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Canada, Ontario
Type: College
Location Type: Urban
Founded: 1967
Total Students: 21,059 +
Int. Students: 1,300 +
Main Campus Address
1385 Woodroffe Ave, Nepean, ON K2G 1V8, Canada
The one-year Human Services Foundations Ontario College Certificate allows you to explore career opportunities within human services and prepare for the most appropriate academic and professional pathway for you. Human services supports individuals, families and communities to attain a higher quality of life. As a student, you examine how different human services professionals collaborate to contribute to a better society.
In this program, you develop core skills that are common to all areas of human services, such as relationship building, team work and stress management. You increase your own awareness of issues of diversity and inclusion in Canada and how social issues influence human and community development. You develop a strong understanding of client and community needs, and the impact that systemic barriers have on marginalizing specific populations. This exploration empowers you to select a population group and industry that you would like to focus on. You develop academic skills and career planning skills to support you through the next stages of your academic study.
This foundational training provides students with an introduction to more advanced human services programs including, but not limited to:
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