57 Journalism, Media, and Mass Communication Diploma Programs in Canada

This program is designed for students pursuing a career within the field of digital marketing. The coursework gives students an understanding of the processes and techniques required to execute a successful digital marketing campaign, and a 12-month Co-op provides valuable work experience in the industry.

Are you interested in new technologies? Would you like to work in an exciting field such as the film industry, animation, graphic design? Do you have a creative mind? Our multimedia communication program is tailor-made for you!

This unique program develops skills in both multimedia creation and business. In multimedia, you will produce interactive multiplatform content including image, audio, video or 3D animation. In business administration, you will gain essential knowledge in management, marketing and accounting.

Diploma in Social Media Production - Culture-Based Creativity develops the technical skills and business acumen essential for social media production while exploring the broader context of social media’s influence on cultural and societal norms in the Social Media Production - Culture-Based Creativity program.

Compelling imagery carries much of the emotional power in today’s visual media, both print and electronic. This imagery is most commonly photographic. Students in the Digital Photography diploma program must be creative, imaginative, and attentive to detail as they prepare to seek entry-level employment in the field upon graduation.

This program offers you specialized training in marketing and multimedia, while giving you a solid foundation in business.

Expanding digital markets continue to present new challenges for the workforce. With this in mind, the Digital Film & Video program offers students a curriculum which is designed to prepare them to meet the needs of industry.

Learn the foundations of media and writing, and explore the functions of news and communications media, the history of journalism, and cultural policy and theory. Communications explores how meaning is made in a range of contexts, including advertising, television, film, popular culture, and the internet. Learn how communication is fundamentally related to the development of self and society and examine how the messages of the contemporary world influence perception of such issues as gender, race, class, and community.

Journalism in the 21st Century is an exciting world that offers many opportunities for those seeking to build a career. News Writing and photojournalism are the main skills taught in the Journalism program; other specialties including advertising and public relations, publication design, and online journalism are also covered in the first year of study.

This program prepares you for careers in media (such as television and radio), journalism, teaching, advertising, film, writing, animation, public relations, law, and any other field where communication skills are essential. By the end of this program, you will have acquired a solid knowledge that is supported by real-life communication experiences.

The two-year Journalism Ontario College Diploma program equips you with the versatile creative and technical skills you need to report and research accurate stories for readers, listeners, and viewers. Alongside experienced, industry-connected faculty, you develop the core journalistic skills required to report on your areas of interest.

Gain the skills and abilities you’ll need start a career in communication, or to move on to upper level university courses in communication studies. The Communication Studies Diploma is a two-year, 60-credit program that provides a foundation for students who are looking to break into the field of strategic communication. In the program, you'll gain an impressive range of skills and competencies, with extensive training in writing and editing, media literacy and analysis.

Our students come from across Canada and around the world for the “triple-threat skill set” of multimedia storytelling through video production, digital photography and news and feature writing. The Diploma in Photojournalism program gives Loyalist College graduates a competitive advantage as cross-platform photojournalists, multimedia producers and editors, photographers, picture and assignment editors, and digital publishing specialists.

Learn everything there is to know about digital filmmaking from the Centre for Arts and Technology digital film school. At one of the leading digital film schools in Canada, our digital filmmaking program has established the reputation as “the filmmaker’s film school” allowing students to work with our industry pros while gaining valuable knowledge and industry insights.

Speaking is the key to communication. This innovative program builds strong communication skills and confidence with a strong focus on speaking skills. Power Speaking helps students with daily conversational skills and covers a wide range of topics. It allows them to use learned expressions and vocabulary to create sentences that are used on a regular basis in real-life situations. In this program, students learn to express themselves more naturally and with greater fluency. They receive direct one on one feedback from their teacher to enhance their progress each week. Students are placed in Power Speaking 1, 2, 3, or 4 according to their English proficiency and will be evaluated on a bi-weekly basis.