Three-Year Program | Remedial Massage Therapy Diploma

Earn your Advanced Remedial Massage Therapy Diploma in three years with more time at home. This program is equivalent to the Remedial Massage Therapy Diploma program and meets the requirement of insurance companies as a 2200-hour diploma in order to reimburse their clients for your massage therapy services.

You will also qualify to register with a massage therapy association or practice independently after graduation.

When applying for this program, select “Weekend & Evening Delivery”.

Please note that you can switch between any of our programs and deliveries to complete your study.

WHAT DOES THE STUDY LOOK LIKE?

Students enrolled in the three-year program are required to attend one seminar weekend per month, either at our main campus located in Winnipeg or at our new Satellite Campus in PAS, depending on proximity and convenience. This seminar weekend starts on a Friday at 1:00 pm and finishes on a Sunday at 5:00 pm. During that weekend, students receive 24 hours of intensive practical instruction. They also work with clients at the Student and Outreach Clinics scheduled for those weekends.

When not attending the seminar weekend, students will participate in live online classes once or twice per week, depending on their schedule. These classes are focused on theory instruction.

Students enrolled in the three-year program have fewer contact hours with the instructor than the two-year diploma program and more time in self-directed study. They also complete a component of clinical hours at either the weekly Student Clinic at Wellington College or an approved clinic in their area if they live outside of Winnipeg. If students live in a remote location without another massage therapist to observe, they can gain their clinical hours through our virtual clinic.

It’s important to note that this is not a part-time program. Particularly in your first year of study, you will qualify as a full-time student through Canada Student Loans. The expectation of study and instruction is over 20 hours each week. If you are looking for part-time study, check out our four-year program.

STUDENT SUPPORT

All students are eligible to receive the student support and academic accommodations needed to complete the program. Our Student Support team will be available online on designated evenings to help you with any questions you may have as you are studying from home. Academic accommodations may also include a variety of exam formats to suit your needs.

Start and End Dates

Friday, August 16, 2024 to Monday, June 30, 2025

TUITION & MATERIALS

The costs below reflect everything you need to complete your diploma program and start your career. Click here to download the materials list for all three years.

Basic Relaxation Massage Certificate | Year One

Application Fee $75.00
Tuition $11,105.00
Materials $1910.15
Student Union Fees $60.00
Training Completion Fund $55.53

TOTAL COST $13,205.68

Advanced Remedial Massage Therapy Diploma - Appendicular Skeleton | Year Two

Tuition $5,630.00
Materials $385.14
Student Union Fees $60.00
Training Completion Fund $28.15

TOTAL COST $6103.29

Advanced Remedial Massage Therapy Diploma - Axial Skeleton | Year Three

Tuition $5,630.00
Materials $97.75
Student Union Fees $60.00
Training Completion Fund $28.15

TOTAL COST $5,815.90

Refund Policy

Our refund policy is from the 2024 PVI Act.

Refunds to students

26 A private vocational institution must refund all money received or realized in respect of a student being enrolled in a program of instruction it provides if

(a) the registration of the registrant to operate the institution is cancelled; or

(b) the institution

(i) ceases to provide instruction in the program while the student is still enrolled, or

(ii) expels the student without cause.

Providing training without registration

27 A person who provides a program of instruction before being registered as a registrant must refund all fees that have been paid in respect of the vocational training.

Refunds re actions of students

28(1) Subject to section 16 of the Act, the private vocational institution must refund the following fees:

(a) if the student ceases to be enrolled before the start date of the program, all money received or realized in respect of the program except any non-refundable fees specified as required under subclause 11(1)(d)(iv);

(b) if the student ceases to be enrolled after the start date of the program, the percentage of paid tuition fees set out in first column of the following table based on the percentage of the program completed by the student at the time the student ceases to be enrolled as set out opposite in the second column:

Percentage of paid tuition fees refunded

Percentage of program completed at time the student ceases to be enrolled  75% of paid tuition fees refunded  Up to 20%  50% of paid tuition fees refunded   21% to 50%  No tuition fees refunded  51% or more

28(2) In determining the percentage of the program completed at the time the student ceases to be enrolled,

(a) each assignment and each hour or class in a program of instruction is of equal value; and

(b) a student is deemed to have attended every regularly scheduled hour of instruction or, in the case of a program provided by correspondence or other means, to have submitted each regularly scheduled assignment until the day immediately before the date the student ceases to be enrolled.

Refund of materials fee

29(1) Subject to subsection (2), a private vocational institution must refund any materials fe e when a student rescinds their contract under section 16 of the Act or when a student ceases to b e enrolled in the program of instruction if the student returns the materials to the institution

(a) within 10 days after ceasing to be enrolled in the program; and

(b) in substantially the same condition as the materials were in when they were received by the student.

29(2) A materials fee is not refundable for materials that

(a) are personal use items; or

(b) have been removed from their packaging.

29(3) For certainty, a digital version of a book or text is eligible for a refund if the code used to access its contents has not been used.

Non-refundable fees

30 Except as provided under section 16 of the Act, a student is not entitled to a refund of

(a) a registration fee; or

(b) in the case of an international student, the international student administration fee under subclause 11(1)(d)(v) of their student contract.

When student ceases to be enrolled

31 Under this regulation, a student ceases to be enrolled in a program of instruction on the earliest of the date that

(a) the private vocational institution

(i) receives the student's written notice of withdrawal from the program of instruction,

(ii) cancels the student's enrolment under section 32, or

(iii) expels the student from their program of instruction; or

(b) the student

(i) exceeds the number of absences allowed under the private vocational institution's attendance policy, or

(ii) graduates from the institution.

Cancellation of enrolment of international students

32 A private vocational institution that receives written notice that a prospective international student is unable to obtain entry int o Canada

(a) must

(i) not enroll the student in a program of instruction, or

(ii) if the student is enrolled, cancel the student's enrolment within five days after receiving the notice; and

(b) must refund any money received from or on behalf of the student.

Payment of refunds

33(1) Subject to subsection (2), if a student is entitled to a refund from a private vocational institution, the refund must be paid directly to th e student.

33(2) If a student is entitled to a refund and the institution received any payment of the student's fees from a government program, an agency or a person other than the student, the institution must pay th e refund, on the student's behalf, to the government, agency or other person.

33(3) The institution must issue a refund payment within 30 days after the refund becomes payable.