Skills

Ce certificat est offert à une clientèle diversifiée. Il a pour objectif la formation de praticiens de la gestion. Le certificat propose une formation fondamentale en gestion basée sur une approche globale de l'organisation. Il permet d'aborder la gestion d'une façon systématique dans une perspective scientifique facilitant la prise de décisions éclairées.

Ce programme permettra à l'étudiant d'acquérir les outils et les connaissances lui permettant de contribuer à des projets et même de lancer et mener à bien ces projets de développement économique et social en tenant compte des spécificités de l'environnement géographique, politique et culturel de sa communauté ainsi que des ressources humaines et financières disponibles. Il permettra également d'explorer des pistes de développement adaptées à sa communauté et de contribuer à une réflexion sur l'importance du leadership et de l'éthique pour une saine gestion de ce développement.

The ETCP is designed to address the nation-wide need for certified, skilled aboriginal environmental field technicians. The ETCP will train practitioners in in-demand environmental monitoring skills and abilities required to assist: biologists, environmental technicians, engineers, hydrologists, and site restoration and environmental monitoring professionals.

Developed by the UBC Institute for Aboriginal Health and UBC Continuing Studies, this award-winning certificate program is designed to help those who work in Aboriginal communities to increase the community’s capacity to deliver services, coordinate programs and promote the health of their people. The program expands its focus beyond health delivery to include environmental and other community health issues.

The Collaborative Program in Community Development provides students with a multidisciplinary graduate education in community development. Community development involves working with community members and groups to effect positive change in the social, economic, organizational, or physical structures of a community that improve both the welfare of community members and the community’s ability to direct its future.

Students have the opportunity to obtain both their BACS and BBA degrees in four years.

Community Development/Community Economic Development (CD/CED) prepares graduates to become facilitators of change in communities that are experiencing multiple barriers to development. A 'hands-on' diploma, graduates will learn how to recognize and use the gifts and assets of the existing community, promote social inclusion and participation at all levels of transformation, understand power dynamics and ethical issues, and will acquire practical facilitation skills to aid in this work.

The Community Studies Program is a two-year diploma program which prepares students for diverse roles in human service/community-based organizations. More specifically, the program focuses on leadership and other career-related skills required to work in a wide variety of human services. These services may range from one-on-one support to positions which involve coordination and facilitation of groups or communities. The courses are fast-paced and dynamic, and are founded on the tenets of experiential learning and direct involvement with individuals, families and communities.

The Rural and Community Studies Program (RCSP) provides students with the opportunity to design an individually tailored degree that combines courses in rural and community studies with courses from traditional disciplines (e.g. Sociology and Geography).

Development and Sustainability studies are focused on socio-economic, ecological, and technological changes that affect the quality of life of individuals and groups in different environments all over the world.