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Publications

Studies, Reports and Concept Papers

April 2011
Transferability and Post-secondary Pathways - The Role of Canadian Colleges and Institutes
(PDF - 84 pages, 870 kb)

February 2011
Productivity through Innovation: Applied Research at Canada's Colleges and Institutes
(PDF - 76 pages, 4.2 mb)

November 2010
Colleges Serving Aboriginal Learners and Communities:
Trends, Programs, Services, Partnerships, Challenges and Lessons Learned
(PDF - 74 pages, 1.5 mb)
Accompanying Documents:
Inventory of Aboriginal Education Programs at Publicly-funded Mainstream and Aboriginal Colleges and Institutes (PDF - 23 pages, 70 kb)
Inventory of Aboriginal Student Support Services at Publicly-funded Mainstream and Aboriginal Colleges and Institutes (PDF - 24 pages, 80 kb)
Programs offered by Aboriginal Colleges and Institutes in Partnership with Mainstream Institutions (PDF - 8 pages, 46 kb)
Note: The information in these inventories is in the language provided by the institutions.

June 2010
Internationalizing Canadian Colleges and Institutes: The First National Report on International Education and Mobility
(PDF - 13 pages, 3 mb)

February 2010
Partnerships for Productivity and Advanced Skills: The Role of Colleges in Canada’s Innovation System
(PDF - 60 pages, 533 kb)

December 2008
Pan-Canadian Study of First Year College Students

October 2008
Environment and Sustainability Initiatives in Canadian Colleges and Institutes

July 2008
Colleges and Institutes Supporting the Integration of Immigrants into the Canadian Labour Market - Final Project Report

May 2008
Post-secondary Institutions as Healthy Settings – The Pivotal Role of Student Services
:  As the lead organization of the Young Adults Work Group of the Health and Learning Knowledge Centre (HLKC), established by the Canadian Council on Learning (CCL), ACCC released the report Post-secondary Institutions as Healthy Settings – The Pivotal Role of Student Services. This report provides recommendations for post-secondary institutions and stakeholders on how to address the most significant health challenges of young adults that affect academic performance in order to continue to provide and/or sustain a healthy setting for young adults to learn.  

Apprentices Enrolled at Publicly Funded Canadian Colleges and Institutes - Profiles, Investments and Perceptions (Collaborative Study by ACCC and the Canadian Apprenticeship Forum - Forum canadien sur l'apprentissage) (PDF - 30 pages, 1.67 mb)

The Economic Contribution of Canada's Community Colleges and Technical Institutes: An Analysis of Investment Effectiveness and Economic Growth

Opportunities for Everyone: Programs and Services for Disadvantaged and Low Skilled Learners Offered at Colleges and Institutes (Adobe PDF - 100 pages, 1.63 mb)
Executive Summary (Adobe PDF - 12 pages, 1.12 mb)

March 2007
Pan-Canadian Study Inventory of Exemplary Practices
in College Student Learning

October 2005
Federal Public Service Recruitment Strategy Overhaul

Smart Recruitment Means Including Community College and Institute Graduates to Meet the Challenges of the 21st century

Public Policy Forum Press Releases
June 2005 (Adobe PDF - 2 pages, 60kb)

September 2005 (Adobe PDF - 1 page, 109 kb)

Public Policy Forum's Findings
Smart Recruitment (Adobe PDF - 17 pages, 200kb), is the first in a series of reports on the students’ perspectives on future career choices and preferences, the skills they gained at college or institute, and their preferred job search strategies.
The second report, entitled Smart Workplace (Adobe PDF - 20 pages, 551kb), describes how the more than 6,000 students who participated in the survey see the job market, the strategies needed to find work and the value of the skills they have acquired.

Highlights of the Survey of College and Institute Students Education and Career Goals (Adobe PDF - 4 pages, 42bk)

July 2005
Meeting the Needs of Aboriginal Learners - An Overview of Current Programs and Services, Challenges, Opportunities and Lessons Learned

March 2004
ACCC Report: Canadian Colleges and Institutes Responding to the Needs of Immigrants

Winter 2003
Agriculture Learners Study Project