Centennial College’s Recreation and Leisure Services program is a two-year program, with six courses in each semester, except semester two, which has seven courses. The goal of the Recreation and Leisure Services program is to teach you how to improve the quality of life for all citizens by developing healthy communities. 

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The program, which is facilitated by the School of Community and Health Studies, offers a curriculum that reflects current recreational focus on wellness and culture. As such, you will learn strong leadership skills to:

• Create & establish dynamic & diverse programming that appeals to all age groups

• Prepare budgets

• Market activities

• Recruit, train, assign and evaluate teams of volunteers

• Revised Course Curriculum (effective Fall 2015).  

• Increased focus on Entrepreneurship, Health and Active Lifestyles and Experiential Learning (i.e. Positive Space Training), Presentations to Industry Professionals and opportunities to volunteer at the annual Parks and Recreation Ontario Educational Forum.  

In addition to classroom learning, the Recreation and Leisure Services program will allow you to apply your skills to the real world through the province’s most extensive supervised field placement program.

• Supervised field placements will take place in the second semester (two days a week for the entire semester) and in the third and fourth semesters (three days a week for the entire school year) What separates us from other programs is our commitment to the field placement experience and to monitor your professional development Lorne will come out to your actual field placement every 6 weeks for a meeting.

• Our field placement partners include: Ajax Recreation and Culture Department, Boys and Girls Clubs of East Scarborough and Durham, Cedarbrook Lodge, Centre for Dreams, Kennedy House, Viva Pickering, Oshawa Seniors Centre, Bridgepoint Health, Variety Village, City of Markham, City of Toronto and the Town of Whitby.

As a leisure services professional, you will be a front-line practitioner in direct contact with program participants. With StatsCanada reporting that only 15 percent of Canadian adults are getting the recommended amount of exercise, you will help to implement the change Canadians need.

• You will receive supplemental training in Standard First Aid with CPR-C/AED, Sensory Training with Special Needs Toys., High Five (Quest 2 and Principles of Healthy Child Development) and more....