At Sheridan College in Oakville, Canada, PGCert in Addictions and Mental Health - 1 Year Track, Virtual, Online is offered as a postgraduate certificate in Clinical Psychology programme. The programme runs for 2 semesters, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 19,409 per total (CAD 6,071 per total for local students).
This postgraduate certificate teaches culturally relevant, trauma-informed practices for supporting people experiencing addiction and mental health difficulties. Ahead of the clinical field placement, students work with simulated clients through mental health tools powered by artificial intelligence, simulated digital counselling exercises and case scenarios, combined with case management, counselling technique and crisis intervention training aimed at building therapeutic connections with individuals, groups and families. Classroom and placement hours count toward the educational and clinical training requirements of the Canadian Addiction Counsellors Certification Federation, and graduates qualify for advanced standing toward that certification along with separate suicide intervention and nonviolent crisis intervention certifications. The one-year track runs two semesters of coursework ahead of a 350-hour field placement.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Entry requires a postsecondary diploma, advanced diploma or degree in social services, health sciences, psychology or an equivalent field; applicants with a postsecondary credential in an unrelated field may instead qualify with three to five years of relevant professional or volunteer experience, and others may be considered through demonstrated competence gained from related work and/or educational experience. No minimum grade point average is published. Applicants without postsecondary education in the identified fields must submit a resume detailing their academic background and relevant social-services, health or psychology experience. Applicants whose first language is not English must meet Sheridan's institution-wide English Proficiency Requirement for degree, master's and graduate-certificate programs: IELTS Academic overall 6.5 (no band below 6.0), TOEFL iBT overall 88 (no section below 21), PTE Academic overall 60 (no section below 57), or Duolingo English Test overall 115 (no sub-score below 95). International applicants without English-language documents need a notarised translation, and a domestic applicant schooled outside Canada needs an ICAS or WES credential assessment.
Application Details
Start Date:January and May
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca: for programmes starting in Fall 2027 the application opened 26 September 2026, the equal-consideration date is 1 February 2027, and offers can go out from 1 November 2026, with portfolio- and audition-based programmes deciding later in March; accepted offers must be confirmed by 1 May 2027. Winter and Spring/Summer 2027 entry use the same portal but Sheridan publishes no fixed equal-consideration date for them and reviews those on an ongoing basis. International applicants apply directly through Sheridan's own International Application Portal, not ontariocolleges.ca; the college publishes no fixed international deadline and admits on a rolling, space-permitting basis, so early application is advised for the 2027 entry cycle. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
