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Community Integration Through Co-operative Education

Available as a two-year program

We are delighted that you have chosen Loyalist College as your new academic home. We anticipate that your stay will be a successful one. The Community Integration through Co-operative Education (CICE) program will empower you with opportunities to take part independently in the workplace and community. Faculty and Integration Facilitators are here to support your success.

NOTE: This program is available to domestic students only.

Apply today for September 2024.
  • Credential
    • Two-year Ontario College Certificate

  • Start Date

    September entry

  • Location
    • Belleville campus

Find your career

This program will support you in the development of vocational skills, preparing you to transition to volunteer or paid employment on a part-time or full-time basis in a field that interests you.

Students will work towards fulfilling the following vocational learning outcomes during the CICE program:

  • Assess personal and professional abilities, strengths and methods to enhance job performance and well-being.
  • Communicate and collaborate in the work environment using skills, strategies and techniques that contribute to the achievement of goals.
  • Maintain an individual development plan that identifies personal and professional goals to enhance self-satisfaction and employability.
  • Review the resources, services and employment opportunities offered by community agencies to best align these offerings with personal needs and circumstances.
  • Develop and implement interpersonal skills and strategies to enhance self-satisfaction and employability.

Our grads get great jobs!

Office Administrator, Brighton Springs – Sarah MacDonald, 2019 CICE graduate 

  

Home Depot, Belleville – Josh Ferris Quade, 2019 CICE graduate 

Construction, CICE graduate

How You'll Learn

Choose a program area of concentration from the College calendar at the onset of the program and take modified courses within that program each semester.

Core CICE courses will help develop the following abilities:

  • Assess personal and professional abilities, strengths and methods to enhance job performance and wellbeing through individual goal setting.
  • Communicate and collaborate in the work environment using skills, strategies and techniques that contribute to the achievement of goals.
  • Review the resources, services and employment opportunities offered by community agencies to best align these offerings with personal needs and circumstances.
  • Develop and implement interpersonal skills and strategies to enhance self-satisfaction and employability.

In addition, core programming covers the following topics:

  • Communications
  • Employability Skills
  • Computer Skills
  • Professional Development
  • Advocacy & Leadership
  • Numeracy

Program Elective courses will provide you with opportunities to focus on areas of skill and/or interest. You’ll also benefit from participation in the three field placements to help develop or enhance your vocational skills and involvement with the community.

Experiential Learning

Students will benefit from participation in field placements intended to help develop or enhance vocational skills and community involvement. The program will enable participants to function more independently in their community as they transition to the workforce or volunteerism.

Program Goals

  • Experiencing college life
  • Knowledge and skill building
  • Motivational skills
  • Improved social and communication skills
  • Developing friendships and social networks

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