Online and Remote Learning

Learn where and when you want.

SCS is committed to making learning as accessible as possible both locally and across the globe. We are continuously expanding our list of over 540 online learning opportunities. From languages to accounting, we offer flexible learning opportunities.

Our online courses are instructor-led and delivered through the University of Toronto’s Learning Management Engine – Quercus. Quercus uses weekly, real time modules and has tools for engagement and community building. Course preparation has built in flexibility so you can read, study, and complete assignments on your own time.

You will communicate with your instructors via discussion boards and/or email. Some online courses include live, interactive webinars. If you’re unable to attend the live webinar, you will be able to view a recording of the webinar on your own schedule.

You may also want to investigate funding opportunities available to you on our Financial Assistance page. Your path to lifelong learning is more attainable than you think!

If you’ve completed 3288 Clinical Hypnosis: Practice Basics, you’re ready to deepen your skills and help clients make changes more effectively. Adopt techniques to help clients get free of fears and phobias. You’ll learn how to change the beliefs that limit people, so they can manage anger, raise self-esteem and move beyond victimhood. You’ll explore the use of hypnosis for group work, along with contemporary clinical applications of neurolinguistic programming (NLP). . Apply hypnosis for self-esteem, anger management, pain management and victim lifestyles. Help clients get free of fears and phobias quickly and permanently. Monitor and change negative self-talk. Practice basic Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) in hypnosis. Effect change through early-life regression protocol. Understand innovative intake tools including “The Jars”
  • Fall - 25
  • ON-LINE
Achieve a certificate in clinical hypnosis by completing this final course in the program. You’ll learn to use hypnosis to heal the inner child. You’ll help clients overcome obstacles through regression and release, releasing the ties that bind them and make healthy life choices. Speedy inductions Future pacing and goal setting Use hypnosis to heal the inner child. Apply regression and release when clients are stuck. Release the ties that bind emeshment clients. Explore chakra balancing and healing. Learn forgiveness and healing techniques Apply in-womb healing to manifest change
  • Fall - 25
  • ON-LINE
Are you driven by a need to better inform the public about the issues that matter to you and your community? This course will help you start or boost your journalism or freelance journalism-writing career. Polish your newspaper, broadcast and magazine writing skills by exploring the essential journalistic tools and techniques required to produce compelling news copy, feature stories and opinion articles in both traditional and independent news outlets. This course also provides a unique opportunity to tap into the expertise and lived experiences of established journalists. As a class, we will collectively assess journalism’s responsibilities in an age of rampant misinformation and AI, and examine its often distorted representation of Black, Indigenous and racialized communities. Learners from this class have had their assignments published in CBC Arts, The Guardian, The Globe and Mail and Vice News.   Work on the fundamentals of writing articles for digital use. Adapt your writing knowledge and skills to a digital context. Use a range of online platforms to tell and promote your stories. Create resonant stories that integrate an online strategy. Build a portfolio of original online material you can share with employers and talent developers.
  • Fall - 25
  • Spring/Summer - 25
  • IN-CLASS
  • ON-LINE
  • St. George Campus
Human-service organizations need strong leaders to provide the best outcomes for their user groups. If that sounds like you – if you want to start or strengthen your leadership role – this two-day module is for you. You’ll learn how to engage successfully with government and for-profit actors to improve the social impact of your existing services. You’ll learn about key leadership characteristics and qualities, how to influence the culture of an organization and how to develop successful partnerships across multiple sectors. Know what makes a good leader in human services. Initiate and support organizational change. Understand and apply principles of strategic planning. Take a leadership approach with organizational personnel. Partner effectively with human service organizations, government and for-profit actors.
  • Fall - 25
  • ON-LINE
Human services leaders need to understand, manage and advance their organization’s financial resources. In this two-day workshop, you’ll learn the full range of funding sources available, including government, nonprofits and social enterprises. You’ll study financial reporting, including financial reports, budgets, audited statements and other critical data. You’ll learn about government procurement, social-impact bonds, social-investment funds and pay-for-performance contracts. You’ll emerge with a foundation of knowledge and skill that could help you launch or sustain programs in your human services organization. Acquire funds from diverse sources. Manage and advance your financial resources. Create budgets that work, and that people understand. Read and interpret financial statements. Know the regulations that apply to your organization.
  • Fall - 25
  • ON-LINE
Good managers need to maximize employee performance to achieve their organization’s strategic objectives. In this two-day workshop, you’ll acquire tools and skills you need to get the most out of individual employees and teams. You’ll learn which policies and procedures work, and how to engage your workforce to get the buy-in you need. You’ll learn how to keep your teams focused on improving and adapting. You’ll explore better hiring practices, effective human-resource management techniques and ways to handle interpersonal dynamics. Effectively manage human resources in human service organizations. Develop effective human-resource policies and practices. Align the vision and values of your workforce. Create and support opportunities for professional development and worker learning. Supervise your team more effectively.
  • Fall - 25
  • ON-LINE
Delivered in condensed format over 17 sessions, this course focuses on the full spectrum of roles and responsibilities of a facilities manager, including leadership and change management, effective communication, negotiation, team work, and conflict resolution. It also covers key business processes, real property assets and technological and knowledge resources. You'll learn how to manage risks and security, ensure business continuity and use technology in ways that are sustainable and smart. Other key topics include budgeting, capital planning, energy management and benchmarking. Successful completion of this course fulfils the requirement for a Certificate in Facilities Management. Acquire and apply fundamental tools for planning, financial and project management, operations and maintenance, and accommodation planning An overview of legal and regulatory issues that affect the built environment Skills for managing multi-disciplinary teams, including communication, negotiation and conflict resolution Manage risks and security and ensure business continuity Effective use of systems for data and information management
  • Fall - 25
  • ON-LINE
If you want to take on more of a leadership role in your organization, this course is for you. You’ll learn how social media platforms such as Twitter and LinkedIn affect your business. You’ll become more social-media savvy and better equipped to advance your career. You’ll emerge with skills that help you engage more effectively with audiences, cultivate relationships with key influencers, develop a strategic and authentic online presence, and gain a competitive advantage in your field. Build a strong social media following. Engage with target audiences and cultivate relationships with key influencers online. Write a blog post that reflects your leadership style and strengths. Develop a social media strategy. Manage and monitor a consistent digital presence across all social media platforms.
  • Spring/Summer - 25
  • ON-LINE
This course is designed for seasoned stock traders who are looking to expand their technical analysis knowledge base to an expert level and apply new trading strategies to improve their trading performance.  You will have the opportunity to develop and backtest your own technical indicator and trading strategies on an emerging online trading platform.  You will examine a wide spectrum of advanced technical tools and trading strategies, including what they are and how they should be used.  These advanced technical techniques include but not limited to advanced quantitative indicators, advanced Japanese charting techniques and enhanced trading strategies. Apply advanced technical indicators to identify trading opportunities and improve timing of your trading decisions Backtest your trading strategies and develop your customized technical indicator using an online trading platform Develop integrated trading algorithms and apply emerging trading strategies to bring your trading performance to the next level Construct and apply advanced Japanese charts such as Renko and Kagi charts to improve short-term trading performance
  • Fall - 25
  • ON-LINE
If your job requires you to manage IT and cyber security risks in the high-stakes world of enterprise IT, this course is for you. You'll examine IT-related risks, threats, opportunities and vulnerabilities at the strategic and operational levels. This includes Cyber Security IT value generation for the business, and IT risk management programs and projects. You'll also explore risk appetite, risk tolerance and mitigation strategies. Case studies will highlight issues related to legal and regulatory compliance and stakeholder communication. Understand risk optimization as covered in ISACA’s CISM and CGEIT bodies of knowledge. Apply appropriate risk-management techniques and models. Align IT, cyber security and enterprise risk management. Manage and monitor status of risk-management strategies and plans. Provide oversight of related legal and regulatory compliance.
  • Fall - 25
  • Spring/Summer - 25
  • ON-LINE

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