Canadian COLLEGES & INSTITUTES Final Report The Association of Canadian Community Colleges March 2004 FINAL REPORT CANADIAN COLLEGES AND INSTITUTES – RESPONDING TO THE NEEDS OF IMMIGRANTS Results of the Diagnostic Survey of College and Institute Programs and Services for Immigrants and Conclusions of the College and Institute Immigration Roundtable March 8 - 9, 2004 ASSOCIATION OF CANADIAN COMMUNI [...] Canadian colleges and institutes programs and services for immigrants, organize a College and Institute Immigration Roundtable, and develop a section of the ACCC website that profiles the types of programs and services immigrants can access through colleges and institutes. [...] As part of the Government of Canada’s initiative to develop an Immigration Internet Portal, ACCC has received financial support from the Department of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) to conduct a diagnostic survey of the capacity of Canadian colleges and institutes to provide programs and services for immigrants, to organize a College and Institute Immigration Roundtable, and [...] The purpose of this diagnostic was to help identify the types of institution-based and on-line services and programs colleges and institutes are currently or planning to offer specifically for immigrants so that ACCC can develop a section of the ACCC website that profiles the types of programs and services immigrants can access through colleges and institutes. [...] The results of this diagnostic give us a clearer picture of how and where colleges and institutes are offering programs and services to immigrants, and confirms that there are pockets of activity and varying degrees of programs and services offered, depending on if colleges/institutes are located in high or low settlement areas.