Post Graduate Diploma - Engineering and Construction Technologies (Co-op)

Post-Graduate Diploma - Engineering and Construction Technologies supporting internationally educated professionals from the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry to enter related professional work in Canada. Students will work with industry experts to enhance students' technical skills in the structural and municipal aspects of civil engineering technology and related architectural technologies through hands-on and project-based activities. The program recognizes students' prior learning in the AEC industry and identifies opportunities for students to advance their skills. Instructors will support students in partnering with industry to work on projects that solve current, actual problems in students' identified areas of interest. Students will participate in 6-months of paid work in a co-operative education environment to apply students' knowledge, experience, and students' human and technical skills. Students will learn about the history of Indigenous people in Canada in relation to the AEC industry and engage in reconciliation activities. This program will help students develop awareness of both systemic and personal bias to foster a respectful and inclusive approach to the workplace.