should notify their Guidance Office prior to their online application at www.ontariocolleges.ca.

Applications for Fall Term and Winter Term admission received by February 1 will be given equal consideration. Applications received after February 1 will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis as long as places are available.

International applicants please visit this link for application process information: https://algonquincollege.force.com/myACint/.

For further information on the admissions process, contact:

Registrar`s Office
Algonquin College
1385 Woodroffe Ave
Ottawa, ON K2G 1V8
Telephone: 613-727-0002
Toll-free: 1-800-565-4723
TTY: 613-727-7766
Fax: 613-727-7632
Contact: https://www.algonquincollege.com/ro

Program Resources