Program Overview

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Digital Information Careers

Program Details

Outcome

Certificate

Length

2 terms

Next Start Date

September 2025

Post-graduate Work Permit

No

What to Expect from the Program

The Digital Information Careers program will provide core employability and technical skills, such as communication, collaboration, and adaptability. Students will become adept at digital tasks using a range of systems, software, and platforms common in the digital economy.

The specialization in Fundamentals of Data Analytics and Business Intelligence focuses on data processing training. Students gain transferable digital skills including data entry, data transformation, data modelling, and data visualizations.

Graduate with Experience

200 hours of work-integrated learning (WIL) will be completed in the Edmonton region. Potential opportunities for remote or flexible work placements available.

During the WIL component, students will complete a minimum of 25 hours per week, with opportunities to accelerate this to up to 40 hours per week.

Students will have ongoing support from a supervisor and mentor at the jobsite and will also have additional employment support from a Career Coach and Accessibility Advisor.

Learning Pathways

We offer the program in specialized cohorts so our students can find the path that best suits their learning needs. Each stream will use unique approaches to meet the same program learning outcomes. We acknowledge that there will be students who intersect these, and we can work with these students to select the cohort that’s right for them.

Neurodivergent Stream

In person

Students experience the program content in intentionally designed ways that support neurodiverse education. Classroom and content design consider sensory and processing needs, learning materials incorporate best practices for neurodiverse students, and career coaching is geared to the unique needs of the group.

General Stream

Online real-time

With inclusive entry requirements, the general stream pathway offers a wide population of students an accessible route to a high-demand career in the digital economy.

Career Opportunities

This program will prepare students to enter the digital workforce at an entry level. Because the digital economy touches almost every industry, graduates of this program can be employed within many sectors. These include financial institutions, municipalities, government organizations, technology companies, insurance, and traditional sectors like oil and gas, agriculture, and transportation.

Potential job titles include:

• Data entry clerk
• Business intelligence analyst
• Data storyteller
• Digital records technician
• Junior data analyst

The following National Occupational Classifications (NOCs) are often used for job postings in this field:

• NOC 2282 – User support
• NOC 1253 – Records management technicians employment outlook
• NOC 2172 – Database analysts and data administrators

Important Information for International Students

This program qualifies for a study permit, but does not qualify for a post-graduate work permit in Canada as of November 1, 2024. Learn more about obtaining your study permit and other important immigration information.