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NAN Student Handbook

Applying to Post Secondary

Take some time to look at what you want for your future. Talk to your family, friends, teachers and other people who will listen to help you decide where you want to go.

Set goals and work hard. This is an opportunity to explore your future!”

Daeshawn Sutherland, Constance Lake First Nation

Industrial Millwright Program, Northern College

Post-Secondary Admission

Check with your teachers, counsellors, and the university or college calendar to:

  • Make sure you have all of the prerequisites for the program.
  • Sign up for all the courses you want or need to take.
  • If you don’t have all the courses needed, ask if they offer upgrading courses or programs such as Native Access Program.
  • February 1st is the college Equal Consideration Date: if you apply after this date, the college will only look at applications as first come first serve until the program is filled.
  • Mid-January is the deadline to complete your Ontario Universities’ Application Centre application to attend a University.
  • If you are applying to a private college or university, like an Indigenous post-secondary institute, you will need to get the application information from them.
  • Apply early to make sure all the forms you need have been filled out and the institution has them.

In Ontario, post-secondary applications are done online.

To apply to a college, go to:

https://www.ontariocolleges.ca/en/

MID-JANUARY IS THE DEADLINE TO APPLY TO COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY