7 Teaching Degree Programs in Canada

Lakehead University’s Faculty of Education is one of Canada’s most diverse and innovative centres of learning. We’re leading the way in teacher education through our commitment to the very best in multidisciplinary, collaborative, and experiential instruction. Concurrent Education allows you to start your teaching career faster and earn two degrees at the same time. Study the program of your choice, while also taking classes within the Faculty of Education, before spending two years exclusively with the Faculty of Education in order to qualify for certification by the Ontario College of Teachers (OCT).

Our Faculty of Education prepares prospective teachers for a dynamic and rewarding career through unique and innovative programming. By emphasizing critical thinking skills and collaborative learning, we give you the flexibility to explore the teaching methods, concepts, and values that are meaningful to you. We are leading the way in teacher education. Our program emphasizes practical, experiential learning to ensure you are fully prepared to enter into the workforce post-graduation.

The Aboriginal Community Resource Planning Certificate (ACP) consists of 10 courses (minimum 30 credit hours) drawn primarily from First Nations Studies and Environmental Planning, with offerings from Geography, Commerce, Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, and Natural Resources and Environmental Management. The courses from First Nations Studies provide students with foundations in First Nations in Canada, cultures and languages, internal and external issues, and First Nations environmental philosophies.

This certificate focuses specifically on preparing educators for this era of uncertainty, complexity, and multiple crises (the climate emergency, crises of social inequality, civic engagement, human and ecological well-being, and technological revolutions). It is designed to enhance the work of educators in formal and informal settings, curriculum specialists, program developers, and school leaders.

This course will assist the learner to develop a clinical systemic approach which will encompass traditional Indigenous knowledge on family attachment, relationships and family systems in order to facilitate working with Indigenous families and family members. Mainstream approaches that are respectful of Indigenous knowledge and appropriate and effective with Indigenous families will also be taught. The learner will begin to develop a clinical systemic approach that assists family members to celebrate their resilient relationships, enhance their attachment within the family, and enrich their ways of relating. Emphasis will be placed on relating styles that provide strength and support of family members as they experience the ongoing impacts of colonization while building on Indigenous knowledge.

This program highlights spiritual formation and intercultural ministry experiences in urban, northern, and international communities.

An introduction to the principles, methods, language and major topics of the science of behaviour.