Graduate certificate in Ecosystem Restoration

  • Country Canada
  • Course Duration 12 month
  • Course Type Full Time
  • Courses Campus On Campus
  • Language Specification IELTS
  • Program Level Post-Graduate
  • Education Required 2-Year Undergraduate Diploma
  • Admission intake JAN
  • Minimum GPA 50

Application Charges

Application Fee Tution Fee
CAD 100 CAD 15,300

Application Date

Application Start Date Application Closing Date
2023-02-09
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Program Description

As an Ecological Restoration graduate, you are skilled in the restoration and management of disturbed ecosystems and prepared to play a leading role in the environmental labour market.
  • Centred on ‘hands-on, boots-on’ learning opportunities via community-based, year-long ecological restoration projects.
  • The 125-acre Daniel J. Patterson Campus in Niagara-on-the-Lake includes restored wetlands, The Wetland Ridge Trail, and is part of the Niagara Escarpment.
  • Supports bio-monitoring, bio-engineering and plant material management training via the NC Teaching Greenhouse, community nurseries, and a full complement of field equipment.
  • Restoration-oriented certifications and training provide graduates competitive advantages in the environmental labour market.
  • Engaged Program Advisory Committee with representatives from sectors involved in the planning, implementation, regulation and promotion of ecological restoration activities.
  • Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) has reviewed program curriculum and successful graduates of this program will be immediately eligible for certification designation as a CERPIT (Certified Ecological Restoration Practitioner in Training).

Other Requirements

  • Minimum 50% in Bachelor’s Degree in relevent area. Recommended : Biology; Botany; Ecology; Environmental and Resources Studies/Management; Environmental Science/Technology; Landscape Architecture; Wildlife; Zoology OR environmental work experience and postsecondary education.
  • Niagara College does not accept students from Open schooling and Distance Education System. Education Gap:Student completed most recent studies within 5 years from start of the program (Example: if the program begins in 2018, applicants must have completed their last program of study no earlier than 2013 Student does not have more than 9 backlogs in university study. All required courses = 55% required.

Extra Notes


* NOTE : The Tuition Fee is subject to change Semester wise, as such for exact Tuition Fee kindly see the Website of the respective University.
* NOTE : Pathways : Students who want to pursue a Graduate Degree through a particular University but are unable to meet the university requirements for the GPA, GRE/GMAT or English Language scores, have to take up an additional academic and language support i.e. pathways in order to ensure the admit and study at the desired University.