Camosun College offers Education Assistant and Community Support Certificate, a certificate in Education & Teaching programme in Victoria, Canada. The programme runs for 10 months, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 20,087 per total (CAD 4,800 per total for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Certificate
Field:Education & Teaching
Duration: 10 months
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 4,800 / total
International tuition: CAD 20,087 / total
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
The Education Assistant and Community Support program prepares learners to offer ethical, professional, and culturally safe disability supports to people in the context of home, school, work and community settings. Guided by a social justice perspective, learners also develop a practice framework that supports the quality of life of people with diverse needs in inclusive communities while emphasizing their rights and self-determination. Graduates have the knowledge, skills and values necessary to provide and advocate for person-centred supports that enhance quality of life, and are prepared to work in positions with people with diverse abilities and their families, in a variety of educational and community settings.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: One of English 12 at C+ or the Camosun English 12 alternative at C, plus attendance at the programme information session — an online version is available if you cannot attend in person. The information session is a requirement, not a suggestion, and proof of it is part of the application. Where the requirement names a secondary-school course, Camosun accepts its own equivalent upgrading course instead, and a C in that Camosun course covers a C+ requirement in an English 12 prerequisite. INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS must clear Camosun's general college English standard on top of anything listed here — IELTS Academic 6.0 with no sub-score under 6.0, TOEFL iBT 78 with no sub-score under 19, PTE Academic 54 with no sub-score under 50, Cambridge C1 Advanced 174 with no sub-score under 169, or CAEL CE 60 with no component under 60, taken within the past two years — because the college states that its general standard applies even where a programme page shows a lower one.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through EducationPlannerBC for Camosun's open-enrolment programmes: for Fall 2027 (September) applications open 1 October 2026 with an early deadline of 15 May 2027 for priority registration and a late deadline of 26 August 2027; Winter 2027 (January) runs 15 September 2026 to 7 January 2027, and Summer 2027 (May) 15 January 2027 to 29 April 2027. Limited-enrolment programmes publish only an opening date and can close once the waitlist exceeds the seats on offer. International applicants must submit a complete application by 1 June (Fall), 1 October (Winter) or 1 February (Summer), though later applications are still reviewed while seats remain, making admission effectively rolling for both groups once the early deadlines pass. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
