Career and skills micro-credentials
Build skills for your career with short online courses you can take at your own pace. Earn micro-credentials (short-term industry recognized qualifications) and learn skills that employers are looking for.

Build practical skills for your career
Our Career and Skills Micro-Credentials offer short online courses to build practical skills for work and your career. Each course takes about 20 hours to complete, and you can study online at your own pace.
Whether you are starting your career in Canada, learning a new skill, or building your resume (CV), these flexible courses are designed to fit your schedule.
- Short online courses focused on career and workplace skills.
- Learn online at your own pace and on your own schedule.
- Start anytime — there are no fixed start dates.
- Earn a certificate of completion for each course.
- $200 per course for a limited time (regular price: $400)
EXPLORE OUR CAREER AND SKILLS COURSES
Mastering Business Correspondence & Workplace
Business Writing
Build core skills in professional business writing, including complaint letters, memos, and everyday workplace correspondence used in Canadian workplaces.
Ideal for new professionals, newcomers to Canada, and job seekers
what you’ll learn
• Write and respond to customer complaints professionally
• Apply proper grammar and punctuation in complaint and resolution letters
• Write effective internal business memos and notes
• Draft concise, clear business emails for routine communication
• Identify and apply the right format for different types of business correspondence
Professional Business Writing: Essentials for the Modern Workplace
Business Writing
Strengthen your writing with practical tools and formats for inquiries, formal letters, and professional reports in today’s workplace.
Ideal for professionals, job seekers, and newcomers to Canada
what you’ll learn
• Write information requests and provide clear responses
• Apply proper grammar and punctuation in requests and replies
• Compose formal business letters (inquiries, requests, confirmations, cover letters)
• Create professional reports and summaries for internal or client use
• Adapt language, tone, and style for different business audiences
Uncover Your Leadership DNA: Foundations of Modern Leadership
Leadership
Explore your personal leadership style and learn the core principles that shape effective, modern leadership.
Ideal for aspiring leaders, new managers, and career changers
what you’ll learn
• What is leadership, and how strong are your current leadership skills?
• Self-assessment exercises to identify your leadership style and areas for growth
• Analyze strengths and weaknesses of different leadership styles across workplace contexts
• Explore what makes a good leader
• Build your own leadership skills improvement plan
Lead in Any Situation: Adaptive Leadership through Real-World Case Studies
Leadership
Learn how to adapt your leadership approach using real-world case studies and situational strategies.
Ideal for new and mid-level leaders and team leads
what you’ll learn
• Explore the nature of leadership and what makes leadership effective
• Understand the role of gender, culture, and emotional intelligence in leadership
• Evaluate leadership effectiveness across diverse cultural and organizational contexts
• Develop a personalized leadership style suited to motivating and managing specific groups
• Apply reflection insights to build improvement plans for motivation and management goals
• Build a digital management portfolio profiling leadership roles, outcomes, and reflections
Transform Your Impact: Advanced Strategies for Diverse, High-Performing Teams
Leadership
Develop advanced strategies to lead diverse teams and build a high-performance workplace culture.
Ideal for experienced leaders and team managers
what you’ll learn
• Managing leadership and understanding the nature of leadership
• Explore early models of leadership and their modern relevance
• Build and refine a management portfolio
• Examine gender, culture, and emotional intelligence in leadership practice
Decision Making Unlocked: Breaking Bias and Building Strategy
Decision Making
Learn how to recognize bias in decision-making and apply strategic thinking to make better workplace decisions.
Ideal for professionals, new managers, and job seekers
what you’ll learn
(Detailed module content pending — please confirm topics/outcomes for this course)
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Decision Making Mastery: Styles, Tools & Confident Choices
Decision Making
Discover different decision-making styles and practical tools to make confident, effective choices at work.
Ideal for professionals and team leads
what you’ll learn
(Detailed module content pending — please confirm topics/outcomes for this course)
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Advanced Decision Making: Ethics, Risk, and Real-World Impact
Decision Making
Examine ethics and risk in decision-making, with real-world examples of impactful workplace choices.
Ideal for experienced professionals and managers
what you’ll learn
(Detailed module content pending — please confirm topics/outcomes for this course)
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Change Management Unveiled: Spot the Pitfalls, Lead with Awareness
Change Management
Learn to identify common pitfalls in organizational change and lead with greater awareness and confidence.
Ideal for new managers, team leads, and professionals
what you’ll learn
• Understand organizational change management (OCM) through real case studies
• Explore personal change management alongside organizational change
• Understand the impact of change at both organizational and personal levels
• Recognize internal and external drivers of change
• Identify pitfalls and weaknesses in common change management practices
• Assess readiness and typical sources of resistance to change
• Predict problems that often arise from major change initiatives
Change Management in Action: Master the Models, Motivate the Team
Change Management
Apply proven change management models and learn techniques to keep your team motivated through transitions.
Ideal for managers and team leads
what you’ll learn
• Explore three types of change: developmental, transitional, and transformational
• Learn Lewin’s Change Model, McKinsey’s 7-S Model, and Kotter’s 8-Step Model
• Understand the difference between change management and change leadership
• Identify 5 common leadership challenges in change management
• Recognize common mistakes in change management
• Build team capabilities and manage newly formed teams
• Compare leading change frameworks and develop strategies to help teams manage change
• Anticipate, prevent, and address barriers to successful change
Change Management Mastery: Build Lasting Solutions and Prevent Failure
Change Management
Build durable change strategies and learn how to prevent common causes of change initiative failure.
Ideal for experienced managers and leaders
what you’ll learn
• Design a change management plan for a real organizational scenario
• Learn best practices for communicating change to stakeholders
• Measure outcomes and sustain change over the long term
• Manage change fatigue and support employee well-being
• Apply ethical considerations and inclusivity in change initiatives
• Adapt to digital change, including technology and remote work transitions
• Complete a team-based change management plan
• Apply predictive techniques to prevent common change management failures
Organizational Psychology Foundations: Diagnosing Workplace Dynamics
Organizational Psychology
Understand the psychological foundations behind workplace behaviour and learn to diagnose team dynamics.
Ideal for managers, HR professionals, and team leads
what you’ll learn
• Identify difficult people and understand 10 common difficult personality types
• Explore social styles and their role in conflict
• Recognize emotional manipulation and how to avoid misunderstandings
• Learn research tools for investigating organizational problems (surveys, interviews, assessments)
• Analyze healthy vs. dysfunctional organizations through case studies and frameworks
Master Challenging Conversations: Turning Workplace Clashes into Collaboration
Conflict Resolution
Learn techniques to navigate difficult workplace conversations and turn conflict into collaboration.
Ideal for professionals, team leads, and managers
what you’ll learn
• Analyze the root causes of communication problems and interpersonal clashes
• Identify difficult people and explore 10 types of difficult personalities
• Understand social styles and their connection to conflict
• Recognize emotional manipulation and how to avoid misunderstandings
• Evaluate how behavioral patterns affect interaction quality
Unlock Complex Personalities: Strategies for Leading Through Conflict
Conflict Resolution
Gain strategies to understand complex personalities and lead effectively through workplace conflict.
Ideal for managers and team leads
what you’ll learn
• Complete a style inventory for dealing with difficult people
• Explore difficult personality types and practical tips for working with them
• Discover your own emotional triggers
• Examine your own behavior patterns that may create difficulty for others
• Understand personal styles that contribute to workplace tension
From Conflict to Connection: Navigating Tough People & Building Team Resilience
Conflict Resolution
Learn how to navigate challenging personalities and build lasting team resilience after conflict.
Ideal for professionals, team leads, and managers
what you’ll learn
• Apply guidelines and techniques for resolving conflict
• Learn to handle difficult conversations and manage through challenges
• Explore communication strategies for addressing interpersonal clashes
• Identify effective ways to communicate about change in Canadian workplace settings
• Understand Canadian norms and expectations around workplace conflict and change
• Explore adaptations that support more positive team relations
Learning that fits your life
Build practical, job-ready skills with our flexible, self-paced micro-credentials. Each online course offers 20 hours of learning, so you can develop new skills at your own pace, around your work, family, and other commitments.
Serving the Community
50+
years supporting newcomers to settle, learn, and build careers in BC
Clients served
17,142
2025-26
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