Colleges from across Ontario will participate

Kitchener - Tonight and tomorrow morning, Conestoga College hosts its annual College Fair – the area’s largest information fair on post-secondary educational opportunities available at Ontario’s colleges.

Institutions from across Ontario will participate, providing information and advice about career programs, subsequent employment opportunities, application and admission procedures, and financial aid programs. Represented will be three institutes of technology and advanced learning, 18 colleges of applied arts and technology, one school of applied health sciences, and three colleges of agricultural and food technology, plus the Ontario College Application Services (OCAS).

Monday evening schedule –

A community open house/information fair takes place October 19 from 6-7:30 p.m., with a format similar to the Tuesday daytime presentation. The community event is open to parents, potential students and the community at-large, and is free of charge.

Tuesday daytime schedule –

On October 20, as many as 2,000 midwestern Ontario secondary school students and teachers will visit information displays by the participating colleges, as well as displays highlighting specific Conestoga opportunities presented in a trade show format. The daytime schedule is 9 a.m.-12 noon.

The location for the College Fair is the Conestoga Recreation Centre and the adjacent E Wing of the Doon Centre Building in Kitchener.