Graduate Certificate in Engineering Business and Safety Management

at Confederation College of Applied Arts and Technology Canada

You’ll also learn how to work with patients to conduct laboratory tests and procedures including positioning Holter Monitors and performing ECGs. The emphasis is on building practical skills backed up with in-class learning in topics such as professional practice, microbiology and sociology to give you a good overview of the field.

Top Highlights

• You’ll learn a wide range of skills including collecting and sorting samples for analysis, preparing lab tests and performing different technical procedures
• Program features a work placement during the second semester so you get hands-on experience in the field

Confederation College’s Business program is a two-year Ontario College Diploma program for students who want a comprehensive education in all areas of business.

You will study finance, entrepreneurship, marketing, accounting, human resources, and organizational behaviour to give you a broad understanding of these key areas. This program will help you prepare for a wide range of job opportunities in business, giving you a solid foundation to build your career.

Most importantly, the Business program gives you options. This program has a common first year with the Accounting, Human Resources, and Marketing programs, allowing you to transfer to one of these programs after the first year if you choose.

Top Highlights

• Touches upon all areas of business to help you find what interests you most
• Gives you a well-rounded business education to prepare you for a wide variety of business careers
• Allows you to transfer to Accounting, Human Resources, or Marketing after your first year
• Receive your Business Fundamentals Certificate after your first year

Confederation College’s Early Childhood Education program is designed to give students a broad education in the theory of Early Childhood Education, child development, early childhood curriculum and pedagogy. You’ll get the skills and knowledge you need to plan educational programs and play environments to nurture each child’s development and learning, making a real difference in their lives. Courses cover a wide range of ECE topics including play and inquiry-based learning; effective interpersonal communication; child development; working with families; guidance; and health, safety and wellness.

Top Highlights

• Program includes three field placements so that you can learn in real-world environments
• A demonstration classroom is used by faculty to create hands-on learning experiences for students to learn about curriculum and the development of young children
• Course content follows the most current and relevant trends in professional practice

Confederation College’s Recreation Therapy program will give you the skills and knowledge you’ll need to plan, implement and evaluate a wide range of leisure services for children, adolescents and adults who experience barriers to a healthy leisure lifestyle. You will learn how to work with individuals and groups of all ages to assess their needs and interests so you can encourage independent and personally fulfilling leisure lifestyles. Coursework includes therapeutic recreation, developmental psychology, program and event planning, communications for community services, administrative practices, physical activity leadership and recreation facilities.

Top Highlights

• 450 hours of field placement enhance in-class learning by providing hands-on experience
• Students receive a free membership with Therapeutic Recreation Ontario (TRO). Graduates will be able to join TRO, a professional organization designed to support members of this growing field
• Program is offered as an accelerated program for those with a designated diploma or degree.

Recreation is important for everyone as a way to relax and keep balance in their lives. But for some with physical, cognitive, emotional and/or social limitations, recreation therapy is also a way to connect and participate with others. You can learn how to help!

Confederation College’s Recreation Therapy program will give you the skills and knowledge you’ll need to plan, implement and evaluate a wide range of leisure services for children, adolescents and adults who experience barriers to a healthy leisure lifestyle. You will learn how to work with individuals and groups of all ages to assess their needs and interests so you can encourage independent and personally fulfilling leisure lifestyles. Coursework includes therapeutic recreation, developmental psychology, program and event planning, communications for community services, administrative practices, physical activity leadership and recreation facilities.

Top Highlights

• 450 hours of field placement enhance in-class learning by providing hands-on experience
• Students receive a free membership with Therapeutic Recreation Ontario (TRO). Graduates will be able to join TRO, a professional organization designed to support members of this growing field
• Program is offered as an accelerated program for those with a designated diploma or degree.

Confederation College’s Motive Power Techniques – Automotive certificate program covers all the basics of maintaining and repairing vehicle systems such as electrical/electronics, fuels, brakes, gear trains, steering and suspension on motor vehicles and light trucks. You’ll get hands-on instruction and learn workplace skills such as communication strategies to help you find and keep a job in today’s modern work environment.

Top Highlights

• Program includes a two-week field placement so you get on-the-job training in a real shop
• Courses follow industry standards and practices so you are ready for the job market
• Learn today’s technologies – and how to adapt to tomorrow’s
• Graduates can also go on to an apprenticeship program

Human Resources is one of the hot careers in Canadian business in the new millennium. If you are career-motivated and love working with people, HR is the program for you!

Confederation College’s Business – Human Resources two-year diploma program will teach you how modern businesses manage their people for better job satisfaction, staff development and employee-employer relations. Courses cover all the business basics such as human resources, accounting, marketing, training, business law & ethics and information systems.

Are you interested at the convergence of communication, technology and culture? The diploma program in Digital Media Production at Confederation College in Ontario provides students to enhance valuable skills to learn digital media.  

The program allows you to learn to connect with users through blogs, vlogs, live shows etc. Also, understudies will be able to explore some of areas of social journalism to bring new media platforms. The program allows students to develop skills like photography, videography, graphic design, and many other areas relevant to this field. 

Students may seek their enrollment in the areas like print journalist, web designer, Communication associate, television or radio producer, new media specialist and more.

Are you committed to social justice for Indigenous families and communities? Do you have a passion for working towards the healthy development and welfare of Indigenous children and youth? Are you interested in becoming a Registered Social Service Worker? Look no further, this is program for you!

Indigenous communities throughout northwestern Ontario often experience cultural, geographical and other barriers to service. Confederation College’s Native Child and Family Services program focuses on how to effectively overcome these barriers. You’ll learn how to help connect people with the services they need in their everyday lives in Thunder Bay and throughout the region. Most importantly, you’ll learn how to work with Indigenous children and families and advocate for a better future for Indigenous peoples. Topics covered include social services, Indigenous language, culture and history, contemporary Indigenous society, Indigenous healing interventions and practices, child welfare and development, social justice and advocacy, governance, policy and so much more. Expand your ways of knowing, challenge your positionality, learn ways to decolonize and embrace Indigeneity. The time for Indigenous resurgence is now.

Top Highlights

• Graduates are eligible to become Registered Social Services Workers with the Ontario College of Social Work and Social Services Workers
• Prepare for positions in a variety of human service/helper settings including child welfare agencies, women’s shelters, urban Indigenous organizations and on-reserve services
• Field placements provide hands-on experience working with Indigenous and non-Indigenous organizations
• Also offered as an accelerated program for those with a college diploma or university degree in a related field
• You might also be interested in our Social Service Worker program 

This two-year diploma program teaches you how to function effectively in Canada’s aerospace industry. Work with advanced design programs such as CATIA. Learn about composites and how these materials make the world of difference in flight. Get hands-on experience in machining, CNC and other building fundamentals. You’ll learn the aircraft design, modelling and manufacturing basics you need to launch your successful career in aviation manufacturing and engineering.

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• Developed in consultation with Canada’s leading aerospace companies including Bombardier, Boeing and Magellan Aerospace
• Learn and work in our state-of-the-art lab facilities located in the new Technology, Education and Collaboration Hub
• Learn from experienced faculty who have worked in the industry
• Transfer your skills to other industries including mass transit and car manufacturing