PGCert in Addictions and Mental Health at Georgian College in Barrie, Canada is a postgraduate certificate in Medicine & Health programme. The programme runs for 2 semesters, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 8,320 per semester (CAD 1,914 per semester for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Postgraduate Certificate
Field:Medicine & Health
Duration: 2 semesters
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 1,914 / semester
International tuition: CAD 8,320 / semester
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
Students develop the skill set to provide a client-centered and client driven continuum of treatment for individuals with addiction problems. With a strong framework of individual and group counselling skills, students study individual, gender, and societal considerations and the resulting treatment implications through the lens of trauma informed care. They practice motivational interviewing techniques, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), and dialectal behaviour therapy (DBT) while learning to match client needs with intervention options. In addition, students reconstruct education and prevention strategies in an effort to design, facilitate and evaluate such tools.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Georgian College's Addictions and Mental Health programme page asks for a prior Ontario College Diploma, Advanced Diploma, degree or equivalent, ideally specialising in health and wellness, human services, social work or the social sciences; the program coordinator assesses how closely other credentials relate. It recommends, rather than mandates, an overall post-secondary average of about 65 per cent, C+, or a 2.5 GPA. The page does not publish a standardised English-language test score for this route. Before starting the program's placement component, applicants must obtain a clear criminal reference check and vulnerable sector check no more than three months ahead of placement, and the page warns that an unpardoned record may prevent completing the program. This full-time route is delivered in hybrid format, combining online and in-person study, alongside a separate part-time continuing-education option that admits on a course-by-course basis.
Application Details
Start Date:Intakes Georgian lists on this program's own page (checked 6 September 2026): Fall 2026 at Barrie; Fall 2027 at Barrie. Campus names are the ones Georgian gives for each start; not every campus runs every intake. On Georgian's academic calendar for standard 14-week programs, the fall term opens with orientation on 8 September 2026 and classes on 9 September 2026; the fall term opens with orientation on 7 September 2027 and classes on 8 September 2027. Individual programs vary from that pattern.
Application Deadline:Georgian publishes no deadline unique to this program, and it is not on the college's highly competitive list for Fall 2026 entry. The dates below are the college-wide ones.
DOMESTIC APPLICANTS (Canadian citizens and permanent residents) apply through ontariocolleges.ca. 1 February is the equal consideration date: an application received on or before it is weighed alongside every other application received by then, while later ones are handled in the order they arrive for as long as seats last. Georgian's own worked example ties each 1 February to the fall, winter and summer that follow, so the date now in force is 1 February 2027 for entry in Fall 2027, Winter 2028 or Summer 2028. Letters of acceptance for most programs start going out on 1 November (1 November 2026 in the current cycle) and keep going until a program fills; an offer is confirmed back through ontariocolleges.ca by the deadline printed on it, normally 1 May (1 May 2027 this cycle), and only one offer may be held at a time. Late applicants can still receive an offer as far as the fifth day of the term. For a program in this category Georgian normally keeps accepting applicants after 1 February — check ontariocolleges.ca for current availability.
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS have no fixed cut-off. They apply directly to Georgian through its own applicant portal, which is also where a program's availability to international students is shown, and applications are taken year-round subject to that availability — Georgian warns that a program open when you apply can be closed by the time your file is assessed, and urges applying early enough to leave time for a study permit. A CAD 100 application fee applies, and a seat is only held once the pre-admission invoice is accepted and the non-refundable CAD 2,500 deposit is paid.
