Diploma in Social Service Worker - Indigenous Specialization

at Cambrian College - Barrydowne Campus Canada

This program will build upon a college diploma, university degree, or complement the training provided by police services to individuals who are currently serving, or who aspire to launch a career in the emerging field of crime analysis. You will develop an understanding of data storage, analysis, programming, statistics, communication, and foundations of data management within the context of policing. You will gain the skills to extract meaningful insights from large and complex data sets to support evidence based decision-making using a wide range of data and technologies. You will test and apply your knowledge through exercises focusing on critical thinking and problem-solving skills and learn to work as a member of a police major case management team.

If you're interested in pursuing a career in global business management or upgrading your current skills, this one-year post-diploma graduate certificate program will enable you to gain specialized global business knowledge & skills required to effectively manage the aspects of global business activities for an organization.

Students will be taught courses in global financial management, global marketing management, global legal issues, global market research, developing a global business plan, global supply chain management, in addition to courses in managing across cultures and professional development to further prepare you for the global workforce.

Students will conclude the program by further gaining hands-on experience by participating in a work placement, a capstone project with an industry partner, or through an international immersion opportunity.

Upon graduation, you may complete further courses to pursue additional certification towards a Forum for International Trade Training (FITT) designation as a Certified International Trade Professional (CITP).

Fieldwork/Placement
The final semester consists of a choice of:

• An 8-week unpaid work placement;
• A capstone Project; or 
• An international immersion opportunity

Prepare for safety and security roles in a variety of industries such as mining, education, casino, energy, retail, medical, residential, and entertainment. As a graduate, you'll have the ability to immediately begin working in the field.

You will learn to communicate effectively with all types of people in both peaceful and conflict situations, as well as how to conduct effective patrols, manage movement of people and vehicles, utilize electronic security equipment, and manage access control. You will also learn to become an experienced note taker and to conduct investigations, collect evidence when appropriate, make arrests when necessary, write informative reports regarding your actions, and provide evidence as expected.

You will be exposed to supervisory expectations, budgeting, health and safety, unions, and media interaction. Managing risk and responding in emergencies will round out your educational experience.

The Addictions and Mental Health Graduate Certificate program will empower students with the knowledge and skills needed for a rewarding career.  Learn to deliver responsive, culturally relevant, client-centred assessment and treatment to diverse individuals and groups and practice ways to effectively collaborate and transform lives as a valuable part of a professional support team.

This two-year Social Services Worker - Indigenous Specialization diploma program will offer a culturally relevant, client-centered approach that provides Indigenous and non-Indigenous students with the opportunity to prepare for work in the human services field.  The Social Services Worker is a regulated profession, with standards of practice and established professional ethics regulated by the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers.  Students will learn to demonstrate consistent ethical, legal, and professional responsibility and adherence to the social work values and principles.  The Indigenous specialization option will provide graduates with enhanced knowledge, skills, and the cultural competencies to work effectively with Indigenous peoples.

Fieldwork/Placement
Students who meet the requirements, will have the opportunity to complete a community placement.  Students will be responsible for any expenses incurred related to placement, such as Paramed consultation, transportation, meals and accommodations.

Agencies will require students to have additional medical and non-medical documents prior to the completion of any community based placement.  Paramed will be responsible for the coordination of the required documentation in consultation with the students.

Required documentation includes:

• Criminal Records Check - Vulnerable Sector Screening
• Health documentation (up-to-date immunization, Two-step TB test, freedom for communicable disease)
• First Aid/CPR
• Field certifications - Bill 18 requirements

Open the doors to a wide range of exciting careers in music with Cambrian College’s Music-Performance Program (PATM).  Our well-rounded curriculum balances intensive training and frequent performance opportunities with complementary courses like The Business of Music, Fundamentals of Music Technology and Music Pedagogy.  Regardless of your music background – no matter your musical style or previous training – if you are talented and motivated, the PATM program can unlock your potential.    

Serious Training 
Your musical talent will flourish in our intensive and supportive training program. Every week as a Cambrian Music Performance student, you will:

• Receive a full hour, one-on-one lesson on your major instrument (brass, classical guitar, piano, percussion, strings, voice or woodwinds).  
• Give and receive instant feedback in weekly Performance Classes.
• Round-out your specialized skills with basic training on a variety of instruments. Introductory methods classes on strings, winds, percussion and guitar will make you more flexible and knowledgeable when you work in the field.

Music Fundamentals

• Regardless of your previous theory training, PATM has a class that can accommodate you.  Music theory courses are offered at all levels, from beginner to advanced. No entrance exam required.
• First-year students also receive fundamental keyboard skills in Piano Class I & II.

Hands-On Experience
The Music-Performance program prepares you for a wide range of career paths by offering practical, real-world experiences, including:

• The promotion and management of a full-scale concert series in The Business of Music I & II.
• Exposure to music technology   
• Teaching experience through the Music Pedagogy courses.  During the third year of the program, you may be hired to teach a student of your own.
• Frequent performance opportunities within the school, the broader community, and the province
• Even more stage time performing with choirs, orchestras, chamber groups and bands.

After graduation, the possibilities are endless. Whether you want to perform, compose, produce, teach, manage, or work in another field related to music, Cambrian’s Music-Performance program can give you the musical ability and practical knowledge needed to build a career as a 21st Century musician.   

Program Highlights

• Receive an hour of private training each week (included with tuition)
• Experienced faculty specialize in classical techniques that fast-track your training
• Music theory offered at all skill levels to suit YOUR needs – no entrance exam required
• Business of Music courses teach you to market, promote and manage yourself or other musicians
• One of the only college music programs in Ontario that includes courses in Music Pedagogy (teaching private lessons)
• Easy access to a large bank of instruments and practice facilities

Human resources professionals know all too well that a company is only as good as the people it employs. Get the skills and experience to become a Certified Human Resources Professional (CHRP) by exploring recruitment, training, organizational management, compensation,  labour relations, and more.

The curriculum is designed to boost your existing qualifications and to support you if you intend to pursue your Certified Human Resources Professional (CHRP) designation. The program provides all nine necessary courses required to complete the Human Resources Professionals Association of Ontario's (HRPA) coursework requirement, the first step in obtaining the CHRP designation. Additional courses include mediation, practitioner seminars, and an eight-week placement in a professional human resources environment. Information on the Human Resources Professionals Association and the CHRP designation is available by visiting www.hrpa.ca.

Fieldwork/Placement

• Semester three will be an eight-week, unpaid work placement.

Cambrian’s Global Business Management program is designed to prepare graduates from various educational and cultural backgrounds to perform managerial roles in global business organizations as well as domestic businesses who are engaged in cross-border business activities. This four-semester graduate certificate program delivers a curriculum that will give students an industry-focused skill set. The program covers all fundamental business functions, such as marketing, finance, organization behaviour, and business strategy in a global setting, to prepare graduates for general management roles in various industries across the globe. The program emphasizes leadership, critical analysis and problem solving, high-performance teamwork, business strategy, ?and managing in a cross-cultural environment.

Program Highlights

• The program offers flexible entry points. With six intakes every year you can start when it’s most convenient for you.
• Through case studies and simulations, you will put your skills into action to solve real-life business problems
• A full semester co-op with leading businesses in the community, and globally.
• Courses are taught by a faculty group comprising of academicians and industry experts.
• The program covers all the functional areas of business in a global context with a focus on decision-making skills.

Co-op Semester

• Students who have completed all courses with a CGPA of 2.0 or higher will be eligible for a 14-week minimum co-op.
• Students will also have an option to complete a capstone course in lieu of co-op if they choose do so.

In Cambrian’s advanced diploma program, you’ll benefit from hands-on training in the latest industry software, a placement opportunity,  and multiple pathways to degree programs.

The Business Administration – Accounting program blends traditional lectures with interactive student discussions, formal presentations, individual work, and practical case studies that model the real business world. The program balances an intense focus on accounting with a broad education in other areas of business by combining courses in financial accounting, managerial skills, finance, cost accounting systems, auditing, computerized accounting, and personal and corporate income taxation. A placement in semester six provides additional hands-on experience and opportunities for networking.

Program Highlights

• 3 years – 6 semesters
• Field placement in semester 6
• Hands-on training in the latest accounting software including Sage 50, Profile, and Caseware
• Agreements with universities allows successful graduates to fast-track through a related degree program

Fieldwork/Placement
All Business Administration-Accounting students participate in an unpaid, practical experience in the sixth semester. The placement is arranged by the coordinator of field placement, and students are formally evaluated by their employers. This exposure to the working world enables students to put into practice their recently obtained skills and knowledge.

Investigate your imaginative potential as you get familiar with the establishments of music recording, altering, and execution, and build up the interchanges aptitudes important to start exploring the music business. Your examinations will receive a hands-on way to deal with little scale, PC based account and altering, give a diagram of the underlying foundations of prominent music and current patterns in the music recording industry, and acquaint you with the business aptitudes expected to effectively advance yourself and your work. 

You will have the chance to work in industry-standard labs with experienced experts and gain from Cambrian's reality class music staff in a one-on-one exercise condition to guarantee your melodic abilities progress in venture with your specialized learning. 

This program is the ideal venturing stone in the event that you are keen on further examinations in sound chronicle and music generation or on the off chance that you wish to seek after autonomous music recording and organization as a profession. The Certificate in Independent Music Production program is offered for 1 year (2 semesters) inside which understudies can work intimately with the world-class personnel to improve their melodic capacities.