PGCert in Dépendances et santé mentale is a postgraduate certificate in Health Sciences programme taught at La Cité Collégiale in Ottawa, Canada. The programme runs for 3 semesters, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 1,809 per semester (CAD 1,809 per semester for local students).
Ce programme postdiplôme prépare à mener, selon des pratiques établies, des évaluations, des interventions et des suivis auprès de personnes à risque ou souffrant de toxicomanie ou de troubles concomitants, en collaboration avec des équipes multidisciplinaires. L'étudiant apprend à analyser les problématiques de consommation, à appliquer les méthodes reconnues d'évaluation des cas complexes, à mettre en œuvre des stratégies de traitement centrées sur l'individu et à contribuer aux plans d'intervention, tout en collaborant avec les familles, les groupes et la communauté dans des activités de prévention. La formation s'appuie sur les compétences identifiées par la Fédération canadienne d'agrément des conseillers en toxicomanie.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: A post-diploma certificate delivered online. Entry is a college diploma or a university degree in the social and human sciences or in health sciences. Applicants who meet that condition apply through the Ontario college application service (ontariocolleges.ca). Individual courses can also be taken a la carte by registering directly with La Cité's admissions and registrar's office without going through the application service — useful for trying a course first or for professional development — but the full post-diploma credential requires an application through the service. Written proof of no criminal record is required to take part in workplace placements.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca: for Fall 2027 entry the online application opened on 26 September 2026, colleges may start sending offers from 1 November 2026, and 1 February 2027 is the equal-consideration date; La Cité's own highly-competitive (quota) programmes are evaluated from 1 February 2027, with offers sent by mid-February 2027. International applicants apply through collegesdelontario.ca (SACO/OCAS) for a non-refundable CAD 350 fee and are checked against La Cité's own programme-availability table rather than a fixed date; the college states admission is competitive and never guaranteed, and publishes no fixed international closing date. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
