Canada SPP attracts students from India

Until April 2009, there was a big concern among Canadian colleges and universities of not getting students from India as most of the visas were being rejected by the Canadian High Commission, New Delhi. The Student Partners Program (SPP) commonly termed as Students Partnership Program by the students and study abroad consultants in India was implemented in partnership between the Canadian High Commission and the Association of Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC) and is attracting a good number of students from all over India. At the time of writing this article on 23^rd May 2011, the following colleges and universities were in the SPP list:

1. Algonquin College

2. Bow Valley College

3. Cambrian College of Applied Arts & Technology

4. Camosun College

5. Centennial College of Applied Arts & Technology

6. College of New Caledonia

7. College of the Rockies

8. Columbia College

9. Conestoga College

10. Confederation College of Applied Arts & Technology

11. Douglas College

12. Durham College

13. Fanshawe College of Applied Arts & Technology

14. George Brown College

15. Georgian College of Arts & Technology

16. Grant MacEwan University

17. Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning

18. Kwantlen Polytechnic University

19. Lambton College of Applied Arts & Technology

20. Loyalist College of Applied Arts & Technology

21. Marine Institute of Memorial University

22. Medicine Hat College

23. Mohawk College of Applied Arts & Technology

24. New Brunswick Community College

25. Niagara College

26. North Island College

27. Northern Alberta Institute of Technology

28. Northern College

29. Northern Lights

30. Okanagan College

31. Red River College of Applied Arts, Science & Technology

32. Selkirk College

33. Seneca College of Applied Arts & Technology

34. Sheridan College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning

35. St-Clair College of Applied Arts & Technology

36. St. Lawrence College

37. University of The Fraser Valley

38. Vancouver Island University

39. Vancouver Community College

40. New Brunswick College of Craft and Design

41. Fleming College

42. Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology (SIAST)

43. Parkland College

The students are cautioned to submit applications on time by 01 August for September intake and by 01 December for January intake while applying under SPP (Student Partners Program). It needs to be noted that SPP students apply to the participating college rather than the program.

To elaborate, SPP was started as a pilot project with plans to test a model for expediting the student visa process and delivering higher approval rates while maintaining program integrity. All Study Permit application checklists have been revised and improved as a result of the SPP framework to help students make simpler applications and Canadian High Commission informed decisions.