College Diploma - Community Worker - Fast-Track (C131)

Community Worker (Fast-Track) is a dynamic social justice program grounded in the principles of human rights and anti-oppression practice.

Over the course of three semesters, students will learn how to work with urban-centred, diverse communities across a range of issues such as: poverty, housing, food justice, immigration and settlement.

Students will develop the skills they need to be responsive to their needs as they change and evolve.

The three-semester Fast-Track program combines classroom instruction with supervised field placements. Theory, analysis and practice are presented through a variety of innovative instructional tools developed from popular education and learner-centred approaches to teaching and learning.

Throughout the program, students will have the opportunity to develop a variety of important and high-demand skills, including:

• anti-oppressive and intercultural practice in working with diverse populations (including youth, immigrant communities, Indigenous populations) • critical analysis, research and writing • group facilitation and leadership • individual and group counselling • conflict mediation and restorative justice • community organizing, activism and development • proposal writing and program evaluation • policy analysis and rights-based advocacy