Certificate in Pre-Health Sciences Pathway to Diploma

at Canadore College - College Drive Campus Canada

Graduates of any Bachelor of Education or Bachelor of Arts program can complete this hands-on, intensive program in one year.  Expand your knowledge and skill set working in real-world settings. A 210-hour field placement gives you a practical application for your training with the possibility of securing permanent employment. This program is designed in collaboration with Nipissing University’s Faculty of Education.

What You Learn

• Child development
• Infant, toddler, and school-aged curricula
• Language, literacy, and speech disorders
• Health, safety and nutrition
• Children's math and science
• Special education
• Introduction to psychology and sociology

Get a college diploma and become job ready in 42 weeks! Become an asset to any company with highly transferable skills that could take you anywhere in the world. Learn advanced computer and administration skills and receive specialized medical or legal office administration training. Benefit from a placement in your final semester to give you hands-on experience and the opportunity to network in your field of interest.

What You Learn:-

• Medical and legal terminology
• Office procedures and administration
• Office commerce
• Computerized bookkeeping
• Database analysis
• Communications
• Advanced computer applications

The film business is flourishing in Canada and there is a developing requirement for talented laborers in this unique and energizing field. Get familiar with the specialty of filmmaking utilizing the most recent advanced innovations. This program is designed for the business of today, where experts must have the option to see all parts of creation including cinematography, screenwriting, altering and coordinating. You will increase a strong establishment to make visual stories and graduate with the devices you have to enter this quickly changing and developing field. 

The program helps students to learn topics like scriptwriting, directing and producing, production design, art direction, picture and sound editing, working at heights certification, cinematography, lighting and camera movement, production processes and management, motion graphics and compositing. Consequently, when the program is successfully completed, students may look for a wide range of job opportunities likewise, film and television technician, directing and producing, documentary and commercial productions.

Train hands-on for this in-demand career field and gain the skills necessary to work with Canada's aging population. As the baby boomer generation ages, there is an increased demand for caring professionals with knowledge and expertise in aging. This program will teach you the skills and knowledge required by social service workers to assist older adults in maintaining their independence and enhance their quality of life.

What You Learn

• Gerontology 
• Mental health across the lifespan
• Leisure, recreation and health promotion 
• Canada's First Peoples
• Family dynamics
• Therapeutic case management
• Interpersonal skills related to death and bereavement

Note: Graduates may apply to register with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW).

Diploma in social Service Worker helps students to learn human development, group dynamics, ethics, substance abuse training, and trauma informed practice and crisis intervention and methods for dealing with personal violence. 

This program will give you the information and aptitudes you have to enter this remunerating profession field. Learn abilities and techniques that will set you up to work in various settings and testing circumstances. Topics incorporate social equity, strengthening of underestimated residents and morals. You will likewise be acquainted with Indigenous history and culture through the Canada's First Peoples Course. Graduates can proceed to work with people or gatherings in an assortment of network settings.

Students may look for various job requirements in this vast field, for example; children’s programs and services, transition houses and shelters, programs and services for youth, residential facilities, and mental health and developmental services.

Wellbeing professionals with preparing in psychological well-being and addictions are exceptionally looked for after. Get ready for an important vocation in this popular field. You will prepare to work in psychological well-being and fixation explicit settings, including a wide range of social and wellbeing organizations. Learn in class and in the field, through reproduction and gathering learning, under the talented guidance of our educators. The College works together with offices over the territory and with neighborhood establishments for experiential and situation openings. 

Candidates enrolled in the mental health program at Canadore College will be able to learn and enhance their knowledge in crisis intervention, abnormal psychology, dynamics of chemical dependency, foundation of psychology and sociology, recovery strategies and relapse prevention and other sub topics in the field. Upon successful completion of the program students may find job opportunities in hospitals, recovery or rehabilitation homes, addiction treatment centers and prevention programs.

Learn to be your own boss and turn your idea into a thriving business. Develop and explore entrepreneurship opportunities in a variety of industries in this one-year program. Learn to develop comprehensive business plans, strategies to execute effective marketing plans and how to use market research to optimize the operation of a small business. Gain the versatile skills to be successful in a business or entrepreneurial setting.

What You Learn

• International business
• Leadership in entrepreneurship
• Business law and corporate taxation
• Marketing for managers
• Creating, building and sustaining a venture
• Advanced business procedures

Healthcare is a changing environment and nurses are needed to provide primary care where new trends in technology, pharmacology, nursing medical management are critical tools when working with clients presenting with acute complex pathologies. The Nursing Preparation Licensing Program (NLP) for Internationally Educated Nurses is designed to develop nursing expertise to work in the Ontario health care system. Emphasis is placed on the application and evaluation of advanced theories and practice in acute and chronic care settings within an interprofessional model of care as part of the health care team. Through classroom instruction, simulated labs and practicum placements, students will develop the necessary competencies to be eligible to practice in Ontario. Graduates of the program will be eligible to apply to write the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) jurisprudence and regulatory examinations to be accredited as a Registered Nurse within the Ontario’s Healthcare system.

Learning Outcomes

• Provide patient care in accordance with the Professional Standards for Registered Nurses in Ontario, using critical thinking to make decisions based on research and theory.
• Practice within the legal, ethical and professional scope of practice of nursing for a diverse client population in the province of Ontario as a member of the health care team.
• Use appropriate technology to contribute to safe, effective and efficient nursing practice
• Incorporate reflective practice into the nursing process to identify future implications for the role of a nurse in patient-centered practice.
• Communicate effectively, and in a culturally competent manner, with clients, peers and other members of the interprofessional health care team at the level required of a health care professional in a therapeutic context.
• Contribute to the maintenance of health-related documentation and reports at the level required of a health care professional
• Practice Integrated Comprehensive Care within a variety of contexts and settings (for individuals, families, and groups) by evaluating and modifying individualized care plans to promote safe and optimal patient care.

Train for a career in this important health field in Canadore's leading-edge simulation nursing laboratories. The high fidelity labs are equipped with interactive mannequins that speak and replicate real symptoms, on which students act out common medical emergencies. Training culminates with a seven-week, pre-graduate placement experience working with a registered practical nurse. Our graduates are sought after all over the world working independently or as part of a health care team. 

What You Learn

• Nursing theory and practice
• Pharmacology
• Interprofessional health care and collaboration
• Anatomy and physiology
• Canada's First Peoples/cultural safety and sensitivity
• Developmental psychology

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.