Certificate in Global Social Justice
Three Hills, Canada
Certificate
DURATION
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2026
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: The Certificate in Global Social Justice at Prairie College provides grounding in intercultural studies, social justice theory, methods, preparing students for master's study or entry roles. A highlight is a 8-month internship visiting 10 countries across 4 continents; the first two months include observing and sometimes joining ministries serving orphans, street kids, prisoners, AIDS victims, and former child soldiers. Church planting and anti-human-trafficking initiatives.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can work in international development, nonprofit coordination, community outreach, or anti-trafficking and mission work. You'll gain cross-cultural communication, fieldwork, project-management, and research skills relevant to humanitarian aid, social services, and postgraduate study.
Prairie's Bachelor of Arts in Intercultural Studies – Global Social Justice (GSJ) major provides a firm grounding in the theories, methods, and practice of social justice involvement, providing the student with the ideal combination of knowledge and skills to successfully continue to master's level study or obtain entry-level employment in this sector.
A highlight of this program is a 8-month internship that will lead you to at least 10 countries and 4 continents. For the first two months of travel with your fellow students, you will observe and at times participate in ministry with orphans, street kids, prisoners, AIDS victims and former child soldiers.
Church planting in a creative access nation, or a post-Christian area, and anti-human trafficking initiatives will also be on the agenda.
