Dual credits allow secondary students to “take a free ride” to college!

Offered in partnership with Cambrian College, students participate in apprenticeship training or post-secondary courses that count towards both their secondary school diploma and their post-secondary diploma or apprenticeship certification at no cost.

The dual credit program is intended to encourage secondary school students to complete their secondary school education and to consider continuing on to postsecondary education. The program provides opportunities to explore career prospects; and it ensures a successful transition to college and apprenticeship programs.

Students must apply and be accepted into the program.

Benefits of taking a dual credit course:

  • Complete OSSD credits to graduate

  • Experiencing the college atmosphere

  • Gaining free college credits

  • Free textbooks and supplies provided on a lending program

  • Exploring career options at the college level

To learn more, or to register, contact:
Sherry Moreau
Dean of Pathways to Post-Secondary
705-370-4342 ext. 216

Upcoming Dual Credit Offerings:

  • Carpentry – Tools, Materials and Safety – (1 OSSD and 1 college credit): Starting February 2025
    In this course, students will learn how to select and safely use a variety of hand tools, portable power tools, stationary tools and equipment. The students will be introduced to the different types of materials and fasteners used in the construction industry.

  • Welding Metal Trades Practices – (1 OSSD and 1 college credit): Starting February 2025
    In this course, students will acquire theoretical and practical knowledge to supplement the skills required in a shop atmosphere, identify potential workplace hazards and determine the necessary personal protection against common shop and construction hazards. They will be introduced to the safe use and common operation, terminology and maintenance of fabrication equipment for forming plate and structural steel. The students will be able to explain material handling components and techniques and inspection methods. Finally, they will be introduced to the Workplace Hazardous Materials Information Safety (WHMIS) and the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA).

  • Early Childhood Education  – (1 OSSD and 1 college credit): Starting February 2025
    In this course, students will examine the principles of creating indoor and outdoor learning environments. Students will examine the historical perspective of play and stages of play in detail. Students will demonstrate an understanding of how to foster children’s joy of learning through child-centred and play-based pedagogy. Students will use child development coupled with children’s emergent interests as a framework for planning and implementing a developmentally appropriate curriculum.