Looking to refresh your skills or to develop new ones for our changing world? We are working on a number of exciting new programs exploring the latest in a wide range of topics, taught in small-class and online learning environments. Join our email lists below and we'll let you know once details become available.
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Indigenous Governance in Canada
MICRO-CERTIFICATE
This program provides foundational knowledge on concepts, themes and topics needed to understand and appreciate Indigenous governance. This includes historical and contemporary challenges facing Indigenous Peoples, including the Indian Act and its impact on Indigenous governance. Topics include pre-contact Indigenous governance systems, European colonization of Indigenous governance, Indigenous resistance and revival of the inherent right, nation-building, and ways Indigenous communities are implementing self-government along with its challenges and successes.
Mapping Climate Action
MICRO-CERTIFICATE
This micro-credential program is designed to equip participants with the skills and knowledge necessary to develop web and mobile mapping technologies for promoting climate change action. Through a combination of theoretical learning and practical application, you will explore how various mapping applications can be employed for crowdsourcing data from communities, integrating data and knowledge through accessible platforms, and telling informative stories through maps and other digital media. This program is ideal for professionals and community members interested in enhancing their capability to collect, transform and communicate knowledge related to climate action efforts and opportunities.
Geospatial Analytics for Climate Action
MICRO-CERTIFICATE
This program equips learners with cutting-edge skills in geospatial technologies to address climate change challenges. Through three specialized courses—LiDAR for Climate Change Mitigation, Mapping for Climate Action and Spatial Data for Climate Change Risk Assessment—you will gain hands-on experience in utilizing geospatial data and tools to develop actionable insights for climate resilience and sustainability.
Indigenous Led Climate Action
MICRO-CERTIFICATE
This program explores Indigenous understandings of climate change, and its responses, with a particular emphasis on developing skills for respectful and effective collaboration in support of Indigenous priorities.
Public Policy and Climate Action
MICRO-CERTIFICATE
This program provides insights into the policy and political contexts that shape climate action across scales from local to global, including relevant institutional and governance innovations. You will gain skills and strategies for engaging and overcoming stagnation and polarization—and develop strategies that are responsive to climate science—as well as the social and ecological impacts of climate change.
Mobilizing Climate Action
MICRO-CERTIFICATE
This program provides skills and knowledge to build practices for organizing transformational change including strategic landscape analysis, effective communication and alliance-building strategies, as well as navigating cultural and institutional impediments to change.
Community Energy Transition Strategies
MICRO-CERTIFICATE
A federal government-mandated push towards net-zero by 2050 has highlighted the issue of how to transform community energy plans from a reliance on fossil fuels, high emission energy sources and waste, to clean energy systems that are viable, resilient and renewable. This program equips you with practical tools and strategies to undertake the transition to clean energy.
Project and Change Management for AI Integration
MICRO-CERTIFICATE
Discover how AI impacts project management by exploring the role of AI in project selection, execution and monitoring. Change management principles, including expectations and challenges from relevant parties, will be addressed through an AI lens—facilitating a smooth transition to AI-enhanced project practices.
Spatial Data for Climate Change Risk Assessment
MICRO-CERTIFICATE
This micro-credential program is designed to provide participants with the expertise needed to utilize spatial data for assessing climate change risks. Through a blend of theoretical knowledge and practical exercises, you will learn how to harness geographic information systems (GIS) and other spatial data tools to evaluate and manage the risks associated with climate change. This program is ideal for professionals in environmental science, urban planning, disaster management and related fields who aim to enhance their technical skills and contribute to climate resilience and risk mitigation efforts.
Global Communication Skills for Academia
MICRO-CERTIFICATE
The Global Communication Skills for Academia program is ideal for graduate students and scholars who speak English as a second or additional language. This micro-certificate program will develop and improve your overall language proficiency—with a focus on effective oral and written communication skills—and presentation skills for academic purposes. You will also learn relevant soft skills for in-person or virtual networking and enhanced communications.
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