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admission information

to enter the primary/junior indigenous teacher education (hbed) program, applicants must meet the following admission requirements:

• be a person of indigenous ancestry (e.g. first nations, métis, or inuit)
• hold an ontario secondary school diploma (ossd)
• have a minimum of six grade 12 u or m courses, including grade 12 u english
• have an overall average of a minimum of 70%

for more information, contact our department at

telephone: (807) 343-8010 ext. 7196
email: kie.education@lakeheadu.ca

how to apply

to apply for the hbed program, use the ontario universities' application centre's (ouac) online applications. ouac processes your application and then sends it to lakehead for assessment.

application steps:

1. in the ouac application, search by program code: ak, major interest "aboriginal education"
2. contact your previous schools and have them securely email docs.admission@lakeheadu.ca with official copies of your transcript(s)
3. you will receive an email with your offer of admission and instructions. use the login given to you at www.hsbcwebinars.com to sign into your new email & mylnfo. for help with this process, email studentcentral@lakeheadu.ca
4. login to your mylnfo: register for classes & ask for special permission when prompted. you will need to register for classes each semester

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