About Us
About Us
The Ontario Council on Articulation and Transfer (ONCAT) puts learners first by making it easier to navigate and succeed in Ontario’s postsecondary system. ONCAT manages ONTransfer.ca, a trusted resource for exploring pathways and transfer options across colleges, universities, and Indigenous Institutes. As a convener and sector partner, ONCAT collaborates with institutions to advance learner mobility and recognition of prior and non-formal learning. We support pathway development and streamlined credit transfer, while fostering innovation through shared tools, project-based funding, research, and the exchange of best practices. Funded by the Government of Ontario, ONCAT is building a more seamless, student-centred postsecondary system.
Vision
A postsecondary education and training system that empowers learners to build upon their previous education and work experience to achieve their personal, educational, and professional goals.
Mandate
ONCAT drives innovation to help postsecondary learners get where they want to go, no matter where they begin. We do this as a vital partner and convener of the postsecondary education and training sectors, maximizing opportunities for institutional collaboration to create academic pathways, facilitating recognition of prior learning, and supporting learner transitions and entry into the labour market.
About ONCAT
ONCAT collaborates with colleges, universities, and Indigenous Institutes to make this system of student mobility a reality. Hit play and learn how we do it.
Values
Grounded in a commitment to equity, diversity, access, and inclusion, ONCAT’s activities are guided by the following values:
- Learner-Centred: We are dedicated to understanding and supporting the diverse needs, aspirations, and challenges of learners at publicly assisted colleges, universities, and Indigenous Institutes in Ontario.
- Impact: We take action to create measurable and transformative change for Ontario learners.
- Adaptability: We respond to the evolving needs of Ontario learners, our partners, and stakeholders.
- Collaboration: We drive success through the strength of our relationships.
- Knowledge Sharing: We foster an environment where knowledge is freely exchanged.
Alongside our members and stakeholders, we do this by:
- Supporting projects aimed at creating and expanding credit transfer pathways and improving our understanding of student mobility and the student transfer experience;
- Engaging Ontario's regions and communities through facilitated groups;
- Collecting credit transfer data and sharing resources;
- Hosting events that bring together transfer professionals from across the province; and,
- Helping students identify transfer opportunities and pathway options through ONTransfer.ca.