Information Sessions & Tours

Earn your Grade 12 diploma, improve your literacy skills or upgrade your academic qualifications to pursue further study and start a new career. VCC offers a range of academic courses for adults designed to meet individual goals.

At this information session, you'll meet teachers, ask questions and learn how to apply for adult upgrading courses.

Join us at VCC's Broadway campus, 1155 East Broadway at Glen Drive, across from VCC/Clark SkyTrain station.

Talk with your hands.  Learn a new language.  Become an ally to the Deaf community.

Expand your career opportunities and communicate better with Deaf friends, family members, clientele and colleagues. VCC's American Sign Language (ASL) and Deaf studies programs provides you with a solid foundation in ASL and Deaf awareness for use in the workplace, everyday life or wherever you encounter Deaf people.

Sign language interpreting is a career in great demand and ASL skills are a unique asset in the social work, education, counselling, health services and community support fields. As communication technology advances and access for Deaf people becomes more widespread, career opportunities are growing for interpreters.

Join us at VCC's Broadway campus, 1155 East Broadway at Glen Drive, across from VCC/Clark SkyTrain station.

For more information, please email signlanguage@vcc.ca  or call 604.871.7000, ext. 7443.

Do you love cars? Start your career today in automotive collision repair or automotive refinishing.

We're offering special evening info sessions and tours of our Broadway campus auto shop. See where students learn practical, hands-on skills and talk to faculty about your career opportunities.

After the tour, apply to the auto collision repair program and prepare to start classes in September.

Join us at VCC's Broadway campus, 1155 East Broadway at Glen Drive, across from VCC/Clark SkyTrain station.

Join us for an exciting introduction to VCC's award-winning baking and pastry arts programs. Learn how to become a professional baker or pastry chef and the exciting opportunities awaiting you in this dynamic field.

You'll find out why VCC is Canada's number one baking and pastry arts school; we train more students than any other school in the country. Visit our professional baking labs and talk to students in this hands-on program. View a variety of student-made products and displays in our retail bake shop.

Our tour will finish with full information on how to apply.

Join us at VCC's Downtown campus, 200-block Dunsmuir at Hamilton, two blocks west of the Stadium SkyTrain station.

Find out what you want to do with your life by taking career planning, communications and job search courses at VCC.

Join us for a brief information session to find out about these great part-time courses.

The information sessions will be held in the College and Career Access Department, room 236, at VCC's Downtown campus, 200-block Dunsmuir at Hamilton, two blocks west of the Stadium SkyTrain station.

For more information call 604.871.7000, ext. 8301 or email dschwartz@vcc.ca.

We have extended our application deadline.

Faculty from the digital graphic design certificate program invite you to an informative open house and guided tour of the VCC design lab. Faculty will be available to answer questions, show samples of past and present student work and more.

Digital graphic design is a full-time, nine-month program with intakes each September. The application deadline is June 15, 2013.

Graduates have gained employment in design firms, advertising agencies, print houses, service bureaus, architectural firms, communications industries, public and private companies as well as freelance contracting. Students can also build a solid portfolio for the purpose of future competition and admission into degree-granting art and design institutes.

Join us at VCC's Downtown campus, 200-block Dunsmuir at Hamilton, two blocks west of the Stadium SkyTrain station.

People who wish to pursue careers in the Canadian health care system must have strong communication skills.

VCC's Professional and Career English (PACE) Department offers several classes that can prepare ESL students for entry into a variety of health science programs. 

At this information session you'll learn about the classes we offer, prerequisites for those classes and start dates/schedules.

Join us at VCC's Broadway campus, 1155 East Broadway at Glen Drive, across from VCC/Clark SkyTrain station.

The future is in fashion!

Employers in B.C.'s fashion industry frequently turn to VCC to hire our job-ready graduates.

Attend this information session to meet our instructors, tour the learning facilties and learn more about entrance requirements to our full-time fashion arts diploma program and part-time fashion arts certificate program.

Join us at VCC's Downtown Campus, 200-block Dunsmuir at Hamilton, two blocks west of the Stadium SkyTrain station.

Please call 604.871.7000, ext. 8417 for more information about studying fashion arts at VCC.

Make VCC your choice for hairstyling.

Training with the right professional instructors is important. Join us for an information session and learn why VCC's hair design program is the best choice for success.

At these sessions, instructors will show prospective students around the facilities and answer questions about all aspects of the profession. Learn what it takes to be successful in this exciting industry.

Join us at VCC's Downtown campus, 200-block Dunsmuir at Hamilton, two blocks west of the Stadium SkyTrain station.

The future is in hospitality management.

The hospitality industry has a growing number of management positions in a wide variety of sectors including accommodation, food and beverage services, transportation, recreation and entertainment, and travel services.

Employers in B.C.'s hospitality industry frequently turn to VCC to hire our job-ready graduates. Attend this information session to meet faculty members and learn about entrance requirements to the two-year hospitality management diploma program.

Join us at VCC's Downtown campus, 200-block Dunsmuir at Hamilton, two blocks west of the Stadium SkyTrain station. For more information call 604.443.8533

Vancouver Community College is home to B.C.'s most innovative music diploma and music degree programs in classical, jazz and world music. VCC also offers community courses for the public.

At VCC, students train with some of Canada's finest musicians. Many of our instructors have won Juno and West Coast Music awards for their groundbreaking composition and production work.

Join us for an information session at VCC's Broadway campus, 1155 East Broadway at Glen Drive, one block west of Clark Drive and across from VCC/Clark SkyTrain station.

Becoming an esthetician can be very exciting. Choosing the right training with professional instructors is a critical first step.

VCC's skin and body therapy certificate establishes a new training standard in the British Columbian esthetics industry. Our highly-trained instructors have worked extensively with spa professionals and the government to develop this nine-month, career-focused program.

Join us at VCC's Downtown campus, 200-block Dunsmuir at Hamilton, two blocks west of the Stadium SkyTrain station.

Expand your opportunities. Become qualified to teach English to speakers of other languages (TESOL).

VCC is a recognized leader in this field and home to the largest TESOL department in Western Canada. We offer a range of programs designed to meet your needs, giving you the knowledge and skills required for both teaching adults and youth, at home and abroad.

Students can choose to study in the classroom or online.

Join us for an information session at VCC's Downtown campus, 200-block Dunsmuir at Hamilton, two blocks west of the Stadium SkyTrain station.

Vancouver Community College has been a leader in transportation trades training for more than 50 years, giving graduates the skills to succeed in a demanding job market.

Join our weekly info tours -- visit our shops, talk with instructors and see the training that regularly earns VCC students top honours in regional skills competitions.

VCC's foundation and apprenticeship programs are among the best in B.C. VCC transportation trades programs continue to be a leader in providing the hands-on training in:

- automotive service
- automotive collision
- automotive refinishing
- heavy duty and commercial transport

We constantly update our programs to ensure our graduates have the most up-to-date expertise and know-how to work in these increasingly high-tech fields. VCC students often find jobs in their trades before they graduate.

This information session will be held at VCC's Broadway campus, 1155 East Broadway at Glen Drive, one block west of Clark Drive and across from VCC/Clark SkyTrain station.