Diploma in Fish, Wildlife and Recreation

About this programme

The Fish, Wildlife, and Recreation program has been preparing students for rewarding careers in the conservation and management of fish, wildlife, parks, and outdoor recreation for over 50 years. The program is designed to give students a broad range of applied skills, experiences, and knowledge. Students spend time in a variety of settings, including field labs, learning to identify, inventory, and monitor BC’s fish and wildlife species, the habitats these species use, and the natural areas set aside for conservation and recreation. Upon completion of the FWR program, graduates will be ready to work in the dynamic and diverse field of resource management. In recent years, the FWR program has undergone significant updates to modernize and ensure it is in alignment with industry expectations for the knowledge and field skills graduates need to succeed in this field. The program is committed to ensuring that Indigenous perspectives and ways of knowing are included, meaningfully discussed, and respected throughout the curriculum. The FWR program has been carefully designed to ensure that courses in each term provide the building blocks of practical, applied, and theoretical knowledge needed for the following term. This culminates in Term 4, where students apply the knowledge obtained over their diploma in multiple capstone style courses that emphasize interdisciplinary, collaborative approaches in the environmental field. Changes to courses and content have emphasized the delivery of applied field skills supported by theoretical knowledge that make our graduates not only em