Offered by Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, Canada, Labour Studies Certificate in Workplace Rights is a certificate in Legal Studies programme. The programme is delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 1,263 per credit (CAD 221 per credit for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Certificate
Field:Legal Studies
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 221 / credit
International tuition: CAD 1,263 / credit
Information for the 2025/26 academic year · Last checked September 2026 · Source: sfu.ca ·
Program details
Overview
This certificate builds foundational knowledge of labour rights and how work is regulated. It introduces labour law and collective bargaining, and examines working people and labour movements, both in Canada and internationally, as areas of study. Coursework includes labour and the environment, unfree labour and modern slavery, and the politics of labour.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Students may declare the certificate after successfully completing one Labour Studies course — either LBST 100 (Equality and Inequality at Work) or LBST 101 (Work and Workers' Rights) — by applying to the Undergraduate Advisor in the Labour Studies Program. The certificate requires a minimum of 18 units, including LBST 201 (Workers in the Global Economy, with LBST 101 strongly recommended as preparation) and one of LBST 309 (Labour and Collective Bargaining) or LBST 313 (Introduction to Canadian Labour Law), with remaining units drawn from an approved cross-departmental elective list; some electives carry their own 30- or 45-unit standing prerequisites. No specific cumulative GPA, English-language test score, interview or portfolio requirement is published for declaring or completing this certificate beyond SFU's standard undergraduate admission and course-enrolment rules.
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.
