ENERGY INDUSTRY

Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT)

Petroleum engineering Flagship degree program at the MacPhail School of Energy, which specializes in energy-sector training, including programs in environmental technology and accounting for the oil and gas industry.

Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT)

Rig technician apprenticeship Program trains oil and gas drilling workers.

Olds College

Land agent diploma The program trains land-rights negotiators, many of whom work in Alberta's oil sands

Assiniboine College

Sustainable energy technician (wind turbine) One-year certificate to train students to work in the burgeoning wind energy industry. The program builds on Fleming College's partnership in the Peterborough DNA Cluster, a strategic alliance between local private and public-sector partners to advance local research of DNA and forensic science

Durham College

Renewable energy technician A new, two-year diploma program trains students in the installation, repair and maintenance of renewable energy systems such as solar and wind power and ground source heat pumps.

Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning

Sustainable energy and building technology A new three-year program trains students in both technical and marketing skills for careers in the sustainable energy industry.

Cambrian College

Energy systems technology Three-year program trains graduates to work in careers in green building, energy efficiency and resource conservation

Lambton College

Alternative energy engineering technology A three-year co-op program training students in current and emerging energy technologies.

Northern Lights College

Land and resource management One and two-year programs in land administration, being a land agent and land reclamation, training students for work in the oil and gas industry.

ENVIRONMENT / RESOURCES

Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology (SIAST)

Water resources engineering technology Program trains students for careers in water quality management. Sharing a common first year with civil and environmental programs.

Natural resources technologies Offered in Northern Saskatchewan, these programs share a common first year leading to specializations such as environmental protection, silviculture and resource management.

Durham College

Water quality technician Two-year program trains students in waste water treatment systems, water use industries and environmental monitoring.

Collège Boréal

Natural resources technologist Specializations in this program include forestry, fish and wildlife technician, forestry technologist, and fish and wildlife management.

Fleming College

Ecological Restoration Joint four-year BSc/diploma program with Trent University in the recovery of damaged or destroyed ecosystems.

Algonquin College

Green business management A new one-year program aimed at entrepreneurs or business managers who are looking at green strategies for market advantage, government workers who are interested in "greening" their agency/workplace and environmentalists looking for work in the growing area of environmental business.

British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT)

Renewable resources: fish, wildlife and recreation Two-year diploma of technology program entails all aspects of fisheries and wildlife management while covering B.C.'s park systems and the outdoor recreation sector.

Lethbridge College

Conservation enforcement Unique bachelor's degree program problem trains students in wildlife management, investigations, park operations and resource law enforcement

Assiniboine College

Land and water management Two-year program teaches environmental monitoring and management in an agricultural context, with emphasis on climate change issues.

Northwest

Applied coastal ecology One or two-year program training students in oceanography, wildlife and fish management and ecology for careers in preserving coastal ecosystems.

Okanagan College

Water quality environmental engineering technology Two-year diploma program, only one of its kind in B.C., providing training in the design and maintenance of water and waste systems.

Lakeland College

Environmental protection technology Two-year diploma program.

Seneca College

Environmental site remediation A four-year bachelor's degree program training students in science, law, engineering and computer applications involved in environmental site remediation and land redevelopment.

FARMING / ANIMALS

Olds College

Agriculture management New two-year program prepares students for a career managing agricultural production, service and value-adding enterprises, with skills training in managing animals, plants, business and technology.

Animal health technology Two-year program in which students receive training in medical procedures such as anesthesia, surgical assistance, lab testing, radiography, dentistry, animal nursing, emergency care and veterinary office procedures. The theory components can be taken online.

Equine science Two-year program trains students for work in the equine industry and offers four majors: business and event management, production and breeding management, horsemanship and equestrian coaching.

Horticulture Two-year program in plant, soil and environmental sciences as well as communications, management and business practices.

Lakeland College

Crop technology Two-year program includes managing Canada's only student-managed farm and leads to careers in farming management.

Fanshawe College

Horticulture Two-year co-op program emphasizes kills such as landscape field construction, plant production, arboriculture and garden and landscape maintenance.