MyCreds™ is a national, shared service and platform that provides students and graduates access to a secure, online, password protected learner credential wallet. This virtual wallet allows them to view and share their verified and official transcripts, credentials, and academic documents in a digitized format on a 24/7 basis – anytime, anywhere. It also enables sharing between organizations with the learner’s permission. Secure, cryptographically signed documents can be sent conveniently and require no further verification. MyCreds™ is the first and only national bilingual system of its kind in Canada. Visit www.mycreds.ca for more details or contact ARUCC’s Executive Lead, Joanne Duklas at info@aruccnationalnetwork.ca.

Established in 2011, the Ontario Council on Articulation and Transfer (ONCAT) was created to enhance academic pathways and reduce barriers for students looking to transfer among Ontario’s public colleges and universities, and Indigenous Institutes. ONCAT’s work is to support the development of a transfer system that is easy to navigate and seamless for students. To achieve this, ONCAT focuses on different funding strategies to improve the system. ONCAT works directly with its many stakeholders to support not only research that improves transfer system planning, but also pathway development projects and institutional processes that meet the needs of students.

The Association of Registrars of the Universities and Colleges of Canada (ARUCC) owns MyCreds™. ARUCC is a federally incorporated not-for-profit led by Canada’s colleges and universities. Ontario institutions formally serve on the ARUCC board through the Ontario University Registrars’ Association (OURA) and the Ontario College Committee of Registrars, Admissions and Liaison Officers (CRALO). ARUCC provides leadership in the post-secondary education field and service to its member institutions nationally and internationally, helping foster the advancement of registrarial practices and learner focused service delivery in Canada.

The Council of Ontario Universities (COU) provides a forum for Ontario’s universities to collaborate and advocate in support of their shared mission to the benefit and prosperity of students, communities and the province of Ontario.

The Committee of Registrars, Admissions and Liaison Officers (CRALO) is a provincial body dedicated to the development of guidelines and procedures common to all Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology relating to Admissions, Liaison, Recruitment, Registration, and Student Records. Organizationally, CRALO is an operational group that reports through the Coordinating Committee for Vice Presidents Students (CCVPS) part of the CAAT Co-ordinating Committee structure.

The Ontario University Registrars’ Association (OURA) is an association of Ontario university registrars, admissions, records, computer systems, recruitment, financial aid, graduate studies and other university personnel involved in registrarial work. The OURA Constitution set out its primary purpose of providing professional development opportunities for its members through sharing information about effective practices in the conduct of the multi-faceted registrarial enterprise. The Association has continued to develop over the years, providing important leadership in a broad range of functions and activities that reflect the increasing complexity and challenges in providing support to higher education. OURA is an affiliate of the Council of Ontario Universities with strong ties with the Ontario Universities’ Application Centre, the Ontario Universities’ Council on Admissions, and with sister associations in other provinces and the Association of Registrars of Universities and Colleges of Canada (ARUCC) at a national level.

For ONCAT funding inquiries: Ana Skinner, Manager, Funding Programs, ONCAT. E: askinner@oncat.ca

For MyCreds™ or onboarding inquiries: Joanne Duklas, Executive Lead, ARUCC. E: info@aruccnationalnetwork.ca