ReNEW: Career Re-Integration for Newcomers — Winter 2025 Application Form

The application window for the Fall 2024 ReNEW program intake is now closed. We are now accepting applications for Winter 2025.

The ReNEW program equips internationally educated newcomers with career readiness skills to re-establish themselves as professionals in Canada. Through faculty-led synchronous in-person and online learning as well as industry and community partner-led workshops, newcomers will develop career knowledge and skills, acquire Canadian financial literacy training, cultivate social and professional networks, receive community referrals, and develop a tailored action plan for their career pathway.

The ReNEW program is available at no cost to those who are accepted and it is made possible through a generous donation from Scotiabank.

Note: The information contained in this website is subject to change without notice. It should not be viewed as a representation, offer or warranty.

If you need further assistance, please contact the School of ESL at renew@georgebrown.ca

This program will be delivered in a hybrid format that includes both in-person and online instruction. In-person classes are delivered at the School of ESL at 341 King Street East, 3rd floor, Toronto, ON. Online classes are delivered live through D2L Brightspace or Zoom.
To participate in the program, students must have access to a computer with Internet access, a working camera, and a microphone.
Participants must commit to the full 10-week program, including all in-person and online classes and sessions.
Will you be studying in any other academic program at George Brown College or another academic institution during the Winter 2025 semester (January - April 2025)?
To fully benefit and succeed in the program, participants must hold a post-secondary level education credential (earned outside of Canada) and a minimum of (2) years of previous work experience from outside of Canada. 
Participants will be expected to complete a survey for research purposes by George Brown College before the start of the program and upon program completion.
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Applicants may be asked to submit a 3-minute video or a 500-word essay on why they wish to study in the ReNEW program and how the program will benefit them.
Please note that not all applicants will be accepted into the ReNEW program. Only applicants who have satisfied all of the program's admission requirements will be considered for acceptance into the ReNEW program.

Admission Requirement:

  • All applicants must have a minimum CLB test score of 7 in each section
    or
  • Minimum IELTS Academic overall test score of 5.5, in addition to a minimum test score of 5.5 in each of the Writing and Speaking sections
    or 
  • Completed Level 6 of the English for Academic Purposes (EAP R105) program or were placed into Level 7 of the EAP R105 program at George Brown College between January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2024.

An applicant must also be a recent Canadian Citizen (within 5 years of program start date of January 20, 2025)

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All applicants must hold one of the following statuses: Canadian Permanent Resident, Convention Refugee/Protected Person, Recent Canadian Citizen (within 5 years of program start date), or CUAET Visa Holder.

For Permanent Residence card, please submit both the front and back sides of the card. 

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