Barrie Campus

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The Barrie Campus has many features, services and activities to enhance your college experience.

Watch our campus tour video to get a glimpse of what life at the Barrie Campus is like, and learn more about campus features below.

Services and supports

• Get involved with the Georgian College Students’ Association (GCSA)
• Find your books and swag at the Georgian Store
• Start your business with the Henry Bernick Entrepreneurship Centre (HBEC)
• Connect at the Wiidookdaading Indigenous Resource Centre
• Visit the library and Academic Success
• Stay in our student residence
• Innovate at the Peter B. Moore Advanced Technology Centre
• Explore Research and Innovation
• Get around with transit options
• Park on campus

Labs and learning spaces

• Learn about the Centre for Changemaking and Social Innovation
• Visit the Health and Wellness Clinics (open to the public)
• Dedicated lab spaces for culinary, electrical engineering, engineering research, golf, nursing, paramedic, precision skills, robotics and woodworking
• Relax in our student lounges
• Georgian Theatre
• Videoconferencing classrooms

Things to do on campus

• Get active at the Athletics and Fitness Centre with a climbing wall, running track and gymnasium
• Visit the Campus Gallery
• Get a coffee at The First Class Café
• Relax at The Last Class Bar and Grill, featuring live entertainment, Wicked Wednesdays and DJ dance nights
• Get some on-campus eats

Automotive Business

In your world, they’re not just cars, they’re your life. And they’re about to become your career. Gain automotive industry experience and build your network.

Business and Management

With relevant courses, work experience and applied learning projects, our programs will help you hit the ground running when you graduate.

Community Safety

Benefit from a rich curriculum in a variety of disciplines that focus on helping you make a positive impact in the community.

Computer Studies

Learn hands-on in our classrooms and state-of-the-art labs from experienced IT professionals to prepare for a career in information technology.

Degrees

The distinction between the roles of colleges and universities is not as clear as it once was. Today we live in a society where applied skills and theoretical knowledge must be integrated. Employers are looking for doers, thinkers, creators and leaders—all in one person.

Design and Visual Arts

Find your niche in the world of art and design, or get on the fast-track to a career with specialized training across a broad spectrum of subject areas.

Engineering and Environmental Technologies

Get hands-on experience and technical knowledge. Our programs include co-op semesters – paid internships and more – to give you an edge in the job market.

Graduate certificates

Have a degree or a diploma? Not sure how to turn your credential into a career? Georgian’s one-year graduate certificates can help fast-track you into the workplace in just nine to 12 months.

Health, Wellness and Sciences

Gain valuable hands-on experience in public health-care clinics, simulation labs and during clinical and field placements with potential employers before you graduate.

Hospitality, Tourism and Recreation

Through hands-on learning, exciting field trips, industry-experienced faculty and many work experience opportunities, our programs help you master your skills and prepare for a fast-paced career.

Human Services

Turn your passion for working with people into a career that makes a real difference in society. Learn from experts and leaders in the field. Start your career upon graduation or explore our pathways and partnerships to continue your education.

Indigenous Studies

Our programs include a blend of contemporary and traditional teaching methods with Indigenous cultural values and perspectives embedded in the curriculum.

Liberal Arts

Gain the knowledge, skills and credentials you need to continue on to a diploma, degree, certificate or job.

Skilled Trades

There is a shortage of skilled trades workers in Canada, so if you like working with your hands, this is a great time to start.

Not sure what career is right for you?

Use our career assessment tool to help you find the best program for your personality type.

Looking for credit?

Select from a range of programs, register class-by-class and study on your time. Georgian offers degrees, certificates, diplomas, advanced diplomas and graduate certificates.

Professional development

Looking to advance your career, meet an industry requirement or learn a new skill? We offer a variety of evening and weekend courses to support your ongoing growth.

Study online

Take a course or program online instead as an alternative to in-class. Online courses for a range of subjects are available to part-time and full-time students through OntarioLearn.

Other pathways

• Academic and Career Preparation
• Corporate Training
• Dual Credit
• English for Academic Purposes

Noteworthy annual events

• Winterfest (February)
• Barrie Waterfront Festival (May)
• Craft Beer & BBQ Festival (July)
• Kempenfest (July to August)
• Open Air Dunlop (July to September)
• Barrie Dragon Boat Festival (August)

Visit the Barrie Tourism website
Visit the Simcoe County Tourism website

Amenities

• Hospital: Royal Victoria Health Centre
• Groceries: About 15 major grocery stores across the city, year-round farmers’ market
• Shopping: Three malls, several shopping plazas and a variety of independent retailers
• Beaches, parks, trails and nearby ski hills
• Arenas, sports fields, OHL hockey and IBL baseball teams, fitness centres
• Theatres, concert venues, art galleries
• Huronia Symphony, vibrant downtown, museum, shopping, breweries, clubs and restaurants

Access talent

• Build your workforce with students or graduates
• Strengthen the skills of future employees
• Connect with university and college-level educated students

Build and grow your business

• Pursue innovation opportunities
• Increase the skills of your workforce
• Stay up-to-date on advancements in the field

Invest in innovation

• Tailored partnerships
• Strategic philanthropy
• Exclusive sponsorships

Use Georgian services

• Host a conference or event
• Access our affordable Health and Wellness Clinics
• Use our fitness centres

Why rent facilities from Georgian?

• Classroom and lecture hall rental fees contribute to the required maintenance and upgrades that the rooms require to stay current and competitive.
• Catering from The Georgian Dining Room or The Last Class provides our students not only jobs in the present, but jobs in the future, giving them the experience they need to excel in the culinary and hospitality industries.
• Rentals of our Athletics and Fitness Centre and The Last Class go directly to the Georgian College Students’ Association (GCSA), and therefore towards student clubs and services, study space and GCSA offices, scholarships and Ashoka Changemaker social initiatives.

Get in touch with the Barrie Campus

One Georgian Dr.
Barrie, ON
L4M 3X9
inquire@georgiancollege.ca
705.728.1968

Which best describes you?

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