Cert in Biidaaban Indigenous Foundations at Sault College in Sault Ste. Marie, Canada is a certificate in Indigenous Focus programme. The programme runs for 1 year, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 1,274 per semester for local students.
This one-year Ontario College Certificate welcomes both Indigenous and non-Indigenous learners into a program grounded in Anishinaabe teachings and Indigenous perspectives, knowledge and worldview, aimed at nurturing academic growth and workplace skills alongside improved math, writing and learning abilities. Graduates work with concepts of wholistic wellness, balance and living a good life, and course credits may carry into other Sault College diploma programs such as Health, Business, Culinary, Community Services, Skilled Trades, Natural Environment and Engineering Technology, subject to each program's own entry requirements. Instruction is delivered in English.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission requires an Ontario Secondary School Diploma or equivalent, or mature student status; the programme page states no further course or grade prerequisites. Applicants educated outside Canada or whose prior study was not in English must meet Sault College's general Diploma and College Certificate language standard: IELTS Academic 6.0 with no band below 5.5, TOEFL iBT 79-80 with no test score below 20, PTE Academic 60 with no communicative skill below 52, or Duolingo English Test 110 with no band below 105, current within two years of the programme start. No portfolio, interview or other admission condition is stated. The one-year, two-semester Ontario College Certificate begins in September 2027.
Application Details
Start Date:September 2027
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca: for programmes starting in September 2027, the application system opens on 26 September 2026 and the equal-consideration date is 1 February 2027, after which qualified applications are assessed first-come, first-served until seats are full; Sault College publishes no equal-consideration date of its own, and neither OCAS nor the college states a separate date for the January 2027 intake. International applicants apply directly to Sault College rather than through ontariocolleges.ca; the college states only that applications are reviewed within five business days of submission and publishes no fixed opening or closing date for international admission. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
