| Acronyms |
Description |
| AAP |
Adjustment Advisory Program |
| AC |
Advisory Committee |
| ACA |
Apprenticeship and Certification Act |
| ACAATO |
Association of Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology (renamed Colleges Ontario) |
| ACCC |
Association of Canadian Community Colleges |
| ACS |
Apprenticeship Client Services |
| ADM |
Assistant Deputy Minister |
| AEF |
Apprenticeship Enhancement Fund |
| AIF |
Apprenticeship Innovation Fund |
| APT |
Access to Professions and Trades (renamed the Labour Market Integration Unit, Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration) |
| ARB |
Assessment Review Board |
| ASA |
Apprenticeship Support Application (renamed EOIS-APPR Application) |
| ASSB |
Apprenticeship Scholarship / Employer Signing Bonus |
| ATP |
Apprenticeship Training Program |
| ATTC |
Apprenticeship Training Tax Credit |
| CAAT |
College of Applied Arts & Technology |
| CCM |
Community Coordinator Model |
| CIPMS |
Continuous Improvement Performance Management System |
| CLB |
Canadian Language Benchmarks |
| CO |
Colleges Ontario (formerly Association of Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology) |
| CofA |
Certificate of Apprenticeship |
| CofQ |
Certificate of Qualification |
| CODA |
Co-op Diploma Apprenticeship Program |
| CSGC |
Common System for Grants and Contributions |
| CSPC |
Client Service Planning and Coordination |
| DM |
Deputy Minister |
| DMO |
Deputy Ministers Office |
| EA |
Environmental Assessment |
| EARAT |
Evaluating Academic Readiness for Apprenticeship Training |
| EAS |
Employment Assistance Services (Ontario) |
| EBSM |
Employment Benefits and Support Measures |
| EI |
Employment Insurance |
| ELT |
Enhanced Language Training |
| EO |
Employment Ontario |
| EOH |
Employment Ontario Hotline |
| EOIS |
Employment Ontario Information System |
| EONDF |
Employment Ontario Network Development Fund |
| EOPG |
Employment Ontario Partners Gateway |
| EPP |
Employment Planning and Preparation (Part of Job Connect) |
| ES |
Employment Services |
| ESPMS |
Employment Service Performance Management System |
| ETC |
Employment Training Consultant |
| ETD |
Employment and Training Division |
| FCR |
Foreign Credential Recognition |
| FLA |
French Language Act |
| FLSA |
French Language Services Act |
| FRO |
Family Responsibility Office (Ministry of Community and Social Services) |
| GAAP |
Generally Accepted Accounting Practices |
| GAHI |
Gross Annualized Household Income |
| GED |
General Education Development |
| HAT |
Heads of Apprenticeship Training (Part of Colleges Ontario) |
| IALS |
International Adult Literacy Survey |
| IC |
Industry Committee |
| ILC |
Independent Learning Centre (a service of TVOntario for distance learning) |
| ILLMP |
Integrated Local Labour Market Planning |
| IRS |
Information and Referral Services (Part of Job Connect) |
| ISD |
Integrated Service Delivery |
| ITI |
Internationally Trained Individual |
| JC |
Job Connect |
| JCAG |
Job Connect Advisory Group |
| JCCS |
Job Connect College Sector Committee (Part of Colleges Ontario) |
| JCP |
Job Connect Partnerships |
| JDPS |
Job Development and Placement Support (Part of Job Connect) |
| JPU |
Journey Person Updating (Program) (discontinued) |
| L218 |
Learning to 18 (Strategy) |
| LAC |
Local Apprenticeship Committee |
| LTB |
Local Training Board |
| LBS |
Literacy and Basic Skills |
| LICO |
Low Income Cut Off |
| LMDA |
Labour Market Development Agreement |
| LMI |
Labour Market Information |
| LMIU |
Labour Market Integration Unit (formerly known as Access to Professions and Trades Ministry of Citizenship) |
| LMPA |
Labour Market Partnership Agreement |
| LMTD |
Labour Market and Training Division (renamed the Employment and Training Division (ETD), MTCU) |
| L4T |
Loans for Tools |
| LRC |
Local Review Committee |
| MCI |
Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration |
| MCSS |
Ministry of Community and Social Services |
| MEDU |
Ministry of Education |
| MERC |
Ministry Employee Relations Committee |
| MERC |
Mandatory Employment Related Costs |
| MLS |
Multi-Language Services |
| MO |
Ministers Office |
| MoA |
Memorandum of Agreement |
| MOF |
Ministry of Finance |
| MoU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
| MT |
Modular Training |
| MTCU |
Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities |
| NAFTA |
North American Free Trade Agreement |
| NOLL |
National Office of Literacy and Learning (Part of Human Resources and Social Development Canada) |
| NWTI |
New Work Transition Incentive |
| OBS |
Ontario Basic Skills |
| ODSP |
Ontario Disability Support Program (Part of Ministry of Community and Social Services) |
| OEAS |
Ontario Employment Assistance Services |
| OEBSM |
Ontario Employment Benefits and Support Measures |
| OJB |
Ontario Job Bank |
| OJCP |
Ontario Job Creation Partnerships |
| OLMP |
Ontario Labour Market Partnerships |
| OSD |
Ontario Skills Development |
| OSEB |
Ontario Self Employment Benefit |
| OSJ |
Ontario Summer Jobs Strategy |
| OSP |
Ontario Skills Passport |
| OSSD |
Ontario Secondary School Diploma |
| OSTEP |
Ontario Skills Training Enhancement Program |
| OTWS |
Ontario Targeted Wage Subsidies |
| OW |
Ontario Works (a program by Ministry of Community and Social Services) |
| OYAP |
Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program |
| PAC |
Provincial Advisory Committee |
| PATP |
Pre-Apprenticeship Training Prgram |
| PC |
Provisional Certificate |
| PLAR |
Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition |
| PMAF |
Performance Management and Accountability Framework |
| PPC |
Provincial Partnership Council |
| PSED |
Postsecondary Education Division |
| PtoP |
Passport to Prosperity |
| RbP |
Results-based Planning |
| RRTS |
Rapid Re-employment Training Service |
| RTWAP |
Return to Work Action Plan |
| SC |
Second Career |
| SD |
(Ontario) Skills Development |
| SDAG |
Service Delivery Advisory Group |
| SEB |
(Ontario) Self-Employment Benefit |
| SHSM |
Specialist High Skills Major |
| SIF |
Sector Initiatives Fund |
| SJS |
Summer Jobs Service |
| SO |
ServiceOntario |
| SP |
Service Provider |
| SPPD |
Strategic Policy and Programs Division |
| STIP |
Skills Training Infrastructure Program |
| TDA |
Training Delivery Agent |
| TOEFL |
Test of English as a Foreign Language |
| TQAA |
Trades Qualification and Apprenticeship Act |
| TWS |
Targeted Wage Subsidies |
