1. Presentation to CSA Student Leaders – May Conference Lia Quickert Executive Director (Acting), & Strategic Communications and Public Affairs Director Shauna Love, Operations Director Learn How to Transfer Courses and Programs Among Ontario’s 45 Public Colleges and Universities

2. What is a Transfer Student? If you have completed a course, some courses, or an entire program at one institution and wanted to continue your postsecondary education at another …then you’re a transfer student.

3. About Credit Transfer Based on a survey run by Academica in 2014, more than 50% of students have considered transferring. In Ontario, we know that more than 55,000 students transfer per year.

4. Why Transfer? There are lots of reasons…

5. Why is Credit Transfer Important? Student saves time and money Additional savings for government Case study – business students average business student saves 1.3 years of study

6. Government Vision The provincial government had a vision to develop a made-in-Ontario credit transfer system that would enable learners to easily navigate postsecondary education choices to achieve their goals with minimal duplication of learning.

7. Ontario’s Commitment to Credit Transfer In 2011, the government: Created ONCAT Committed $73.4M over five years to develop Institutional infrastructure System-wide initiatives to create opportunities for students Developed a new Ministry Policy Statement on Credit Transfer

8. Who is ONCAT? ONCAT is a member-driven organization that is supported by all of Ontario’s 45 publicly funded colleges and universities. We work with those institutions to develop transfer credit policies and practices that will enhance student mobility and change the culture of credit transfer. ONCAT also maintains the ONTransfer.ca website.

9. What is ONTransfer.ca? ONTransfer.ca…

10. College? University? Or Both? Are you at a college or university and want to switch? Want to go to college and then to university, or vice-versa?

11. Popular Areas For Transfer

12. Things to Consider When Transferring The grade in the course When you took the course Where you took most of your courses

13. Transfer Checklist

14. What’s Next? Rebranding New logos Clearer identity Website redevelopment

16. Questions?