Background
COSTI Immigrant Services coordinates and administers the bilingual International Student Connect (ISC) program across Ontario. Its purpose is to provide relevant resources and an appropriate service response to the settlement needs of international students and their families. The program is funded by the Ontario Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services.
ISC program offers information and orientation resources to international students found on the ISC website and in printed format. Resources include A Handbook for International Students in Ontario, Ontario International Students Guide, ISC webinars and fact sheets on various settlement topics.
International Student Connect
ISC offers settlement information and orientation to international students pursuing a post-secondary education in Ontario. The goal is to help international students and their families integrate successfully should they choose to settle in Ontario after graduation. Information is provided through 1-2 hours Let’s Connect Information Sessions or One-on-One Sessions at Colleges and Universities.
ISC Partners
The ISC Program serves many international students together with partners from the following educational institutions and settlement agencies:
| Service Delivery Agency | Institution Served |
| Catholic Crosscultural Services (CCS) | Centennial College (Scarborough) |
| Loyalist College in Toronto | |
| Catholic Centre of Immigrants (CCI) | Carleton University (Ottawa) |
| Lambton College Ottawa | |
| Centre Francophone du Grand Toronto | Glendon College – French |
| Cross Cultural Learner Centre, London | Western University (London) |
| HMC Connections | Sheridan College (Oakville) |
| Kingston Community Health Centres | St Lawrence College (Kingston) |
| New Canadians’ Centre of Excellence Inc | St. Clair College (Windsor) |
| University of Windsor | |
| Newcomer Centre of Peel | Sheridan College (Mississauga) |
| Bridges Niagara | Niagara College (St. Catherines) |
| Brock University (St. Catherines) | |
| Northeastern Ontario Multicultural Centre | Canadore College (North Bay) |
| North York Community House (NYCH) | Glendon College English |
| Humber College | |
| Lambton College | |
| Seneca College | |
| York University | |
| Peel Multicultural Council | Sheridan College (Brampton) |
| Lambton College Mississauga | |
| The Neighborhood Organization, Thorncliffe (TNO) | George Brown College |
| Thunder Bay Multicultural Association (TBMA) | Algoma University (Sault Ste. Marie) |
| Confederation College (Thunder Bay) | |
| Lakehead University (Thunder Bay) | |
| Sault College (Thunder Bay) | |
| YMCA of Hamilton / Burlington / Brantford | Mohawk College (Hamilton) |
| YMCA of Southwestern Ontario | Lambton College (Sarnia) |
| YMCA Simcoe/Muskoka | Georgian College (Barrie) |
| Lake Head Orillia Campus | |
Our Newsletters
International Student Connect (ISC) Program offers an ISC newsletter. The ISC Newsletter is a quarterly electronic publication sent out by the ISC Program Team. It contains program updates, news, policy changes, and relevant settlement information concerning international students in Ontario and Canada. To receive ISC newsletters, please join our mailing list here.
Check out ISC past newsletters by clicking on the links below:
- Issue: Summer 2025
- Issue No 20: October 2023
- Issue No 19: August 2023
- Issue No 18: April 2023
- Issue No 17: February 2023
- Issue No 16: November 2022
- Issue No 15: July 2022
- Issue No 14: April 2022
- Issue No 13: January 2022
- Issue No 12: October 2021
- Issue No 11: July 2021
- Issue No 10: May 2021
- Issue No 9: January 2021
- Issue No 8: October 2020
- Issue No 7: July 2020
- Issue No 6: April 2020
- Issue No 5: January 2020
- Issue No 4: October 2019
- Issue No 3: July 2019
- Issue No 2: April 2019
- Issue No 1: Welcome to the ISC Newsletter