Activity Assistant Associate Certificate is a certificate in Health Sciences programme taught at College of the Rockies in Cranbrook, Canada. The programme runs for 6 months, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 3,500 per total for local students.
At a glance
Degree:Certificate
Field:Health Sciences
Duration: 6 months
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 3,500 / total
Last checked September 2026 · Source: cotr.bc.ca ·
Program details
Overview
The certificate offers continuing education for people who already have health care training and hands-on experience behind them. Activity Assistants help enhance the well-being of seniors and of people with physical or cognitive challenges across a range of care settings, organising and leading recreation and leisure activities that support clients physically, emotionally and socially. Working under an Activity Coordinator or Therapeutic Recreation Specialist, learners build the ability to create supportive, engaging environments suited to each client's needs and interests, along with the skills to plan, carry out and evaluate individual and group activities.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: The Activity Assistant Associate Certificate is a continuing-education program intended for people who already have prior health-care training and experience; the program page does not spell out that background further and directs applicants to the full admission requirements, program-completion requirements and course list in College of the Rockies' academic calendar (outlines.cotr.bc.ca), which are not reproduced on the program page itself. Because the program page does not publish its own English-language score, the college's general admission standard applies: TOEFL iBT overall 80, IELTS Academic overall 6.0 (no band below 6.0), CAEL-CE overall 60, or PTE Academic overall 56, or an equivalent English 12 completion combined with sufficient English-medium schooling. The program runs multiple cohorts a year, with intakes in September and February.
Application Details
Start Date:September and February
Application Deadline:Domestic and international applicants to College of the Rockies both apply through EducationPlannerBC. For the 2027-28 academic year the general application window opens 1 November 2026, and applications received by 28 February 2027 get priority processing for Fall 2027 entry; admission is otherwise rolling with no fixed closing date. International applicants get a decision about two weeks after a complete application, with no separate published international deadline. The Bachelor of Science in Nursing is competitive-entry: its window runs 1 November 2026 to 15 February 2027, with final transcripts due 28 February 2027 for Fall 2027 admission. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
