Ontario College of Teachers Translation Policy

You must arrange with the college or university where you received your training to send original transcripts of your educational records directly to the College. Ask your educational institution to include a covering letter in English or French. Also, if you have received a registration number from the Ontario College of Teachers, ask your educational institution to include this number in their covering letter to the College along with your Canadian social insurance number. This will make it easier for the College to match your documents to your records and speed up the application process.

If your educational records are in a language other than French or English, the College will mail you copies of your records once the college receives them directly from your educational institution. It is then your responsibility to have the documents translated by an accredited translator into English or French. You are responsible for covering all costs for the translation of documents.

When your documents have been translated, you then send the original copy of the translation, the original letter from the translator (see below), and the photocopy of the original document back to the College.

The College will accept translations only from an accredited translator.

The translator must include an original signed letter that says the translation is accurate and that the translator belongs to an accredited organization. The letter has to include the translator's identification number or seal (or both), name, address, and telephone number.

To find an accredited translator, you can contact the Association of Translators and Interpreters of Ontario (ATIO).

Association of Translators and Interpreters of Ontario (ATIO)

1 Nicholas Street, Suite 1202
Ottawa, ON K1N 7B7
Tel: 613-241-2846 or 1-800-234-5030
Fax: 613-241-4098
www.atio.on.ca
info@atio.on.ca

If the ATIO is unable to provide a translator for the language you need, you can contact:

COSTI-IIAS Immigrant Services

760 College Street
Toronto, ON M6G 1C4
Tel: 416-534-7400
Fax: 416-534-2482
www.costi.org
admin@costi.org

If there is no accredited translator for the language you need, the College will accept translations, with the translator's letter as above, from:

• a consulate, high commission or embassy to Canada of the country that issued the documents
• a Canadian embassy, consulate, or high commission in the country from which you emigrated
• a translator who works for a federal, provincial, or municipal government in Canada