HD in Child and Youth Care

Admission Requirements: Entry requires an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent with English at the Grade 12 (C) or (U) level; suggested courses such as Families in Canada, Indigenous Issues, and Human Development support success but are not required. The program page does not publish its own language-test scores and defers international applicants to Niagara College's institution-wide scale for undergraduate diplomas and certificates: IELTS Academic 6.0 overall with no band under 5.5, TOEFL iBT 80 with a minimum of 20 in Writing and Speaking, Duolingo English Test 105+ with no subscore under 95, PTE Academic 58+ with no skill under 53, or CAEL 60 with no band under 50. Admitted students must complete a Criminal Record Check with Vulnerable Sector Screening less than six months old by the start of Term 2, submit a Communicable Disease Surveillance form by week eight of Term 1, and be 18 or older to obtain the vulnerable-sector screening; a Windows-based computer is required.