Human Services Foundation

Program description - October 2025

This one-year certificate program is designed to support students as they prepare to enter a variety of career-based academic programs in human service fields. The program will strengthen students' academic skills and assist them in developing greater knowledge and awareness of the range of human service career options. Through intentionally designed program activities, students will engage with relevant career programs in order to develop a fuller understanding of the professional requirements of those programs and determine personal suitability and fit.

Note:

• Upon successful completion of the Human Services Foundation program (diploma stream), students may apply to a number of Conestoga College programs, including Early Childhood Education, Recreation and Sport Administration, Social Service Worker, Educational Support, Police Foundations, and Protection, Security and Investigation.
• Upon successful completion of the Human Services Foundation program with a minimum 70% or higher in both levels of the program, 70% minimum in both COMM1835 and COMM1085 and successful completion of MATH1005 (degree stream), students may apply to Conestoga's Bachelor of Community and Criminal Justice (Honours), Bachelor of Community Mental Health and Wellness (Honours), Bachelor of Early Learning Program Development (Honours), or Bachelor of Risk, Threat, and Crime Analysis (Honours) degree programs.