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Note to all applicants: Remember that you are applying to a creative program whose focus is on training students as graphic designers. This will enable you to seek work in a variety of areas within this industry. These may include printing and publishing companies, newspaper, magazine and book producers, art and design studios, advertising agencies and other creative studios, as well as the new media fields including companies producing design solutions for the web, television and the film industries. Keep this in mind when producing work for submissions.

The two year Video Game Art and Animation Diploma program is designed to prepare students for a career in the art department of a video game developer.

The newspaper business and a growing number of related fields place a premium on clear, concise, accurate writing based on the timely collection of information. The Journalism program emphasizes these skills while recognizing the importance of new technology and the growing use of broadcast reporting techniques on websites.

Photography and Digital Imaging offers professional level training for this challenging yet rewarding field. The program goal is to graduate students as photographers, assistant photographers and/or Photoshop™ technicians.

The Culinary Institute of Canada is regarded by many to be the premier culinary school in Canada. The addition of the Applied Degree in Culinary Operations to the school's offerings further reinforces the CIC's commitment to providing high quality, relevant training for students and for individuals working in the food industry who want to further enhance their skills in order to assume leadership roles.

The Culinary Institute of Canada, located at Holland College's Tourism and Culinary Centre, has provided culinary and hotel and restaurant management training since 1983, and is regarded by many as the premiere culinary school in Canada. Students are drawn from around the world to the institute, where they have the opportunity to enjoy the unique cultural experience of Prince Edward Island and Atlantic Canada while at the same time developing the necessary skills to launch a successful career in the food and hospitality industry.

The Police Science (Cadet) program blends knowledge with hands-on training using real life situations and various simulations to prepare police cadets for the law enforcement profession.

Correctional Officers monitor, supervise and interact with incarcerated offenders to help offenders to become law-abiding citizens after serving their sentences. Correctional Officers ensure the safety and well-being of inmates within institutions. Some tasks include: supervising inmate movement, escorting inmates both inside and outside the institution, searching cells, offenders, visitors, vehicles, living units, and surrounding areas, extracting inmates from cells, and conducting security checks.

The Conservation Enforcement program is specifically designed to provide training to wildlife and forestry technicians. Trainees in the program will acquire the skills and knowledge they need for a career in conservation enforcement. They will be prepared for work in Natural Resources agencies as conservation enforcement officers and in other related fields of enforcement and security throughout Canada.

Firefighting is not just a job, it’s a lifestyle.

In the Professional Firefighter program, you will learn the fundamental firefighting skills needed to keep yourself, your colleagues, and the public safe in critical situations. Training at an off-campus site offers you firefighting experience in a controlled environment. You will learn about fire behaviour, motor vehicle extraction, medical first response, and communication in these training simulations.