Bachelor of Education - Indigenous Teacher Education Program, Community-Based (BEd)

Frequently asked questions

• How much does Bachelor of Education - Indigenous Teacher Education Program, Community-Based (BEd) cost?

  CAD 40,299 / year.

• What English score does it need?

  IELTS 7.0 overall is the score listed for this programme.

• When does it start?

  Intakes listed for this programme: May 2027.

• What are the entry requirements?

  Admission requirements as published by the Queen's Faculty of Education (https://educ.queensu.ca/teacher-education/multi-session-programs/itep-community): Admission and Application Information Expand All Collapse All Step-by-step process Download a step-by-step guide (PDF, 1148KB) to applying to the ITEP Community-Based programs. Step 1: Create an account through Teacher Education Application Service ( TEAS ) and select the correct program code for for Indigenous Teacher Ed Community-Based (P/J). Program Codes [TABLE] Location | Code || Akwesasne | Q41 || Tyendinaga | Q11 || Mushkegowuk Territory | Q13 || Manitoulin North Shore | Q14 || Lambton-Kent | Q16 || Pikangikum | Q40 Step 2: Email educstudentservices@queensu.ca with the name and email address used to create the TEAS account to request the Queen's Supplemental fee ($85) to be waived. Do not complete the application until confirmation is received that fee has been waived. Step 3: Login to your OUAC Account to complete the application payment and submit the application. Step 4: Submit supplemental documents through the Supplemental Documents Form. Make sure you include: two reference letters from respected members of your Indigenous community a Statement of Indigenous Experience a high school or univeristy transcript résumé Step 5: Wait for an offer of admission. Supplemental Documents for Indigenous Teacher Education Please submit all supplemental documents using the Supplemental Documents Form . Please note: this form can only be completed once, so please ensure all your documents are finalized and ready for submission. Once documents are submitted, they become property of the Faculty and will not be returned. Please see our Supplemental Documentation Guide for more details about the process. [TABLE] Supplemental Document | Method of Submission || Reference letters from two respected members of your Indigenous community (e.g., Elders, Community Leaders, Work Supervisors, Social/School Counsellors, Educators, Director of local Friendship Centres*). The referees must be able to comment on Indigenous community contributions which you have made, and your potential to serve in the field of Indigenous education. *Reference letters cannot be written by relatives or friends of the applicant | Letters of reference should be submitted by the referees directly to: Student Services Office || Statement of Indigenous Experience (SIE) . Please consider your future in Indigenous education when you are completing the SIE. Personal qualities and experiences are vitally important to the successful educator. The Facu ... · English: IELTS 7.0 (no band below 6.5); TOEFL iBT 103 · English test waiver: No test is required of candidates who 'have studied full-time at least three full years (or the equivalent) at a university where the language of instruction and examination was in English in a country where one of the official languages is English'. Time in ESL courses does not count. Applicants who attended university outside North America must submit a letter from the university verifying that the language of instruction and examination was English. Source: https://educ.queensu.ca/teacher-education/consecutive · Deposit: CAD 2500.00 - tuition deposit payable by international undergraduate students on accepting the offer of admission; the Provincial Attestation Letter (PAL) and Letter of Acceptance (LOA) are issued once the offer is accepted and the deposit is paid. Source: https://www.queensu.ca/admission/international-students/study-permit-faq

• Is there a scholarship?

  Yes - international undergraduate applicants are considered automatically, with no separate application, for the Dean's International Award Program: Arts and Science International Admission Award (CAD 5,000 / 10,000 / 15,000 / 20,000 / 25,000 renewable, 4 years), Commerce International Admission Award (CAD 15,000 / 20,000 / 25,000, 4 years), Engineering International Admission Award (CAD 10,000 / 15,000 / 20,000 / 25,000, 4 years) and Health Sciences International Admission Award (CAD 10,000 / 15,000, 4 years); awards are renewable for 3 subsequent years while the student stays full-time in the original faculty of admission and are open only to students paying international fees. Also automatic: the Principal's Scholarship (CAD 7,000, top 3% of the competitive admission average for each first-entry program), the Principal's Global Scholars Undergraduate Award (Global Scholars pathway for forcibly displaced students), the Mehran Bibi Sheikh Memorial Entrance Scholarship (CAD 1,500 x2, preference to international students with Pakistani citizenship) and the Killam American Scholarship (CAD 9,000, U.S. citizens/permanent residents). Bachelor of Nursing students are not eligible for the Health Sciences International Admission Award. Source View scholarship page

• Is it accredited?

  Schoolteacher (publicly funded K-12): Only Ontario runs a separate programme-accreditation body: the Ontario College of Teachers accredits all initial teacher education programs offered by Ontario faculties of education, reviews them periodically, and issues decisions on proposed programme changes. Elsewhere the certifying authority assesses the individual applicant's programme against published criteria rather than publishing an accredited-programme list — for example Saskatchewan requires an…