Diploma in Onajigawin Indigenous Services - Accelerated is a diploma in Social & Cultural Studies programme taught at Confederation College in Thunder Bay, Canada. The programme runs for 1 year, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 2,740 per year for local students.
At a glance
Degree:Diploma
Field:Social & Cultural Studies
Duration: 1 year
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 2,740 / year
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
Fall Start (September): 0670
Fall Start (September) Accelerated program: 0671
CIP Code: 19.0701
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Requirements
Admission Requirements: This accelerated stream of the Onajigawin Indigenous Services diploma offers a limited number of seats each year to applicants who already hold a degree or diploma from an accredited university or college in a related discipline, in place of the standard Ontario Secondary School Diploma route. Before starting field placements, students must obtain a Criminal Record Check (a Vulnerable Sector Check may also be required by some placement agencies), a Standard First Aid/Infant & Child CPR certificate, and proof of immunization plus a current TB skin test, all at the student's own cost. International applicants need an equivalent high-school/senior-secondary diploma with notarized, translated transcripts, and must meet the program's English Language Proficiency requirement of Academic IELTS overall 6.0 with no band below 5.5. Applicants who do not qualify for the accelerated intake are directed to the standard two-year diploma program.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca: for Fall 2027 entry the application opened 26 September 2026 and the province-wide equal-consideration date is 1 February 2027; Confederation also publishes its own equal-consideration dates of 1 March for Winter-entry programmes and 1 April for Spring-entry programmes. After these dates, files are assessed on a rolling, first-come basis while seats remain, and the college flags Aviation, Health, Engineering Technology and Community Services programmes as filling quickly. International applicants apply via international.ocas.ca; intakes close roughly six weeks before each semester starts and a programme can close earlier once seats fill, so no fixed international closing date is published. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.