Humber College is a publicly-funded college located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded in 1967 and offers a range of certificate, diploma, and degree programs in a variety of fields, including business, technology, health sciences, media, and more.

The college has a diverse student population, with over 33,000 full-time and part-time students enrolled each year, including international students from over 138 countries. Humber College has a strong focus on experiential learning, offering students opportunities for hands-on learning through co-op programs, internships, and work placements. The college has partnerships with over 500 employers, providing students with access to a range of job opportunities and real-world experience.

Humber College is known for its state-of-the-art facilities, including its Centre for Trades and Technology, which offers training in a variety of skilled trades, and its Barrett Centre for Technology Innovation, which provides students with access to cutting-edge technology and equipment. The college is also committed to sustainability, with a number of initiatives in place to reduce its environmental impact and promote sustainable practices.

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Humber’s Bachelor of Child and Youth Care degree program provides you with the knowledge and skills required for in-depth work with children, youth and families. The program is based on the professional practice of child and youth care supported by the disciplines of psychology, sociology, community development, political science and education. The curriculum focuses on the theory and research of relational practice: building relationships to support children and youth in crisis or going through experiences of challenge and change. You’ll learn from highly qualified professors, as well as from guest lecturers from the field of child and youth care or community members with lived experiences. You’ll have the unique opportunity to develop key practice skills through faculty supervision in our state-of-the-art interview labs, and our therapeutic play lab designed as a children’s activity room and space to support family practice. Your courses integrate the study of developmental, preventative and therapeutic approaches in child and youth care and will teach you direct practice methods such as interviewing and counselling, responding to abuse, therapeutic play, and other intervention modalities taught from a strength-based perspective and within a caring, anti-oppressive and anti-racist framework. The first two years of the program provide you with a comprehensive understanding of child and youth development, as well as current methodologies in child and youth care professional practice. In the final two years, you will be able to engage in courses related to five areas of concentration – youth justice and advocacy, social policy and research, approaches to care, community development and youth engagement, and international perspectives. The curriculum and work-integrated learning experiences throughout the program will support you to select a focus for your final thesis project in fourth year. Show less

Semester 1
COMM 1000: Academic Communications
CYC 1001: Introduction to Child and Youth Care
POLS 1050: Government and Social Welfare
PSYC 1000: Introduction to Psychology
PSYC 1020: Interpersonal Communication
SOCI 1000: Principles of Sociology
Semester 2
COUN 1100: Fundamentals of Interviewing and Counselling
CYC 1100: Child and Youth Care Intervention 1
CYC 2040: Preparing for Professional Practice
CYC 2100: Group Work in Child and Youth Care
PSYC 1600: Infant and Child Development
Select 1 from the following courses
DEGE : Degree Breadth Elective
Semester 3
COMU 3000: Community Practice: Addictions
COUN 1200: Creative Therapeutic Programming
CYC 2000: Child Abuse: Responses and Resiliency
CYC 2205: Field Experience 1 - Bachelor of Child and Youth Care
PSYC 2510: Middle Childhood and Adolescent Development
Select 1 from the following courses
DEGE : Degree Breadth Elective
Semester 4
COUN 2000: Approaches to Care
CYC 2300: Child and Youth Care Intervention 2
CYC 2500: Gender and Sexuality
PSYC 2600: Psychology of Mental Health and Illness
SOCI 1900: Family Dynamics
Semester 5
COMU 3200: Community Practice: Working with Indigenous Communities
CYC 3000: Disability and Child and Youth Care
RSMT 1500: Quantitative Research Methods
Select 2 from the following courses
DEGE : Degree Breadth Elective
Semester 6
COMU 3300: Child and Youth Engagement and Participation
CYC 3500: Research Methods in Child and Youth Care
CYC 3510: Race and Anti-racism
RSMT 2500: Qualitative Research Methods
Select 1 from the following courses
DEGE : Degree Breadth Elective
Work Experience - SEM 6C
CYC 4000: Field Experience 2 - Bachelor of Child and Youth Care
CYC 4001: Child and Youth Seminar
Semester 7
COMU 4001: Senior Level Thesis Project 1
COMU 4100: Program Management
COUN 3000: Advanced Counselling
Select 2 from the following courses
DEGE : Degree Breadth Elective
Semester 8
COMU 4021: Arts-Informed Approaches to Inquiry
COUN 4000: Responding to Primary and Secondary Trauma
CYC 4100: Global Perspectives of Child and Youth Care
CYC 4200: Senior Level Thesis Project 2
CYC 4300: Children and Youth from Regions in Conflict, Post-Conflict: An Issues Approach

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You will need to book the accommodation after you have been accepted.

You can choose to live on campus or off campus in private accommodation.

How to book:

• Make a booking online after you have been accepted (in this case please let us know your choice when you apply).
• Register when you arrive - its not possible to reserve a room before arriving. You can arrive a few days before and book it

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