If you do not have your Grade 12 diploma, meet the admission requirements of a College program, feel you are ready to work at the post-secondary level or are concerned about your academic skills, you may benefit from Georgian’s acdemic upgrading and college preparation programs. Visit http://www.georgianc.on.ca/academics/college_prep for a list of contact and information.

Students applying to full-time studies at Georgian College must submit a completed application to the Ontario College Application Services (OCAS). There is an application fee payable to OCAS. Applications may be submitted online at www.ontariocolleges.ca or can be mailed to:

• Ontario College Application Services
• 60 Corporate Ct.
• Guelph, ON N1G 5J3
• Phone: (519) 763-4725
• Toll-free: 1-888-892-2228

For further information about the admission and registration process, please visit http://www.georgianc.on.ca/admissions or contact Georgian’s Office of the Registrar registrar@georgianc.on.ca

Funding may be available through the MTCU (Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities) Second Career Strategy for those who qualify. Georgian College advisors can guide you through the process of collecting information needed for your application; however, MTCU grants the funding, not the colleges themselves.

Second Career can help you train for a new career in many high-demand careers in areas such as:

• Health Care
• Natural and applied sciences and related areas
• Computer and information systems
• Business, finance and administration

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You are required to research the local labour market to support the demand for the chosen occupational goal. You may find the Job bank a helpful site to gather labour market information.

If you’re interested in exploring a second career, you first need to complete a Return to Work Action Plan through an Employment Assessment Centre nearest you.

If your Return to Work Action Plan identifies that you need training, you will be provided with the appropriate application package. The application requires you to research training providers in your chosen occupation. One of the training providers you need to research must be a public college. Georgian College is pleased to offer information and support to individuals researching their second career options.

For more information, contact Georgian College’s Second Career Strategy specialists.

Eligible clients are people who have been laid-off any time after January 01, 2005. These applicants include EI claimants, EI Reachback and individuals who are not EI eligible.

Second Career starts with a visit to an Employment Ontario Assessment Centre. A counsellor will talk to you about your goals, and the kind of help you need. If Second Career is the right choice for you, the counsellor will help you prepare a training plan and apply for Second Career.

Second Career is a new Ontario government program to help people who have been laid off any time after January 01, 2005. The program will help unemployed workers who commit to a training plan make the transition to new careers in growing areas of the economy. Second Career can help an applicant with the cost of tuition, books, living expenses, and other costs associated with the training to build skills for a new career. Other Employment Ontario programs like Skills Development also provide support for training.