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Certificate in First Nations and Inuit Student Personnel Services

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Certificate (Cert.) First Nations and Inuit Student Personnel Services(30 Credits)

    Offered by:~Continuing Education-Educatio
    Degree:CT 1st Nat & Inuit St Pers Srv

Program Requirement:

This program is offered by the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology through Office First Nations and Inuit Education.

This 30-credit program is designed to provide Indigenous school personnel advisers with a training program that will enable them to learn about the principles and practice of personnel services as generally applied in educational settings, to help Indigenous student personnel advisers develop their personal skills, and to modify or adapt their services and the content to best suit the cultural and educational needs of Indigenous students; to encourage Indigenous student personnel advisers to take leadership in developing educational programs that address the social needs of their communities, to upgrade their academic qualifications and professional development; and to develop and make available, in English and in the languages of instruction, collections of professional and scholarly knowledge about students' needs, and services in Indigenous communities.

Bearers of this certificate will be qualified to work as educational and school personnel advisers within the employ of an Indigenous educational authority.

Required Courses (21 credits)


  • EDPC 201 Intro to Student Advising 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • EDPC 202 Helping Skills Practicum 1 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • EDPC 203 Helping Skills Practicum 2 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • EDPC 205 Career/Occupational Dev 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • EDPC 208 Native Families' Dynamics 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • EDPC 209 Basic Crisis Interven Skills 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • EDPC 210 Field Experience 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer


Complementary Courses (9 credits)

9 credits selected from the list below or any other suitable course approved by the Program Adviser.

Registration in EDEM 502, EDKP 204, or any other courses offered by departments other than Educational and Counselling Psychology, or in other programs of this Department is dependent on availability (e.g., through a concurrently offered program) or through an arrangement made with that department or program. The Program Adviser will attempt to make these contacts whenever required.


  • EDEM 502 Indigenous Fam Dyn & Supp Inst 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • EDKP 204 Health Education 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • EDPI 211 Social & Emotional Development 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer


For more information, see Programs, Courses and University Regulations.

 

 

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