To compete in a global environment requires having future-ready skills paired with current knowledge of international standards and best practices. It takes a team of global citizens with vision and an understanding of where things are heading in their sector. At Continuing Studies at UVic, we create custom training solutions to equip your people with the edge they need to advance their knowledge and skills, and succeed in an international context.
This page is for planning training opportunities for a group of people. If you are an individual, please see the English Language Centre or our full list our lists of Programs.
If you are looking for custom group training, please read the information below and connect with us to explore how we can help you.
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Our program staff and instructors can design top-tier training programs drawing expertise from 11 UVic faculties, schools and divisions in many topic areas including:
We also offer custom training solutions for organizations based in Canada.
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Understanding and harnessing the power of your organization's data has never been more important. Training in this area will focus on how to create, interpret, and use data to solve problems, make business decisions, and predict and model the future.
Care for the elderly encompasses the management of illness and injury as well as health promotion for healthy ageing. Offering in this topic can cover research and initiatives in areas such as mental health and ageing, dementia care, non-communicable disease, fall prevention, sexual health in seniors, and assistive technologies to improve monitoring and quality of life.
Note: only offered on UVic campus
Organizations value people who can understand and evaluate the design, construction and structures of cloud systems. This course will develop an understanding of different service models and key job skills, such as setting up a cloud environment and constructing and employing a solution in the cloud.
Being able to stay ahead of the competition is critical in today's fast-paced and ever-changing global marketplace. Build upon your management team's ability to plan and execute competitive market-driven strategies successfully.
Enhance the abilities of your team with coding concepts and languages. Customized programs are available to meet any skill and proficiency level.
In a global environment, organizations need to be able to work—both face to face and virtually—with people of different nationalities, cultures, and backgrounds. Help your management team understand the nuances of working with cross-cultural teams or international clientele to foster cohesiveness and improve performance.
This customized training will help your employees improve their English language skills for use in the workplace. We have offered English for specific purposes to international groups of teachers, police, accountants, border guards, and other groups.
Enhance your team’s ability to provide effective instruction to early learners with this introduction to foundational knowledge of ECE in Canada. Programming includes experiential learning opportunities such as visits to early childhood education centres, kindergarten visits, and interactive workshops.
Customized training in the area of ecological restoration uses a holistic approach for professionals working in the field of landscape architecture, design, management, agrology, biology, forestry, mining, etc., who are needing advanced training in restoring disturbed and degraded ecosystems.
Through interactive courses, observations, and discussions, participating education professionals and/or administrators will develop leadership skills needed to build supportive and collaborative learning environments and respond to changing global needs in education.
The English Language Centre is able to partner with various faculties and departments within the university to offer content classes in conjunction with English language courses to improve learners’ English proficiency.
Improve your employees’ public speaking and presentation skills. This program is designed for professionals for whom English is not their first language, but who need to give presentations in English.
Enhance your team’s English skills while learning about the community through project-based learning. Projects will be selected according to the learners’ or organization’s area of interest.
English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) programs are designed for professors and researchers hoping to teach their subject matter in English. These programs offer a stimulating, interactive teaching and learning environment in which education professionals will receive teacher training and professional development in various skill areas and pedagogies.
This course is designed to develop participants’ overall English language proficiency with a special focus on innovation and leadership. Using a project-based approach, the program provides opportunities to practice English through a variety of stimulating team-based activities. Participants will also visit local innovative businesses to experience entrepreneurial companies in Victoria.
The English Language Centre is able to provide customized academic preparation training for undergraduate and graduate student success, academic writing, presentations, dissertation writing, research, IELTS, TOEFL, TOEIC, and other academic skills.
Improve your employees' English language skills while they refine their presentation skills, research skills, English for specific purposes, report writing, and more. Please contact us to discuss the English language needs of your organization.
For professionals who identify health risks, prevent accidents, and maintain safety regulations in the workplace, we can design a customized program to develop skills in areas such as health and safety program management, emergency management, environmental protection, ergonomics, hazardous waste management, and occupational hygiene.
Note: only offered on UVic campus
In these Business workshops, you will build confidence in using your English skills in a professional setting. The program can be tailored to various levels of English proficiency and business focused interests. Observations and opportunities to engage with professionals in the field. can also be arranged. Company visits can also be arranged.
Empower your team with tangible leadership skills that will prepare them for career growth within your organization and strengthen your overall team cohesion. Our approach features effective, real-world strategies that will leverage your team's strengths and improve upon areas of weakness through techniques such as mentoring and coaching or, when necessary, corrective or disciplinary actions.
Mindfulness practice can help improve a patient's experience of receiving health care, complementing conventional medical tests and treatments. Mindfulness practice can also assist health professionals in increasing their personal well-being, avoid burnout, and support their capacity to engage with patients and colleagues.
Note: only offered on UVic campus
Care of vulnerable ill or pre-term neonates demands highly specialized skills and technologies integrated into a continuum of care after discharge. Customized offerings can cover clinical topics such as neonatal intensive care technologies, kangaroo care, early breastfeeding support, and neonatal abstinence, as well as management issues including quality assurance, data collection and benchmarking, and outcomes monitoring.
Note: only offered on UVic campus
The nursing profession plays an important leadership role in health care, bringing its unique professional lens to patient care and the management of health services. Training will be tailored for your specific needs and can cover areas such as advanced nursing education, nursing career development, clinical governance in nursing, nursing care policy, and interprofessional training and practice.
Note: only offered on UVic campus
The Online Pedagogy and Internationalization program empowers educators with the knowledge and tools they need to quickly convert face-to-face content to an effective online course that not only meets the needs of existing students, but opens up a world of opportunity to bring that content to a broader global audience.
Expand on the principles of palliative care with skills and tools to optimize the use of medications for symptom management and pain relief for palliative patients. With this expertise, pharmacists are able to guide other members of the interprofessional team in palliative care planning.
Note: only offered on UVic campus
Expand on the principles of palliative care with skills and tools to optimize the use of medications for symptom management and pain relief for palliative patients. With this expertise, pharmacists are able to guide other members of the interprofessional team in palliative care planning.
Note: only offered on UVic campus
Build upon your team's capacity for effective project management with the guided leadership of a seasoned PMP (Project Management Professional) designated expert. Explore the components of a project management cycle—initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, controlling and closing—and how each contributes to the success of a project.
TEFL programs offers a stimulating, interactive teaching and learning environment in which international teachers and/or graduate students can build a professional network and develop their ability to communicate and teach more effectively in English in their home country.
Our education experts offer the latest in pedagogical research and instructional tools and strategies to further empower K-12 educators in meeting the needs of their students. Topics are highly customizable and relevant to what they are dealing with in their classrooms every day.
Offices have moved beyond word processing and filing to require a much more complex and sophisticated skill set. Topics include: software and database management to data analytics skills, cloud-based applications, digital communication and more.
The impact of wounds on the health care system in terms of human suffering and economic burden is enormous and grows as populations age. This customizable option for health professionals will cover the principles of wound management and develop the skills to deliver evidence-based wound assessment and care, including strategies for prevention, education, and wound product selection.
Note: only offered on UVic campus
We can work with you to provide custom training programs and educational experiences in many more topics. Connect with us to explore how we can help you.
We use a simple three-step process to develop the most effective and efficient training solution for your team. The result is a customized training solution and education experience that will create lasting value by increasing your organization's performance.
We will lead you through a discovery process that will help us gain a better understanding of your current situation. From there, we will seek to understand your specific goals and needs as well as any constraints or considerations that should be taken into account. This discovery process will help us to identify what kind of program will be right for you.
Once we know what you are wanting to achieve with the training, we will begin to conceptualize and design a program that best suits your needs. Through collaboration with you, we will identify the elements you want to see included in the program. We will then work with our team of advisors, educators and real-world experts to design your program.
Our instructors will deliver your customized program, in your desired location and format, in a way that engages your audience fully in the learning process to ensure they get the specific skills and knowledge they need to excel. We will follow-up with you through the assessment process to ensure that your expectations were met and to provide opportunities for reflection and feedback.
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You know what your team needs to take your organization to the next level and we know how to get them there. Our customized learning solutions provide relevant organizational training that is:
As one of Canada’s top universities, you can be sure your team is receiving world-class professional training from a trusted source.
UVic is consistently ranked as one of Canada’s top-ranked comprehensive universities and is the best Canadian university for preparing its students for the workplace.
Consistently ranked as one of Canada’s top tourism destinations, Victoria is a beautiful, clean, and safe city that enjoys the mildest climate in Canada, allowing for outdoor activities to be enjoyed year-round.
Increase English language proficiency through instruction in English.
Our team of experienced instructors and presenters are real-world experts, delivering relevant and practical content in their field of expertise.
Focusing on experiential learning, our custom programs include case studies, global examples and best practices, and off-campus observations and opportunities to engage with professionals in the field.
Tell us what you’re looking to achieve and our dedicated education specialists will design a program that is both theoretical and practical. We will seek to understand your team’s strengths and build on them with skills development and competency training to help them meet your organizational goals.
Whether you’re looking for a one-day workshop or a long-term specialized certificate program, we will create a curriculum that suits your budget, geographic, or other criteria.
Continuing Studies at UVic has a long history of offering innovative educational programming to individual students and groups from around the world. As an international student at UVic, you can expect a quality Canadian education with a global perspective. This includes the opportunity to engage with a diverse range of local and international students and instructors in your field, dynamic socio-cultural activities, and an opportunity to develop the intercultural competencies required to fully participate as a global citizen.
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