Holland College

Holland College offers day classes (full-time and part-time) and evening classes (part-time) for Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) in person and online on a year-round basis. If you are a Canadian permanent resident or a protected person, you can take free language classes that are funded by the Canadian government.

Within the LINC program, you can choose to take a general class, or a class specializing in hospitality or health care. There are also mother and baby classes available for mothers to attend where they can bring their infants into private classrooms.

Full-time day classes are 25 hours a week from Monday to Friday.
Part-time day classes are 15 hours a week from Monday to Friday.
Part-time evening classes are 6 hours a week, two days a week from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

If you are interested in taking a full-time academic program at Holland College but do not meet the language requirements, please consider the English for Academic Purposes program.

Language Instruction for Newcomers (LINC)

Find out more about our English Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada program.

Programming for Children

Find out more about the child care, day camps, and mother and baby program we offer for our LINC students' children.

English for Academic Purposes

Find out more about our English for Academic Purposes program.

Employment Language Training
(ELT) Hospitality Program
Training for Newcomers with
Health Care Experience

The Employment Language Training (ELT) Hospitality program provides new immigrants to Canada (CLB 4+ with permanent resident status) with the opportunity to combine learning English and learning essential skills to help integrate them into the Prince Edward Island Tourism workplace.

The program provides participants with increased English language proficiency in all four CLB areas – reading, writing, listening, speaking; helps them hone their customer service and communication skills; and prepares them to work in the tourism industry. students also learn about the Employment Standards Act and the Human Rights Act, and participate in résumé and cover letter writing workshops.

Students get hands-on server training in our own restaurant as well as customer service practice in our New-to-You Shop, as well as a two-week job shadow placement; and learn the basics of event planning by working on our Winter Carnival, Halloween Haunted House, and our Pancake Day events. A bus tour of P.E.I. familiarized them with the provinces attractions.

When they successfully complete the program, students receive the following:

EMERIT National Tourism Skills (certificate)
Canadian Workplace Essentials (curriculum)
PEI Best Service Training Program (certificate)
Food Safety (certificate)
WHIMIS (Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System) (certificate)
Standard First Aid and CPR/AED Training (2 certificates)

WHEN CAN YOU START TAKING ELT HOSPITALITY CLASSES?

This program is delivered in-person during the day. It is a full-time class of 25 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Students must interview for the program and commit to attending from September to June.

Apply after completing the following steps:

Step 1: Meet the requirements for and register as a client at the Immigrant & Refugee Services Association PEI (IRSA). Embed:

Step 2: Complete the free Canadian Language Benchmarks Placement Test (CLBPT). Contact Reem Sicoe from IRSA PEI at reem@irsapei.ca or 902-628-6009 to make an appointment for your placement test.

The Health Care program is designed to provide a bridge for newcomers with health care education and experience in their home countries to employment in the Canadian health care industry. The program provides newcomers (CLB 5+ with permanent resident status) with the opportunity to combine learning English and learning essential skills to help integrate them into the Prince Edward Island health care field.

Doctors, nurses, care workers, dentists, dental hygienists, pharmacists, and pharmacy technicians, are examples of health care providers who would be eligible for this program.

The program provides participants with increased English language proficiency in all four CLB areas – reading, writing, listening, speaking, and gives them health care knowledge, experience, and connections in the Canadian and P.E.I. health care sector. Participants receive hands-on training in a relevant health care field during a placement.

WHEN CAN YOU START TAKING THE HEALTH CARE PROGRAM?

The program is delivered in-person during the day. It is a full-time class of 25 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Student enrolment operates year-round on continuous intake, and students can enroll in the health care class after completing the following steps:

Step 1: Meet the requirements for and register as a client at the Immigrant & Refugee Services Association PEI (IRSA). Embed:

Step 2: Complete the free Canadian Language Benchmarks Placement Test (CLBPT). Contact Reem Sicoe from IRSA PEI at reem@irsapei.ca or 902-628-6009 to make an appointment for your placement test. Based on the results of the CLBPT, students are placed on a waiting list to attend classes.

Contact Information

Cody Tran
LINC Program Assistant, Community Education
34 Belmont Street
Charlottetown, PE
C1A 5H1

Email: hclinc@hollandcollege.com
Tel: 902-566-9520

English Language Training

Language Instruction for Newcomers (LINC)

Language Instruction for Newcomers (LINC)

Programming for Children

Programming for Children

English for Academic Purposes

English for Academic Purposes

WHEN CAN YOU START TAKING ELT HOSPITALITY CLASSES?

WHEN CAN YOU START TAKING THE HEALTH CARE PROGRAM?

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