Centennial College

Certificate in Events Management (Online)

Program Details

• Program Code: 1835
• School: School of Hospitality, Tourism and Culinary Arts
• Credential: Ontario College Certificate
• Program Type: Post-secondary program
• Program Length: 1 year/ 2 semesters
• Start Date: Fall, Winter, Summer
• Location: Online

Throughout the world, humans congregate, gather, and collaborate to learn, celebrate, and meet. This program will cover a wide overview of the event industry. You’ll participate in defining, understanding, and applying the elements involved in planning and staging corporate, social/life cycle, festivals, and conference events, and the types of organizations that produce and present them.

By connecting with professors and fellow peers and through the use of independent research, group work, discussions, and experiential and work-integrated learning, you’ll examine management practices, including how events are designed, funded, staffed, and promoted. You can expect exposure to the planning and development of sustainability, creativity, sales and marketing, and budgeting along with the understanding of volunteer and team building. Among specific learning outcomes will be: performing an analysis of an event objective, completing an RFP, applying for permits, and comprehending by-laws, risk, and security requirements.

Instructors will guide and direct you to real-world learning opportunities, which will require you to reflect on how the experiences connect to course content. During these experiences, you’ll participate in work-integrated learning assignments, projects, or experiential learning opportunities.

You’ll graduate with an It’s Your Shift certification, innovative training, and awareness program to prevent sexual harassment and violence.

It’s Your Shift Training and Awareness Program

The program will include an innovative industry training and awareness certification, It’s Your Shift. The certification will equip you with crucial knowledge and provide current resources focused on sexual harassment prevention and safe practices for intervention as a frontline worker or manager. It will support you, as you enter the hospitality industry, to become a leader in the prevention of sexual harassment and contribute to the evolution of safe and welcoming work environments.

The SMART Accreditation Program

Tourism HR Canada has honored Centennial's Hospitality – Hotel Operations Management two-year diploma program and Hospitality and Tourism Administration three-year advanced diploma program with its SMART + Premium status, which means the programs exceed basic tourism industry standards. Centennial College is among the first post-secondary institutions in Canada to receive the SMART accreditation — and the only one to have two programs recognized for demonstrating tourism-related programming that exceeds industry standards.

Feast On® Certification

Centennial College's School of Hospitality, Tourism, and Culinary Arts has become the first academic institution to receive Feast On® certification for its sourcing of local food and beverage products used in the academic programs and the School's experiential learning foodservice operations. The Culinary Tourism Alliance established Feast On as a certification program that recognizes businesses committed to sourcing Ontario-grown and -produced food and drink.

Program Highlights

• Flexible delivery - 100% online or in a traditional in-class format
• This is the only learning operation of its kind in Canada that is exclusively for event management education
• You learn from industry-selected faculty members who have years of experience