Certificate in English for Academic Purposes

at Canadore College - College Drive Campus Canada

Obtain the knowledge you need to make an informed program choice, and the necessary skills and prerequisites to start your academic career in the health sector. This program will prepare you for further college studies in the health sciences sector. 

Graduates of this program are prepared to meet the eligibility requirements for a number of Canadore College programs including: Practical Nursing, Biotechnology Technologist, Occupational Therapist Assistant and Physiotherapist Assistant, and Environment Technician - Protection and Compliance

What You Learn

• Human biology
• Chemistry
• Communications
• Mathematics
• Psychology
• Critical thinking and reasoning

See your name in the credits! Train in Post Production and have the chance to work on actual film projects and Hollywood movies. Learn advanced processes for this highly specialized field including: advanced video editing, audio mixing, ADR and colour grading. Canadore offers several opportunities for experiential learning through industry partners and movies and television series being filmed in the local region. Graduates of this one-year certificate program can go on to work in a number of areas including film, video production and television, to name a few.

What You Will Learn:-

• Advanced video and audio editing
• Colour grading
• Audio post production
• Mastering
• ADR recording
• Closed captioning

Prepare for a creative and dynamic career. You can’t launch a new business, product or service without a visual element. As a graphic designer you could be creating logos, advertisements, animations, branding, ad images, digital content and websites. In the program you will learn and develop specific skills and techniques, compile an extensive portfolio, and gain invaluable work-related experience working with real clients.

What You Learn:

• Corporate identity and branding
• Digital photography
• Illustration – traditional and digital
• ePublishing and print production
• Typography and page layout
• Design and advertising
• Online content, motion graphics and animation

The field of biotechnology is immense and boundless. Graduates can proceed to work in an assortment of settings and enterprises including wellbeing, horticulture and regular assets. Take in hands-on strategies from current, well-distributed educators. The program gets ready understudies for compensating vocations investigating answers for an assortment of issues confronting our planet, for example, malignancy look into, control of irresistible ailments, nourishment deficiencies, and natural manageability. 

The three years program allows students to develop their skills and knowledge in the areas of genetics, biochemistry, micro or molecular biology, inorganic and organic chemistry, botany, immunology and virology, biostatistics, bioinformatics, pharmacology or toxicology.  Graduates after successfully completing the program, may look for their future career in research laboratories, agriculture and food production, forensics, mining and environmental cleanup, and pharmaceutical industry too.

People are a key resource in businesses, large and small. Learn how industry manages employees for better job satisfaction, staff development, and employee relations in this one-year program. Learn essential human resources functions within the domestic and international business environments like how to facilitate and guide staffing, performance management, training, and health and safety. Gain the skills needed to contribute to organizational development strategies and manage human resources activities of any organization.

What You Learn

• Human resources management and planning
• Corporate training and development
• Mediation skills/conflict resolution
• Labour relations
• Human rights and workplace investigation
• Finance

There is an increased demand for qualified early childhood educators. Get the skills you need to start a rewarding career working with young children. This activity-based program is taught using a holistic approach in which the stages of a child’s developmental growth are emphasized including cognitive skills and socio-emotional development.

Graduates of our program find careers working in partnership with teachers in kindergarten classrooms across Ontario, as well as other early learning environments.

What You Learn

• Child development
• Infant, toddler, pre-school, kindergarten and school-aged curricula
• Language and literacy development
• Health, safety and nutrition
• Special education
• Outdoor/environmental learning course 

Train for a career in a growing field of study. This specialized program will train you to become a behaviour analyst, skilled in the theory and technique of behaviour analysis and modification. Graduates are qualified to work in a number of settings working with individuals or groups with mental health issues, autism or other developmental disabilities, or who are in need of crisis intervention.

Train for a career in a growing field of Applied Behaviour Analysis. This specialized program will train you to work in a variety of fields with children, youth and/or adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder or other Developmental/Intellectual disabilities, acquired brain injury and/or mental health within the community, clinical setting, schools, residential placements and hospitals

Students will study a branch of psychology called Applied Behaviour Analysis- the science of assessing, analyzing and changing human behaviour.  Students will learn about the theory and clinical applications and technique of behaviour analysis and modification through an applied learning style and placement.

Graduates are qualified to work in a number of settings working with individuals or groups with mental health issues, autism or other developmental disabilities, to help them build new skills, or reduce problem behaviour and prevent crisis situations.

What You Learn (3 year)
Students will learn applications related to research in the field of ABA, and will be able to write and examine a research topic of interest through an individual research study. Students will complete a second placement in a clinical setting and will gain knowledge while working with special areas of focus, such as forensics, mental health, hospital settings, as well as high-risk behaviours. Students will also examine group behavioural therapy.

• Forensics and risk assessment
• Research and statistics
• Behavioural group therapy
• Individual Research assignment
• Additional Placement

Start your career in the emerging field of genomics. This program integrates molecular and cellular-based strategies to study the structure, function and regulation of an individual's genomic legacy. Learn to apply techniques such as genotyping and next generation sequencing to unlock the power of the genome. An emphasis will be placed on understanding the pathogenesis of diseases and learning how genetic variation interacts with an individual's environment, nutrition, and lifestyle. Canadore’s new innovative genomics laboratory is equipped with some of the most leading-edge technology in Canada including two DNA sequencers that provide the capacity for research in areas such as pharmacology, addictions, and disease prevention.

What You Will Learn:

• Genetic Profiles/Signatures
• Next Generation Sequencing
• Applied Molecular Genetics
• Cellular Metabolism (Micronutrients)
• Nutrigenomics
• Pharmacogenetics and Toxicogenetics

This 10-month intensive program is intended for graduates of university degree programs in the Humanities or Social Sciences or diploma programs in a related human services field. [Mental Health and Addictions, Child and Youth Worker, Developmental Services Worker, Nursing, Gerontology, Early Childhood Education, Recreation, Community and Justice Services or others to be determined by the Program Co-ordinator.]

Applicants must have completed 40 hours of direct experience with clients in a social agency. 

Following the eight-month in-class portion, students will have a two-month field placement opportunity in a community agency.