Professional Project Administrator Program

FOR INDIGENOUS LEARNERS

The Professional Project Administrator (PPA) Program is a five-month, employment-focused online skills training program offered in partnership between Indigenous communities and RRU’s Professional and Continuing Studies. We aim to work in collaboration to develop and deliver the most relevant program possible.

The PPA program includes a mix of credit and non-credit courses. Successful graduates will receive nine credits at the undergraduate level as well as a certificate of completion for the program.

The PPA Program also includes a comprehensive series of student supports including:

• Professional coaching

• Career counselling/supports

• Confidential counselling from an Indigenous counsellor at Royal Roads University

• Cultural components. The first three deliveries of the program were in partnership with Métis Nation BC, and the Métis cultural components included in the program were identified by students as key to supporting their success.

“For me, it was pretty much life-changing. It opened up my educational world to a whole new area of opportunity. It created a lot of personal relationships with people that I think are going to last a long time.” 

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“You know I can see myself as being more competent and confident. I feel like the difference before this course and after the course is there were times when I just felt, oh, I’m so lucky I got this job. Now I feel like future employers would be lucky to have me on their team.”

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