Kwantlen Polytechnic University offers Cert in Employment and Community Studies Citation, a certificate in Upgrading/upskilling programme in Surrey, Canada. The programme is delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 2,500 per total for local students.
The program is designed for students with diverse learning needs that have hindered past educational success, preparing them for lifelong learning, employment, and community engagement through hands-on learning and work experience in both classroom and community settings. Students critically examine social justice and ableism issues affecting the lives of people with disabilities, reflect on their own identities and experiences, and develop communication, advocacy, and technology skills.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: This Access-department programme sets its own admission process rather than KPU's standard undergraduate English Proficiency Requirement: applicants must attend a program information session, be interviewed by program faculty to assess fit for the academic program, and demonstrate satisfactory English ability as assessed according to the department's own guidelines — the page publishes no numeric test score. Admission is at the discretion of program faculty; meeting the minimum requirements does not guarantee a place. Applications are accepted only from Canadian citizens and permanent residents/landed immigrants of Canada. Departmental guidelines and the information-session schedule are published separately at kpu.ca/acp/eacs.
Application Details
Start Date:September and January
Application Deadline:KPU classifies most programs as Open Intake, meaning every applicant who meets minimum institutional requirements is admitted without ranking, while a smaller set of Limited Intake programs closes earlier. For the Fall 2027 (September) term, both domestic and international applications open on 1 October 2026; Limited Intake programs have a firm deadline of 1 March 2027 and may close earlier if demand is high, while Open Intake programs stay open on a rolling basis through a confirmation-deposit deadline of 15 June 2027 to a final cutoff of 1 July 2027. Spring (January) and Summer (May) entry follow the same open/limited pattern on an earlier timeline, and KPU applies identical deadlines to domestic and international applicants throughout. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
