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York University Bridging Program for Internationally Educated Professionals
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About the Program > What We Offer

York University's new Bridging Program for Internationally Educated Professionals offers comprehensive individualized assessment of academic preparation, language competence, specialized skills and experience in collaboration with professional licensing bodies where relevant.

The program provides access to training to address gaps in Foundations skills, including Math preparation, English language and professionally relevant English language support, Professional Writing, Introduction to the Culture of Business and Information Technology in Ontario with a specific course in Business Law, Ethics and Governance for Business professionals and Current Approaches to IT for IT professionals.

The program offers training in specialized skills Training in specialized skills that could lead to Professional Certificates or granting of transfer credits and access to upper year courses in relevant Specialized Honours Bachelor’s programs.

Professionals have access to at least one core course that includes specialized training in professionally relevant computing skills and at a professionally relevant Experiential Education course or an internship opportunity that will allow participants direct experience working in the GTA for profit or not-for-profit organization

Professionals in the program are given on-going social support and the development of local professional networks through peer mentoring and later, alumni and professional mentoring in partnership with the relevant professional bodies and,

The program provides the opportunity to access the Foundations skills and many of the specialized skills courses on a distance basis. This responds directly to the barriers noted in the best practices survey of bridging programs as well as the learning by York faculty through in delivering of the bridging program for Internationally Educated Nurses (IENs) where applicants frequently requested the opportunity to begin preparation as soon as they were accepted into the program and prior to arriving in Ontario.