With an SCD Associate Degree, you can begin working with communities immediately or continue on to a Bachelor of Arts program at Simon Fraser University (SFU) or Royal Roads University (RRU).

Career opportunities

Upon successful completion of the program students will be able to secure work in the following settings:

Local government/regional districts

First Nation communities

Consulting firms

NGO’s – e.g. Community Futures, Northern Development Initiative, etc.

Community development organizations – e.g. Kaien Island Anti-Poverty

Social enterprises

The type of work graduates may be employed could include the following activities:

Upgrading the efficiency of energy use in buildings, products, and transportation systems

Adopting and implementing sustainable forestry, fisheries, soil, and watershed management practices

Expanded delivery and use of information technologies

Sustainable tourism activities centered around areas of environmental, cultural, and historic significance

Recycling and re-manufacturing of solid and hazardous waste into marketable products

Accelerated and expanded development of marine and freshwater aquaculture

Adding value to fish, agricultural, and forest products

Developing, manufacturing, and marketing products, services, and technologies that reduce environmental burdens

Further education

Laddering towards the completion of a Bachelor’s degree can occur at Royal Roads University with a BA in Environmental Practice and with the SFU Centre for Sustainable Development undergraduate Certificate Program.

The SFU certificate program exists within the traditional 4 year degree program of which there are a number of streams a student could follow for degree completion. Choose one of those streams and take 3rd and 4th year Sustainable Community courses as your electives.