Cert in Thanatology (Death and Dying) (Part-time) is a certificate in Social & Cultural Studies programme taught at Conestoga College in Kitchener, Canada. The programme is delivered on campus. Teaching is in English.
At a glance
Degree:Certificate
Field:Social & Cultural Studies
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
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Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
This program aims to promote awareness and understanding of death and how it affects individuals. Courses in the program focus on grief and bereavement issues, communication strategies and religious philosophies of dying and death from the perspective of both the dying and the bereaved. Graduates of this unique program will have the skills and experience to better understand, support and care for those facing or coping with death.The program is ideal for individuals who work with the terminally ill or their families and for those who provide support or assistance to those affected by death including police officers, teachers, paramedics, social workers and employees in hospitals, hospices and long term care facilities. These courses would also help family, friends and caregivers of the dying or deceased cope with and manage death.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: This part-time continuing-education certificate's programme page sets a single admission bar rather than named Grade 11/12 subjects: applicants need an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD), or equivalent, or must be at least 19 years of age or older by the start of study, matching Conestoga's general mature-student route. The page's only stated language condition is that students must be able to receive instruction, and respond and research, in the English language; Conestoga publishes no single domestic test-score table, so applicants whose prior education was not in English, or whose transcripts are from outside Canada, should expect to meet the credential-evaluation and English-proficiency evidence set out on Conestoga's general admissions pages. Admission is granted through Ontario Colleges (ontariocolleges.ca), with final selection made after an assessment of the stated requirements. Once accepted, all courses in the program must be completed within three years of acceptance.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca (college code CONS): for the Fall 2027 intake the online application opens 26 September 2026, the equal consideration date is 1 February 2027, offers may be issued from 1 November 2026, and accepted offers must be confirmed by 1 May 2027; most oversubscribed programs stop accepting applications after 1 February 2027, though many programs remain open afterward. Conestoga does not publish a separate equal-consideration date for its January intake. International applicants apply directly to Conestoga and are assessed on a rolling, first-come, first-served basis until each program fills; no fixed international closing date is published. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
