At Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, Canada, First Responders Trauma Prevention and Recovery Certificate is offered as a certificate in Health Sciences programme. The programme is delivered fully online. Teaching is in English.
At a glance
Degree:Certificate
Field:Health Sciences
Delivery: Online
Language: English
We have no tuition fees on record for this programme yet — see the official programme page.
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The First Responders Trauma Prevention and Recovery Certificate is a part-time online program of ten self-paced courses training first responders in trauma psychology and mental-health support. Topics include crisis intervention, resilience building, peer support, communication skills and organizational approaches to reducing stigma, with courses running five to ten weeks at roughly 6-10 hours per week.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission requires Grade 12 or its equivalent, plus at least two years of work or volunteer experience with a first-response agency or organization. The programme's stated English Language Recommendation is an IELTS Academic overall band score of 6.5, set on SFU Continuing Studies' policies page it links to. There is no formal application deadline: applicants may enrol in individual courses before formally applying to the certificate, and a non-refundable $99 program application fee applies when the formal application is submitted. To graduate, all 10 courses must be completed with a minimum average grade of C.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through EducationPlannerBC, with one set of dates per applicant type rather than by citizenship. Fall 2027 entry: high-school-route applications open 1 October 2026 and close 31 January 2027, while transfer applications open 1 March 2027 and close 15 April 2027 (Education and Contemporary Arts transfer applicants may apply from 1 October 2026). Spring 2027 entry runs 1 July to 15 September 2026, and Summer 2027 entry runs 1 December 2026 to 15 January 2027. Admission documents are generally due 28 February 2027 (Fall) and offers must be accepted by 1 May. International applicants use the same EducationPlannerBC dates and portal; SFU publishes no separate international deadline. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
