Community Access, Business,
& Information Technology

Website: www.ufv.ca/ce
Dean: Karen Evans, BAdmin (Athabasca), MIR (Queen’s)
Phone: (604) 854-4518
Fax: (604) 859-6653
Administrative Assistant: Jo-Anne Trevelyan;
Phone: (604) 854-4541
E-mail

Community Access
Learning and access to learning is important to all Canadian adults. An individual can expect to change careers or career direction at least three times within his/her working life. This will require the ability to constantly acquire new knowledge and skills. The Community Access division endeavours to meet these lifelong learning needs of adults using traditional as well as innovative delivery methods. Delivery methods such as computer-mediated instruction, onsite training, and contract training options are currently being used in the Community Access division. Innovative methods of assessment such as laddering and PLAR (Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition) are also used throughout the division’s programs.

The division also tries to alleviate the barriers to access to learning opportunities faced by people needing high school completion and upgrading to continue with their post-secondary education goals, through the College and Career Preparation department.

Continuing Education

Community and Cultural Events
Contract Training
Employment Training
Certificate programs:

• Bookkeeping for Small Business
• Business Start-up and Business Skills
• Community Pharmacy Technician
• Community Special Needs Attendant
• Computer Assisted Drafting (CAD)
• Computer Training
• Customer Service Specialist
• Dental Office Receptionist
• Employment Counselling Training
• Family Childcare
• Floral Design (New, as of Sept.2000)
• Gerontology — Nursing
• Hospice/Palliative Care
• Legal Secretary
• Life Skills Coach
• Literacy Tutor
• Medical Office Assistant
• Multimedia Publishing
• Nursing Unit Clerk
• Personal Financial Planner
• Substance Abuse Counselling

Applied Business Technology
Automated Office certificate
Computerized Bookkeeping certificate