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Do you want a career in outdoor recreation, eco-tourism and adventure tourism industries? Then taking this diploma is the right step for you.

The Adventure Tourism Diploma program has an intensive curriculum designed to prepare you for entry and success in outdoor recreation, eco tourism and adventure tourism.

Canadian Tourism College graduates are in the industry working; this is a fact. Please contact a campus to find out where the Adventure graduates are now.

Careers and work experiences you can anticipate after completing the Adventure Tourism Program

Ocean Kayak Guide Multi Sport Tour Organizer Event Planner Adventure Center Management Heritage Interpreter Management Business Manager Parks Staff

Outdoor Recreation Instructor Camp Coordinator & Leader River Raft Guide Winter Sports Instructor Ecological Center Trainer

Some of the skill-sets you will have after completing the program

Leadership repertoire Client service and care skills Map, compass and navigation Environmental management River paddling skills Business management Trip preparation

Weather observation and forecating Avalanche awareness skills Group management Guiding techniques Risk management Career development

If you are the kind of person who enjoys the outdoors, exciting challenges and interacting with clients, then the skills in this diploma will prepare you to be an excellent guide, leader and educator who excels in both business savvy and preparedness.

The program has an intense schedule, one that combines demanding outside work in the elements with indoor courses, and the result is a diploma that will enable you to enter the industry with the right certificates and training.

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The Canadian Tourism College is committed to bettering the environment and the way we interact with it. As a graduate of the Adventure Program you will be educating and leading guests and using your ability to help them to act in environmentally responsible ways. The environment and your role within it must be important to you.

Of course, a love of the outdoors is essential: we hold our classes outdoors in all conditions, and your ability to remain positive is a must. Teaching outside goes beyond enjoyment and experience; these factors are obvious. Teaching outside means you can gain the skills needed to achieve certification and to prosper in your career!

The Adventure Tourism Diploma offers a unique all-in-one program that prepares you to work and to advance in exciting opportunities and locations. The course is demanding and action-packed with a practical purpose. We are not trying to prepare you for another course or to give you skills you can’t use immediately. Canadian Tourism College is preparing you for industry.

Certifications available within the Adventure Tourism Diploma

• Assistant Ocean Kayak Guide
• River Rafting Guide
• Avalanche Awareness AST 1
• Marine Radio Operator’s License
• Class 4 Driver License
• Advanced Wilderness First Aid

Taking the Adventure Tourism Program is the way to enter the outdoor recreation, eco-tourism and adventure tourism industries. Your interests and focus for the program are: working with people in exciting, outdoor environments, care for ecology and environmental sustainability and intensive, practical training.

Courses included in the Adventure Tourism Diploma

• Leading Wilderness Trips
• Wilderness Environments
• River Rafting
• Heritage Interpretation
• Advanced Wilderness First Aid
• Starting a Business
• Operating a Tourism Business
• Outdoor Trends
• Ocean Kayaking

Other reasons for taking the Adventure Tourism Diploma and Adventure Tourism Business Diploma

• Excellent 6:1 student to instructor field training ratio
• Study and live in Vancouver with easy access to the ocean, mountains and rivers of the Lower Mainland, Squamish, and Whistler
• The instructors at Canadian Tourism College are currently employed in the industry with their own companies or are working for successful operators. This gives you immediate access to current industry information.
• Study with an emphasis on environmental sustainability and ecology green practices.
• Connect with graduates who are currently working in the industry.

Please see our "Why CTC" list under the College Overview section for these and any other reasons to attend Canadian Tourism College.