This is an online course that requires access to a computer with video and audio capabilities as well as an Internet connection. This course can be taken from anywhere in Ontario.

This practical and innovative course will help you

• develop a strategic approach to writing workplace communication.
• understand purpose and audience in written workplace communication.
• use logical structure in emails.
• write effective emails to make requests, exchange information, make complaints and follow up.

Activities based on everyday written communication tasks in the workplace will help you

• use self-editing strategies to identify common personal errors and make changes.
• produce single- and multiple-paragraph professional writing for an appropriate audience and purpose.

Writing Professionally is for you if

• you have successfully completed an OSLT course in Accounting and Finance, Entrepreneurship and Sales & Marketing, Project Management, Professional Managers, Technology or one of the following 40-hour OSLT online modules: Communicating in the Business Sector in Ontario OR Communicating in the Technology Sector in Ontario.
• you are familiar with computers and related technology.
• you have valid Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLBs).
• you are a permanent resident, convention refugee/protected person, or until March 31, 2024, a Ukrainian temporary resident or their dependent in Canada.
• you live in Ontario.

OSLT is delivered in classroom-based and exclusively online formats. See all Business courses and modules and all Technology courses and modules.

Writing Professionally is offered online by the following colleges in 2023-2024: