Confederation College is an agency of the province of Ontario, established by Legislation. The people of Northwestern Ontario are the moral owners of Confederation College.

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Confederation College, serving a diversity of learners, develops citizens who will be positioned for success in their lives and careers. The college provides a workforce relevant to the communities of Northwestern Ontario and beyond.

Further, Confederation College exists to ensure the following:

Successful Learners with Diverse Learning Pathways

Diverse learners have knowledge, skills, and attitudes for life-long learning and career success.

• Learners have access to personal learning pathways with appropriate support for individual success.
• Learners have access to flexible delivery models that are effective in responding to their needs.
• Learners meet or exceed recognized performance indicators of knowledge, skills, and attitudes.

Productive Employees and Employers

Businesses, industries, and organizations have a productive, adaptable, ethical workforce enabling them to compete in a rapidly changing environment.

• Employees and employers have access to flexible training, education, and applied research, that meets their diverse learning and unique geographic needs.
• Employers are satisfied that graduates meet or exceed recognized performance indicators.

Community Development and Capacity

Our diverse communities experience socio-economic well-being as a result of our contributions.

• Northwestern Ontario is sustainable and healthy.
• Indigenous communities are autonomous and self-reliant.
• Global communities are enhanced.

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College values

Diversity

We celebrate our learners, employers, communities and college employees, in all their diversity.

Respect, caring and openness

We value each other as individuals and we act with integrity. We expect active and honest sharing of information and ideas, listening carefully and respecting the opinions of others. Working together, we achieve our mission through our values, attitudes and actions.

Learning and Leading

We prepare our learners to live, work, and lead, in Northwestern Ontario and beyond.

Excellence

We strive for excellence in all elements of our work including our consultative, collaborative and responsible decision-making processes. We build on our historical strengths of innovation, reasoned risk-taking, and responsiveness.

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