Program Description The Community Worker program has been preparing students to work with individuals and communities toward progressive social change for over 40 years. The two-year (four semester) Ontario College Diploma program integrates local and global perspectives within a multi-level understanding of the historical, social, political, economic and systemic ways in which current issues have developed and are experienced by communities. Grounded within social justice and human rights, we provide students with the critical analyses, knowledge, skills and attitude required to work with a diversity of largely marginalized and urban-centred individuals and communities on a range of social issues.
Program features include: Strong ties with over 200 agencies across the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). A 20+ year relationship with Anishnawbe Health Toronto (AHT). Graduates of AHT’s Community Health Worker Training Program can gain direct entry into the second year of the Community Worker program. We are the proud founder and lead organizer of the annual Tommy Douglas Institute that brings communities, students, educators and activists together to explore higher education and social justice in the 21st century.
