Your skills build a healthier Canada

PowerED™ by Athabasca University connects you to sector-specific professional development that helps you deliver equitable, efficient, and culturally safe care across Canada.

100% online programs designed for Canada’s health systems and your schedule

PowerED™ by Athabasca University offers two flagship online certificates built for Canada’s health systems and policy context:

Fundamentals of Health Economics Certificate

Make better decisions with data. Learn to evaluate tradeoffs, allocate resources, and communicate cost and value clearly to leaders and communities.

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Indigenous Health and Wellness, Advocacy, and Allyship Certificate
Advance reconciliation in practice. Build skills for culturally safe, trauma informed, and community grounded care.
 

Choosing the certificate that fits your role and goals means you’ll gain skills that strengthen your daily work, enhance your credibility, and support better outcomes for the people and communities you serve

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This course gave me practical tools I could use the next day at work. It felt like professional development that actually moves my career forward while making a real difference for the people we serve.

PowerED™ Learner
Indigenous Health and Allyship MOOC

 

Who these certificates are designed for

These certificates are for professionals across Canada who want to strengthen both the efficiency and equity of healthcare systems. They are well suited to healthcare leaders, DEI directors, and frontline managers working to improve patient care, as well as government staff focused on health economics, Indigenous health policy, or equity mandates. They are also relevant for community and non-profit professionals delivering services in areas such as mental health, addictions, housing, and culturally safe programming.

 

 

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Sign up to get immediate access to PowerED™ by Athabasca University's free Indigenous Health and Wellness, Advocacy, and Allyship course. You’ll also receive detailed program information and exclusive learning opportunities.

Athabasca University respectfully acknowledges that we are on and work on the traditional lands of the Indigenous Peoples (Inuit, First Nations, Métis) of Canada. We honour the ancestry, heritage, and gifts of the Indigenous Peoples and give and give thanks to them.

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