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New to Canada?

Currently working or seeking employment?

Want to improve your workplace communication skills?

New to Canada?

Currently working or seeking employment?

Want to improve your workplace communication skills?

Occupation-specific Language Training courses are delivered at Ontario public colleges in a variety of formats to suit any schedule.

Occupation-specific Language Training (OSLT) is free for newcomers to Ontario.

Participants must be permanent residents, convention refugees/protected persons or temporary residents affected by the crisis in Gaza (showing “MOME2023” in status documentation until March 31, 2027). They must live in Ontario and have:

  • training or experience in a specific occupation or industry, but need to improve their occupation-specific communication skills.
  • a valid language proficiency of at least level 5 in Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB), or Niveaux de compétence linguistique canadiens (NCLC) for courses taught in French.  Some courses/modules require higher CLB levels.

Participants will develop the language and communication skills needed to

  • understand workplace culture in their occupation and sector.
  • interact effectively with their colleagues, clients and supervisors.
  • give and receive information by email and telephone.
  • interview and network effectively.

Occupation-specific Language Training (OSLT) est disponible en français sous l’appellation La Formation linguistique axée sur les professions (FLAP). Si vous souhaitez accéder à la formation en français, veuillez s.v.p. vous rendre dans le site Web de FLAP, ou communiquer avec les collèges de langue française (Collège Boréal ou Collège La Cité).

Si vous participez au Programme pilote pour les étudiants dans les communautés francophones en situation minoritaire – lequel est financé par IRCC – et que vous souhaitez suivre des cours de formation de langue française, veuillez s.v.p. communiquer avec le Collège La Cité ou le Collège Boréal. Pour obtenir des renseignements complets sur le programme pilote et sur les services d’établissement accessibles aux personnes francophones, veuillez s.v.p. consulter la page Programme pilote pour les étudiants dans les communautés francophones en situation minoritaire.

Occupation-specific Language Training (OSLT) is available in French as La formation linguistique axée sur les professions (FLAP). If you wish to access French language training, please go to the FLAP website or contact the Francophone colleges (Boréal or La Cité).

If you are part of the IRCC-funded Francophone Minority Communities Student Pilot and wish to access French language training courses, please contact Collège La Cité or Collège Boréal. For complete information on the pilot and for all settlement services available to Francophones, please visit Francophone Minority Communities Student Pilot.

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Participating Colleges

Logo Collage Boreal College Centennial College La Cité Conestoga College Fanshawe College Humber Polytechnic Georgian College George Brown College Niagara College Seneca Polytechnic
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