They are simply not. Graduate level means you get a DEGREE like masters or phd. Postgraduate certificates are not degrees, they are just certificates.
I think the government may clarify and call it post-degree. You even stated above “Graduate level literally means "after" the bachelor's degree” and college programs are just not for degree holders but those with a diploma, life experience etc. The issue is that IRCC says PhD, Masters and short graduate courses. Taking a PhD or Masters has very different admission requirements than a college graduate certificate program. Most are accepted into college programs. Will have to wait and see how it is defined.
I ask again, what is an example of a "short graduate level program" that is not a masters?
But you don't use a high school diploma to apply for postgraduate programs in College. You will have to use your degree certificate to apply for that. Whether University or College you will apply with your bachelor's degree certificate.
To apply to a college ”graduate” certificate program you don’t need a degree. You can apply with a diploma or sometimes life experience. University graduate certificate programs allow admissions only to degree holders. See my explanation above. All you can do is wait.
This! ^ the colleges market these certificates as “graduate” but that’s so misleading. They are not graduate level since they allow diploma holders or, in some cases, people with work experience to get in. They are basically pathways for diploma holder or degree holders looking to change fields, but of course the college will allow degree holders to also apply if they wish to do so.
No they cant be same thing. Graduate programs are Masters, Phd and Post Doc Progams.
