Post Secondary Programs & Courses
BRITISH COLUMBIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
 | Community Energy Management Information Session
BCIT Community Energy Management |
Want a career that makes a difference in the environment and in your community? Learn more about the online Community Energy Management program. Community Energy Management education will provide the knowledge and resources you need to manage the art and science of saving energy, emissions, and money across the community.
Review our website to know more and register online to join the info session. Contact: Kerly Hitchcock, 604-432-8697. Email: khitchcock@bcit.ca. Web: bcit.ca/cem.
BRITISH COLUMBIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
| Energy Modelling for Building Professionals Information Session
BCIT Centre for Energy Systems Applications |
Are you interested in learning more about Energy Modelling? Here is a special part-time course designed for Building Professionals to introduce the principles and benefits of Energy Modelling.
Review our website to know more about the course and register online to join the info session. Contact: Kerly Hitchcock, 604-432-8697. Email: khitchcock@bcit.ca . Web: https://commons.bcit.ca/energy/.
BRITISH COLUMBIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
| Fire Alarm Technician Information Session
BCIT |
BCIT is a recognized provider of the Canadian Fire Alarm Association (CFAA) accredited Fire Alarm Technician Training Program courses. You will gain a comprehensive understanding of fire alarm systems and the skills required for your success in this industry. Coupled with hands-on training in the BCIT Electrical Training Centre’s electrical and fire alarm labs, five courses will provide you with the vital knowledge that can be used to satisfy the requirements of both CFAA and Applied Science Technicians and Technologists of BC (ASTTBC) for certification both provincially and nationally as a Registered Fire Protection Technician.
Review our website to learn more and register online to join the info session. Contact: Joe Robinsmith, 778-888-3465. Email: jrobinsmith1@bcit.ca. Web: bcit.ca/firealarm.
CONTINUING STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA
 | Start learning with UVic’s Online Public Relations Diploma Program |
We are accepting program applications for the January 2021 term. Apply now and start earning an industry recognized credential. The first PR prerequisite course begins on January 25, 2021.
This exclusively online Diploma Program in Public Relations offered through the University of Victoria will equip you with the necessary skills and knowledge to create strategic methods to manage public relations and communications programs within your organization, develop key strategies to analyze the public relations practice including media relations, issues management, crisis communications, use of effective communication tools, and communication planning, and learn about the history, evolution and theory of the profession. This 10-course program will prepare you to think critically, develop teamwork skills, a strong work ethics, and manage time effectively while working under the pressure of deadlines and multiple projects.
Check out our promotional video here: Public Relations Diploma Program
CONTINUING STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA
| Now accepting applications for UVic’s Online Certificate Program in Environmental & Occupational Health. |
Apply now and start your program on January 25, 2021.
This specialized and exclusively online program is designed for individuals already working in environmental and occupational health as well as those looking for a career change into this dynamic and rapidly expanding field. You will acquire the knowledge, skills and practical information in an integrated approach. This 8-course program features topics such as human health risk assessment, risk management, occupational and environmental law, occupational health hazards, safety program management, ergonomics, occupational hygiene, hazardous waste management, and more. Program details, course descriptions and the online application are available on the EOH program website.
Check out our promotional video here: Environmental and Occupational Health Certificate Program
CIVICINFO BC
 | LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE AWARD
FOR A POST-SECONDARY STUDENT
Applications accepted until October 23, 2020. |
The CivicInfo BC Leadership and Governance Award is given to an employee of a Canadian Local Government or First Nation who is pursuing post-secondary opportunities in governance and leadership. A single award of $1,000 is available in 2020. The award is funded by a generous benefactor who wishes to remain anonymous, but is well-known and respected in the local government sector.
Visit https://www.civicinfo.bc.ca/education-awards for full details and an Application Guide.
CAPILANO UNIVERSITY - SCHOOL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
 | SPRING 2021 ONLINE COURSES
Registration opens early November! |
This spring we are offering ONLINE courses over an 8 week period, designed to fit your work schedule.
Looking to improve your understanding of how local government works, gain practical skills, network with local government professionals from across BC and advance your career? Join the hundreds of local government employees who have done just that, by taking Capilano University's courses designed specifically for working professionals.
Online courses start January 2021 and fill quickly, so register today! PADM 201 - Local Government Services in BC
PADM 202 - Local Government Finance in BC
PADM 203 - Municipal Law in BC
PADM 209 - Fundamentals of Local Gov’t Corporate Administration - PADM 209 Brochure
PADM 210 - Management Fundamentals for Local Gov’t Professionals - PADM 210 Brochure
For further details on dates, times and course format see: Spring 2021 Online & Fall 2021 Courses
To register or for more information contact Anna Delaney at adelaney@capilanou.ca 604.990.7976
SPRING 2021 HIGHLIGHTS: CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION and MANAGEMENT COURSES:
Capilano U’s PADM 209 Corporate Administration course is unique in BC and will equip you with the essential knowledge and skills you need to be more effective in your work. Topics include bylaw drafting, applying parliamentary law and meeting rules of order, public consent processes, Freedom of Information requests, elections, records management and more. This course fulfills the elective course requirement in the Local Government Administration Certificate program and is a required course for the Certificate (Advanced) and Diploma programs. See PADM 209 Brochure
Capilano U’s PADM 210 Management Fundamentals for LG Professionals course allows you to gain foundational knowledge and skills related to managing staff, managing work and managing self, to become more effective in your current or future role as a manager in a municipality, regional district or related organization. The instructor for this course is John Leeburn, former CAO, who brings his many years of local government experience and management knowledge to this highly interactive and exciting course for new, improving and aspiring local government managers. This course fulfills the elective course requirement in the Local Government Administration Certificate program and is an elective course for the Certificate (Advanced), Diploma and Leadership Development Certificate programs. See PADM 210 Brochure
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