Reviews of Columbia College (School)

Deanna Shukaliak

I would like to give a shout out to Heather Nelson and the other teachers who run the Dental Assisting program who put together a class to help study for the NDAEB exam. I am a student from Nait who took my dental assisting there, and my school had no study tutorials or help for the exam. And to find this course and have the teachers welcome me to join the class even tho i am from edmonton was amazing. I found this course very knowledgable and helpful for studying for the exam to just picking apart the questions and giving you another way to look at a question that try's to trick you or confuse you. I found this helped me a lot on exams since i get very bad test anxiety this helped me slow down and understand the questions better and to pick apart the exam questions to making it the best chance for me to succeed. I did pass the board exam and i think a lot has to do with me coming to this class!

Ali Salman

If you are looking for a college in Calgary, I will highly recommend Columbia College. They have great programs with market prospects.

AJ

My academic advisor for my EA certificate and the my Human Services Diploma program a few years later was Sanam Bukhari. Sanam has always been so helpful, pleasant, knowledgable, efficent and professional in her problem solving and encouragment for any help I required over the course of a few years! I was blessed to have her in my corner! :) Graduate of the EA Certificate and Human Servcies Diploma

Jake Hodge

Even though I was only enrolled in very short courses, I had complete communication with the staff which was very helpful!

fireman09090

Having numerous friends in the healthcare field that wont write reviews about their school simply for fear of not being hired, getting in trouble by the school, or simply because they have tried and nothing has been done I am choosing to write this review. Administration here has little to no care for their nursing cohorts and multiple complaints about teachers have come to light with little to no action taken except for faculty inflating student Marks to give them all 100% for assignments(is this legal?), due to their unprofessional attitude and clique like mentality they believe they can do anything with little regard to consequences, including messing with the future our healthcare and not teaching our future healthcare workers certain parts of their education ie; parmacology. I would implore people to search elsewhere or simply look into what school you are attending. Ask previous students from the nursing cohorts their experiences and what has happened when they bring up issues. The only accountability ever offered by this school is mark inflation and knit picking messages send by others to find irrelevant issues the staff can scapegoat off of.

Md Saiful Islam

Tonalee Andrews and Snam Bukari are the best. Thank you Columbia College.

Mustafai Kandush

It's the worst school ever I have been studying here for a long time and I realize that they only wanna make profit from you . They won't let you graduate and also they would never gonna give you a certificate so you just wasting time

Martin Li

Nor a a really good school to attend. This school tuition is was around 40k for the LPN program. Your better off attending the university of Calgary or SAIT a lot cheaper. In terms of difficulty, not really that hard. 80% of the text books were virtually useless. And I was able to pass most of the courses without even studying. The student services horridence, one time they didn't email me that one n95 masks I was required to get couldn't be used and I had redo it costing me an extra $50. I complained about it and they had the audacity to tell me that I was in the wrong and said I should apologize. Granted I will give them this the practicum, professional writing and the lab courses were well organized and put together. But in the end if you include the huge price tag you have to pay which is virtually the same as the university of Calgary, with courses that barely were a challenge, with a bad student services I recommend not to go to this school

Jared Byrne

Never attended, but a nice place to visit; and I have friends who have enjoyed the courses.

Bailey Larroquette

Current and affordable courses with instant answers to your questions. I couldn't ask for better.

Waseem Aslani

Hello do you offer testing service?

Kayla P

Currently attending... And now looking to get out ASAP. The lack of professionalism is astounding. They charm you in to believing you will be in a safe and friendly environment, with small classes. What a joke. Faculty also spouts endlessly about not cheating and the consequences, but it's all lip service. There are no consequences. Except for anyone who tries to stand against it. A VERY unfortunate and expensive mistake.

aika fujii

I had the best experience at the Columbia College!! All of the facilitators are super nice and they support us whenever we are struggling. I recommend this school to everyone!!!

Kauveri Buddepu

Thank you, Heather Nelson & Joanne Briske for being such great mentors & amazing instructors for the Dental assisting upgrading courses I have recently taken at Columbia College. Even with the challenges of working with the new protocols around Covid-19, Heather was in constant touch with me & the other students to make sure that the courses were well coordinated & went smoothly. I would highly recommend Columbia College, Calgary for Dental Assisting upgrading.

Marion Juste

Columbia College was a miracle for me ! I was a dental assistant in Montreal, Quebec, and I moved in Calgary this year. When I did contact the NDAEB, I was only recognized as a dental assistant level 1 and they told me that I had to take upgrading courses. I was so scared and lost because I'm a french spoker and I had no clue how everything was going to be. But Heather, from Collumbia College, took care of me, explained everything in detail and guided me though the process. All this work seemed so much easier and was so much fun. The upgrading class was amazing, all of the teachers are sweetheart and patient, I had so much fun. I had the best experience ever and I highy recommend Columbia College for their involvement and professionalism. I am very grateful, thank you from all my heart. Wish you all the best.

Tammy Earl

We had a tour as a class. Their campus is small and intimate. The program we visited seemed great

Dua'a Alramahi

Columbia College is a spectacular College. The staff and instructors are helpful and friendly. Upon completion of the course you are attending, they will help you updating your resume. I had an amazing experience with instructors and classmates.

Babak Vosooghzadeh

I am enrolled in the Accounting Assistant Job Training Program and I have learned a lot. Our instructor Mr. Rashid explains the accounting topics in a profound way, and he spends a lot of his personal time to answer questions, clarify accounting issues, and grade assignments and exams. Recently, I needed clarifications on some accounting issue, and he spent 3 hours of his personal time to explain the accounting issues in one phone call. Thank you Columbia College for having such a devoted and dedicated team of advisors, facilitators, and instructors.

Deborah Pynn

Columbia College is a wonderful place. They treat everyone with respect.

Tayebeh Shalmani

A great place to work at! I miss working with all the amazing people I was fortunate enough to work with for 2 years.

Reem Hassan

I love to be student in Columbia college

Rafid ID

I took two continuous education courses at this college in dental assisting field, The staff were very professional; they made me feel confident of myself and they were efficient in making me understand the test environment and procedure. The environment around was organized and harmonized which made I felt no confusion. It was a great experience, and I would definitely love to take more courses - when required in the future - at this college. Although I live in Gatineau QC, I will select Columbia College first if I a course I am required to take is a one I have to fly to.

Luiza Kulchetscki

Great staff and great experience taking the dental assistant ortho module course at Columbia. Would definitely recommend.

Jancy Mathew

I would like to comment with gratitude to Heather Nelson for her efficient communication, guidance, excellent study material, examination scheduling and conducting the same with grace and diligence which enabled me to get both my CDA and CODA License status . I want to personally thank the entire continuing dental education team and my instructor Chau! Blessings n best wishes in all your future endeavors. Best place to learn Dental Assisting skills.

Anwar Subhani

Just no

Leslie Heggie

I have taken a few continuing ed courses for dental assisting, at Columbia. They have all been great, very helpful in registering, getting info back to me right away, answering my questions. Then attending the actual course was great, the instructors have been professional and so helpful. Good teachers. I felt confident in the skills I learned. I would highly recommend this school.

Dominique Incutto

Yes, I recommend this school to everyone looking for professional support from the continuous education department. Heather Nelson and Joanne did an amazing job helping me on the continuous education program. I would not go into the specifics here, but these two professionals deserve top rating for the way both deal with students, their love for their profession and for being flexible during challenging circumstances. If you are looking for a professional team to instruct, guide and evaluate you, this is the place to go! Thank you Columbia college for having these two superstars on your payroll.

Chantel Vinish

Excellent place of employment.

Yalonda Saunders

Very excited about my future, starting with Columbia College! Small class sizes, more intake dates, ample support, small campus, makes future career attainable!!

Mel

Do not even think of trusting the daycare with ur kids. The old director Candice was absolutely wonderful but the new one is not someone you want to do any kind of business with she hardly responds to emails and when she does she misunderstand them and she horribly rude with no form of customer service skills what so ever if your this rude uncaring and obnoxious towards me I feel bad for any child that doesn't behave perfectly under her care. I thought it would be the same as when Candice was there so I called to reinstate my children in the daycare after the summer and the new director assured me yes there is space available and assured me she'd hold a spot but then like a week and a half before they where supposed to start she emails me saying suddenly there's no space yet on there website I till now clearly says there's space for kids my children's age group so clearly it's personal. I expressed how offended I felt and wanted an explanation she literally blew me off like dirt. Don't need that kind of individual breathing the same air as my kids

Riss

Just finished a fantastic weekend at Columbia College doing my Orthodontic Clinical Module. The facilitators are amazing, full of knowledge and energy! They take that extra minute for the one on one time that you may need which made for a seamless weekend! I would recommend this module to everyone, specially with the flexibility and date range options they have to complete the course! Unfortunately the washrooms were awful, I personally try to avoid them but that becomes impossible when you spend a full weekend there. Knowing this made me curious and could of been my decision factor in to going to SAIT instead...

Tanice Findlay

Great college for taking the RDA II program as well as for taking the clinical refresher program! Thank you!

Jashanpreet Kaur

Courses are designed clear and concise. Task oriented and best remote study I have ever done.

Tiara Sehn

This school is overpriced, they cram you into a tiny classroom, 3 or 4 people to a small table, and treat you like it’s kindergarten. You are basically paying them to teach yourself because you do all your learning at home and then they test you on it the next day in class. The cafeteria sells moldy food. They offer no extra curricular activities, they don’t have a gym, they don’t have a library. The teachers are rude and inconsiderate, they don’t care about you, all they want is to take your money. Just do yourself a favour and apply at SAIT where the price is less than HALF of what this tiny rundown school charges.

Brooke Coburn

As someone who has 2 degrees and various experiences in post secondary schooling, Columbia College was fantastic. They provided an environment that enabled success. The facilitators in the dental assisting program are very knowledgeable, fair, and approachable. I felt as though I was very prepared for the "real world" and went into the work field with confidence.

Serena Moxley

I am taking the Dental Assistance course here. The facilitators are absolutely amazing. All of the staff offer support and truly want to see you succeed! Thank you Columbia College for showing me that I can go back to school and love it! I highly recommend this school!

Jane Pratt

As someone who is currently attending the LPN program, I am happy that I attended this facility. The training and knowledge received far surpasses what is required by the CLPNA. The program chair Sharon is a wonderful person who is extremely supportive and is very in tune with her students. She has worked to create a student centered atmosphere that you will not find anywhere else. The long standing facilitators have a passion for teaching and really help to develop your skills as a student nurse. In honesty, it's a tough program and it takes an immense amount of dedication, flexibility, and professionalism to succeed. Luckily, if you show dedication and fortitude, the staff and faculty are there to support you 100%. This program will teach you everything you need to know to prepare you to be an LPN. And the faculty will help you to grow as an individual to become a professional member of healthcare. Thank you Columbia.

Mitra Sunkara

I highly recommend the orthodontic clinical module course at Columbia college, Calgary. Both the course instructors 'Ms. Charlene' and 'Ms. Heather' were knowledgeable and skilled. I initially registered for ortho clinical module at another college. Due to Covid restrictions in place, it was cancelled. Fortunately I got in touch with Ms. Heather, instructor as well as the program coordinator for the course. She was an amazing person with a perfect blend of knowledge and kindness. She helped me with the registration and also in receiving the certificate on time. If given a chance, I would enroll here for future CDE courses.

AKSA MONCY

I studied my DA program in Ontario and moved to Edmonton. It was really hard for me to get an admission for CPE due to Covid and I was so much worried. I was so much disappointed when I realized no colleges in Edmonton offers intra oral skills that can help me bypass the CPE .It was through google I came to know about COLUMBIA COLLEGE and I contacted them right away. Heather was on the other end. She is amazing and helped me a lot and booked me. Without any hesitations she cleared all my questions. It was great opportunity for me to learn. My instructors were Juan, Heather and Chau. All of them were so much approachable and kind. The college is well equipped all what you need for your learning process. Parking was free. I highly recommend COLUMBIA COLLEGE for those DAs who have moved to Alberta from any other province and figuring out a way to register with CADA . This is the one and only best place . I am looking forward to do my upgrading in future.

Emma Lee

Friendly staff!!! And you can have LINK program here.

Ms SA

I attended the CPE Practice course and it was the best decision I made for exam prep. My confidence increased in folds afterwards and this helped during the exam as i knew what to expect and was able to identify and work on my weak areas/points in time for the CPE. Alexis is the best facilitator ever, super gentle, nice, patient and knowledgeable. Will certainly be back for other advanced courses. <3

Rajat Saini

I did a security course here and it was great. one of the instructors Zoran was amazing, great teacher.

Law Onwuegbuchu

Great college to teach and to learn!

Wafa Qahtan

It’s a great place to study there. I have done at Columbia College LINC, ESL, and currently Accounting Assistant. They all have been good, very helpful in registering and answering the questions. They have a good facilitators. I build my skills in this college.

Sim S

I took dental assisting here and I have learned so much. They really do prepare you for the outside world. All the facilitators are like family. I miss you guys

Aman Matharu

It's a great place for upgrading courses. Heather Nelson and Joanne Briske are Amazing mentors and instructors. Thanks to both of you. I would highly recommend this college.

Séraphin Sonna

I am really proud of my second term of learning English at Columbia College. I had the chance to meet Ms. Tammy Biickert who transmits with an unprecedented methodology. It's very encouraging and I just have to say thank you to all the people who have so far helped me improve my English level and I promise to work tirelessly to deserve your work. Thank you again.

Sarah Bailey

Wonderful program! Had such a blast doing my ortho module with the instructors at Columbia college, everyone was so positive and willing to help

daniel peter

According to my personal experience ,it is One of the worst academic college in calgary ,actually i don't encourage anybody to go there and try to pursue their dreams .it is totally a waste of time and money.my advice to you is take your time and make the right decision , there are a lot of important questions to answer before you decide where to study.

Mamee2

Quality service

Samina Mohamed

I just learned from my brother who is currently an ESL student at Columbia College that, apparently, one of the teachers has been let go. And it's not just "a teacher"; it's someone who has made a huge difference in many people's lives. I was a student there, myself, about 6 years ago, and attended a PFP course. This course had 3 levels in one, but the teacher did an excellent job, attending to the needs of each and every student. She prepared me for a college, and actually, thanks to her hard work, I was one of the 3 top students in the college's program. I was afraid before that while not being a native speaker, I would have to struggle and may not even finish the program. As soon as I started the program, it turned out that I was way ahead of the others, even though most of the students were Canadian-born, and had completed grade 12 in Canada. I was so proud of myself, it all made me realize that no matter where you were born or what your first language was, you could still excell if you have had a teacher like Joanna. She put so much individual time and attention to my progress that now, a few years later, I just cannot find words to express my gratitude. She gave me confidence and showed me that anything was possible as long as you followed your bliss and believed in yourself. My brother always tells me that every student that has ever had Joanna as a teacher felt like a lucky winner because each and every minute of her class time was very meaningful and added up to the student's progress. No time was ever wasted in her class. Plus; she is a very compassionate person who is not only a teacher, but a mentor to her students. Even though she made the students work very hard, she was also their best friend. She did not hesitate to put her personal time into helping a student. She even once drove my classmate home because this classmate had no money for a bus ticket. So now, when I hear, that apparently Joanna was dismissed, I want to believe that it must have been some other Joanna, and not Joanna Wysocka that used to teach me in the past... NOT THE SAME Joanna who has helped so many of us to regain our confidence and be successful in our lives. Please tell me it's someone else, otherwise I will never tell my friends or family to enroll in this college. I have had a great job as an Ed assistant for the past 3 years, and I cannot deny that a bigger portion of my success I owe to this amazing teacher and person. God bless you, Joanna. I will never forget you, and my prayers are and always will be with you.

Honesty Observer

Do not go there if you are open to change and want to increase your knowledge.

Vanessa Boot

COLUMBIA COLLEGE RAISES THE STANDARD OF QUALITY THAT EVERY SCHOOL SHOULD LEARN FROM! I will be starting the Dental Assisting program in two weeks and my experience with Columbia College so far has exceeded my expectations. It’s important to mention I’ve never been particularly good at school and hesitated to do this program for a long time since I didn’t feel confident in myself I could do it. I’ve been to college before and felt like there were so many things that I could have used a lot more help with throughout the whole process. Columbia has an Advisor (Leslee) that has literally helped EVERY student with EVERY step of the way. She encourages us to message/meet with her if we need absolutely any help with anything, including student loans. (which in my experience, most schools just want the $, and you are on your own for the rest) It’s very obvious everyone that works there is 100% dedicated to help you succeed and be the best student you can possibly be. I’m so happy I decided to go to Columbia because I feel like I’m not alone and that there is a team of staff who loves their job and will help me to be successful. This program is condensed so they have given us fair warning that it will be quite stressful and given us the tools to do it. A month before the program starts they have their first orientation to introduce the staff etc and they assigned an online course that is all about HOW to be a good student. (How to take notes, how to read and remember, taking tests, how to succeed with your personal learning style etc etc etc!) I feel SO prepared to start school and not nervous like I would have been otherwise. I feel confident that I will do well in school with their help. You are never alone and they are always asking what they can do to help and be better at their jobs. I’m very excited to start and am thankful I chose Columbia.

Sherry Obenauer

I have been employed at Columbia College since September 2007 and have had the pleasure of teaching in a variety of departments, including ESL, AU, and ET. This flexibility in placement and diversity in departments has allowed me to be able to teach a large number and variety of courses to students from all over the world. I absolutely love and appreciate the opportunities and challenges that have resulted which have permitted me the ability to learn, grow, and develop new skills. While here, I have had the pleasure of meeting many unique individuals with fresh perspectives and ideas to improve the college and the programs offered. The management allows me great freedom to do my job to the best of my ability while appreciating my ongoing contributions. The teaching staff is very competent, friendly, helpful, and hard working. I take great pride and joy in playing a small part in the improvement of my students' lives. Although no organization is perfect, the Columbia College team is always striving towards excellence, growth, and development of its staff and programs.

Dora Samuel

I am ESL student and I am very sad today. I come to school after break and my lovely teacher Joanna is not here. They tell me she not working here any more. Student love teacher and we write always good about teacher Joanna.She very good, she explain clear, best and excellent teacher. Friendly and care about student, treat everyone the same. Every body say she is best. I miss Joanna, evrybody cry today. School no good when they keep bad teachers, and good teacher go. I want diffrent school next time.

Amber Stankoven

Heather was great to deal with & always responded so promptly to emails and answered any questions I had. I took the Prostho Module & Maralee was my instructor and found her very helpful and personable. I really enjoyed having her as my instructor.

Imrana Mohiuddin

The staff and faculty at Columbia College are very professional and helpful.They supported our cohort from day 1 and continued to do it even after we graduated and needed help with resume making and interview.It was pleasure to study at Columbia and most of our cohort got jobs less than a month of our course completion.I would strongly recommend Columbia College for any of your career paths.

Jill Schultz

I have taken a course at Mount Royal University, over twenty courses at U of C, and completed a business program at Columbia College many years ago. The education I received at Columbia College was on par with the other more popular institutions, and in many cases of higher quality when it came to content focus and attention/support. I worked hard. All courses were related to my subject of interest (business at the time - not sure if they are still offering this program). I have been a successful business owner for the last seven years and want to encourage others to consider this college if they are looking to grow and invest in themselves.

Briitanylee A

I would not recommend this college to anyone. The level of respect towards students is poor. They do not treat students equally. Considering how expensive this college is you would think it would be more organized. They do not support there students, unless they are ESL. Complete waste of time and money. The unprofessionalism is sickening.

Raneem Kedda

Had a very good experience doing course with Columbia college, they managed to register me in a short notice, highly recommended for continuous education.

Destiny Abesamis

I would like to thank all the admin and staff of Columbia College Calgary most especially to our Program Manager of HSPD, Tobias Mwandala for all your hardwork and patience to us, to all my Facilatators especially to Mary Ann, Susan and Lola. To Ms. Caroline Ellis thank you for your excellent services. And to my Admission Advisers Ms Joanne and Mitra. More power to you!

RB

I wanted to read reviews of practical nursing students, but there aren't any except one that was posted 2 years ago. I guess they really are afraid of posting anything negative about the school haha! I want to know if its worth spending $40,000 for practical nursing at Columbia College. oh and I rated this place 1/5 because Google won't let me post comment without rating (it has no relevance to my comment as I know nothing about this place)

Sal Khan

Don't waste your time and money here

Elsa Morales

Go diferent school. Teacher no explain good in columbia College.Manger fariba always angry and screeming at Students. We are adult no childrens.we come here to learn, we no need screeming. Parking no good when snow. we need better, we pay.thank you.

Samer M

I am studying Accounting Assistant. I benefited a lot from my studies with Columbia college and there teachers they were very helpers.

Mina zaghloul

I would like to thank Lori Kennedy for her efforts to improve our English on online classes. It was hard for us in the beginning. However, she made that much easier. Also, she is so smart, organized and creative. Thanks again. ( LINC, CLB5 )

Amira Rafih

Just completed the Orthodontic Module this past weekend and it was such a great experience! The instructors were super friendly, helpful and their lessons and demos were very clear and easy to understand! I would recommend doing the Ortho module at Columbia to anyone I know !

natia goniashvili

would like to share my great experience with continuing education team for dental assisting for the amazing orthodontic module .Heather nelson you are the great and your team was wonderful.thank you so much for you hard work and help.Natia Goniashvili

Patrick Simmons

A great place to work. Enjoy the hard work of our students and watching them grow and be successful in each of their programs.

Nataila Beckham

Worst Experience! Teachers are educated but they don’t know how to teach adults they treat students like school kids ! Zero service small classrooms , I don’t know why alberta government is paying money to this institution just ! Full of fakeness and the Lady the day care supervisor she doesn’t know how to talk 0 professional level .

sandy wang

I just graduated from Human Services Professional Diploma Program. I enjoyed the learning journey here. especially, like the course design and the books we used. The teachers are experts in the field and ready to help. Registrar and department make decisions that are consideration of students' opinion.

Sadeen El

The wares place to go there not recommended at all

Kate Hoyano

I needed to complete the tooth whitening module for my RDA re-certification and I emailed Columbia for help. Heather went above and beyond from the start of the process to completion. Her responses we very prompt and very helpful which made my experience excellent. She requested that my certificate be delivered as quickly as possible which was much appreciated. Thank you Heather! I wish everyone I dealt with would be as dedicated to client satisfaction as you are.

Amber Steininger

Absolutely atrocious college, do not go there. Overpriced education for lack of organization and supplies, especially considering you must teach yourself, unbelievable lack of professionalism, lack of student resources, and tons of human rights violations. The majority of the Dental Assisting Program instructors are unprofessional, self righteous, inconsistent and often cannot agree on policies or get along with each other. The program taught me very little relevant information and skills needed for the industry, a sentiment many of my fellow classmates share. I have since met a several people in the industry who have previously attended the program wishing they had gone to SAIT or anywhere else instead because they too have experienced these very same issues. To anyone thinking of going to this college I say to you, save yourself the money and unnecessary stress and look elsewhere for your education.

Anne Margrit

It's so funny how they advertise this school with how the teachers and students look but when you get here it's like your in a 3rd world country worse then the slums of Calcutta!

Jane Smith

A wonderful place to work and study. I see many grateful students. Management is understanding and supportive. Tom Snell greets each and every student individually. I had students stay in the program after they have heard his inspirational speech. Thanks to Fariba`s integrity and professionalism the language programs are thriving. Columbia College is the best employer, in my opinion.

Hadia Zeineddine

I had the pleasure to attended the dental assisting program. I met many amazing facilitators who care about your learning. Dana Parkson, is helpful, caring, and amazing Head Chair at Columbia College. She helped me out a lot during my practicum. I recommend attending the dental assisting program.

Louise Summers

As a recent graduate from the Dental Assisting Professional Diploma at Columbia College, I felt it was important to write a review about the college. As a mature student I was worried about going back into education. The teachers and support staff at Columbia as fantastic. The teachers are well educated and knowledgeable. I always felt supported. They provide you with all the skills you will need to go into the real world. You will work hard and it will be worth it. I would highly recommend this course.

simar kaur

I went all the way from Ontario to Alberta to do a continuing education course in dental assisting and I must say it was an incredible experience especially my course instructor Heather Nelson was amazing. The way she taught me and took interest in teaching me was really commendable. I highly recommend Columbia College it was definitely worth the money I spent in travelling and learning.Thank you Heather.

Kat Anderson

This review is regarding the Dental clinic at Columbia College. I learnt about this place and thought I would try it to support the students. Not impressed with the Columbia College dental clinic. I get it that the Students are learning; but they have no knowledge with even the basics and terrible people skills. Students have no idea what they are doing and language skills were an issue. Would never go there again!

Lisa Hussain

I want to personally say thank you to the continuing educators at Columbia College. Specifically Heather, Maralee and Joanne. I recently found myself in serious predicament in regards to keeping up to date with CADA's membership requirements to hold my license after 3 years of being on leave of absence. The course I needed was the clinical refresher course to be able to reinstate my license before December 1, 2019. The next course was being held December 6, 2019 which would have been 6 days past the deadline. Heather made this happen for me, if she had not changed her schedule around and asked Maralee and Joanne to come in on a long weekend (something they do not usually do); I would be without my license and would have had to cancel my membership with CADA. In turn I would have had to reinstate after letting my license go past 3 years mark. I cannot express enough gratitude to Heather and Maralee for going out of their way to come in just for me. The course itself was not at all what I was expecting, I was nervous and unsure if the skills I inherited in school ( 8 years ago) would be sufficient enough to demonstrate in the refresher course and prove myself competent. I had no reason to worry , in fact I had a great day and thanks to Maralee I felt more at home in the clinic then I did when I went to CDI. It was like riding a bike, you never forget your skills. Thanks to Maralee's guidance during the course I quickly became confident in demonstrating my capabilities as a dental assistant. Thank you again to these wonderful women who are dedicating their extra time in helping others!!! I would highly recommend Columbia to any of my fellow RDA's. I also would gladly jump to any opportunity to help Columbia College, please keep me in mind if you ever need anything that I could possibly help you with.

Nick Lefevre

It is one of the worst school for LINC and ESL program. All they care is to get Government's subsidy and they fail students on purpose even if they perform well on assessment. They find excuses to not pass you on assessments as they pre-determine who they want to pass to next level and who not. It has happened to me and many of friends and I am definitely going to complain to the Government to do an inquiry on the deceptiveness! Please DO NOT go there if you want to advance in your career!

Steffi Dhillon

Great experience.

Carissa Liu

Columbia college has some of the most amazing staff/teachers I've met. Throughout my online course Heather had coached me through the whole way making sure I was on top of my game including helping me work out a schedule for the course. She was ALWAYS available to answer emails and I've honestly felt she went above and beyond my expectations as a mentor. Pros: inclass teachers knew what they were doing and usually had tips and tricks to help students understand the how toos of the topic. (I took your orthodontic theory and clinical course) Only con I had for this school is their building (especially washrooms) are a bit outdated.

Yvette Bernabe

Awesome staff! From my experience to their receptionist, admission advisor, Instructor, to the Coordinator of HCA program, GREAT experience overall! Columbia College has a great staff super organized. Special thanks to Ms Caron and Ms Joann who was there until the end of our finish line to this program. Also, to the Asst. Registrar, Ms Carolline, thank you so much for all your quick response to my email inquiries and requests. Thank you for all the support until we finally completed our program, you make us feel so important. It’s been a pleasure to meet the President of the College- Dr. Tom. From the start of our class, he gave his warmth welcome to all of us, visiting every class even we were in the evening class as well us giving his admiring speech when we finally completed our practicum. We are so grateful, even we belong to a small class but still they let us feel we are so important and they are celebrating with us to our success! And that’s unexpected to see the President on our last day. Thank you so much! I highly recommend this College to everyone.