This is a report on research that has been conducted on the integration between college Academic Upgrading programs and Pre-Apprentice, Pre-Trades and Apprenticeship programming in Ontario. The research is part of a larger College Sector Committee (CSC) project entitled "Supporting Apprenticeship and Pre-Apprenticeship Programming through College Academic Upgrading Programs."

The purpose of the research was to identify the collaborative work that is taking place between Academic Upgrading and Pre-Apprenticeship, Pre-Trades and Apprenticeship programming in terms of information sharing, facilitated referral processes, assessment and intake, curriculum development and delivery. The factors that make it possible to work jointly, as well as the challenges, the outcomes, and the overall benefits to colleges of working jointly, were also identified.