Located just east of Toronto, the Regional Municipality of Durham encompasses the local municipalities of Ajax, Brock, Clarington, Oshawa, Pickering, Scugog, Uxbridge and Whitby. The Region provides numerous services to almost 700,000 Durham residents, including public health, social services, land use planning, public works, and public transit.
At the Region, our corporate values include collaboration and innovation. We support life-long learning and have made a commitment to ongoing research, knowledge exchange and continuous quality improvement.
Durham Regional Police Service (DRPS) provides policing services across all eight of Durham’s municipalities. With a goal to have the safest community for people to live, work and play, DRPS is focused on problem solving. Every member of the Police Service is committed to providing quality service in partnership with our community. While learning from each other, we will achieve excellence through pride, respect, understanding and ethical behaviour.
At Durham College (DC), the student experience comes first. With campuses in Oshawa and Whitby, the college offers more than 13,600 full-time post-secondary and apprenticeship students access to more than 140 full-time and eight apprenticeship programs in a number of different disciplines, enabling them to develop the skills required to meet the demands of today’s job market. The college has also launched its first four-year degree program, the Honours Bachelor of Health Care Technology Management, in September 2018.
With a community of 10,000 students, 2,000 faculty/staff, and over 22,000 alumni, Ontario Tech University advances the discovery and application of knowledge to accelerate economic growth, regional development and social innovation. We inspire and equip our students and our graduates to make a positive impact in a tech-focused world.
At Trent University Durham Greater Toronto Area, education unfolds on a personal scale. One of the best student-to-faculty ratios of any university in Ontario combines with the extraordinary commitment of our professors to teaching students to set Trent University Durham apart. A wide range of unique academic programs are offered at this growing campus. Trent Durham is a close-knit, scholarly community in a diverse, urban environment which sparks intellectual development with engaging instructors, and launches students into their careers with abundant hands-on experience and opportunities to get involved.