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!

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
  • Winter - 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
  • Winter - 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
Project management is critical for organizations looking to stay competitive, profitable and forward-facing. In this accelerated micro course you’ll learn how to successfully plan projects to deliver value to your organization and its stakeholder, regardless of your industry. You’ll come away knowing the fundamental practices needed to get results and achieve excellence in project planning. Within 4-6 weeks of successfully completing this course, you will receive your micro-credential indicating achievement of the outlined learning outcomes and competencies/skills. Micro-credentials are tamper proof, verifiable, blockchain-based and 100% digital. They can be shared on social media, including LinkedIn and Facebook, embedded in websites or downloaded as PDFs. By the end of this micro course, you'll be able to: Evaluate the advantages of different approaches (agile, traditional, hybrid) to implement projects. Design initiation documents that include all necessary elements. Create project scope and schedule baselines, and product backlog with a release plan. Competencies/skills developed in this micro course include: Project Selection Methods  Project Planning and Defining Scope of Work  Basics for Project Scheduling and Budgeting 
  • Fall - 25
  • Spring/Summer - 25
  • ON-LINE
In today’s highly competitive world, organizations are using project management to implement strategy and deliver value to their stakeholders. In this accelerated micro course you’ll learn how to execute a project plan, communicate change, and how to monitor and control a project to successful completion. You’ll come away knowing the fundamental practices needed to get results and achieve excellence in project execution. Within 4-6 weeks of successfully completing this course, you will receive your micro-credential indicating achievement of the outlined learning outcomes and competencies/skills. Micro-credentials are tamper proof, verifiable, blockchain-based and 100% digital. They can be shared on social media, including LinkedIn and Facebook, embedded in websites or downloaded as PDFs. By the end of this micro course, you'll be able to: Develop a relevant project change control process. Create project status reports to ensure stakeholder engagement. Understand the stages of team development and approaches for conflict resolution. Develop an earn value model for the project. Understand the key approaches to closing projects. Competencies/skills developed in this micro course include: Team Leadership Project Execution Project Monitoring Delivering Presentations
  • Fall - 25
  • Spring/Summer - 25
  • ON-LINE
Over the course of three months, take a 12-step journey with the Roman Stoic Emperor Marcus Aurelius' Meditations and Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way as your guide. Accomplish your creative goals through this 12-week journey of intensive writing and meditation practices. Unblock your creative energy by drawing on the traditions of Hinduism, Stoicism, Buddhism, Sufism, mystic Christianity and Taoism. Connect to the work of creative and spiritual visionaries such as Lama Tsultrim Allione, Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Angeles Arrien, Sue Monk Kidd, Richard Rohr, Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, and Thich Nhat Hanh. For this 12-week Master class, you will commit to a daily practice of journaling and meditation and find support in “live” weekly meetings and a robust online board for community gatherings and course content. Wednesday webinars will include a blend of meditation, guided contemplation, generative writing, teachings and discussion. Weeks 5 and 10 will include writing workshop of longer submissions. In the interim between our “live” Wednesday meetings (all recorded for later viewing). you will delve deep into your creative soul through the power of faith traditions, Stoic philosophy, meditations, readings and writings.  This multi-genre Master’s class welcomes poets, fiction and nonfiction writers. You will have the opportunity to generate new material and receive support for a longer creative work. Experience the magic of walking the 12-step journey of philosophy, faith and creative joy. Explore and commit to a daily practice of meditation and writing for a period of three months thereby instilling powerful new habits. Make substantial headway on the first draft/revision of your creative project be it poetry, fiction or nonfiction. Engage with teachings, stories, music & poetry from faith traditions and the ancient Greco-Roman philosophy of Stoicism as a way of life. Apply mindfulness to emotional habits that sabotage your creative and life aspirations. Build a sustained genuine, disciplined and compassionate foundation over 12-weeks for your creative and personal endeavors and enjoy the support of a like-minded community.
  • Fall - 25
  • ON-LINE
This course is designed for those who have obtained competency in accounting principles. You will delve deeper into the concepts of financial reporting and analysis. You will examine topics including cash and receivables, inventory investments, property, as well as intangible assets and goodwill.   This fourteen-week online course features both synchronous learning activities, such as weekly webinars, and asynchronous learning components, such as practice questions and assignments.   This course is recognized by the CPA Ontario. You can find more details here. Understand Generally Accepted Accounting Principles; concepts, assumptions and guidelines; recording and interpretation of financial statements. Acquire knowledge of the use of analytical tools such as financial-ratio analysis, and the interpretation of financial information.
  • Fall - 25
  • Spring/Summer - 25
  • ON-LINE
This course is designed for those who have obtained competency in accounting principles.  The focus for this course is on the reporting and analysis of financial information with statements, using key accounting principles.   Understand Generally Accepted Accounting Principles; concepts, assumptions and guidelines; recording and interpretation of financial statements. Acquire knowledge of the use of analytical tools such as financial-ratio analysis, and the interpretation of financial information.
  • Fall - 25
  • Spring/Summer - 25
  • ON-LINE

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