RRC Polytech’s Viewbook

Whether you’re starting, changing or advancing your career, we’re here to prepare you for the workplace of the future. This Viewbook will outline how we make it happen. Consider this your opportunity to get in front of what’s ahead.

Contents

• The Polytechnic Advantage
• The Future of Work
• Explore Programs
• Interest Areas
• Micro-Training
• How To Enrol
• Campuses
• Institutes
• Your RRC Polytechnic Experience
• Supports And Services
• Indigenous Supports
• Other Offerings
• Open Doors
• Next Steps
• Contact RRC Polytech

The Polytechnic Advantage

A polytechnic is a post-secondary institution where education is delivered through the lens of industry-driven and work-integrated learning, providing applied research opportunities and allowing students to choose from a range of programs and credentials.

Industry-Driven Programs

Our programs are planned alongside employers and designed to meet the needs of industry. This ensures your education takes advantage of job-market demands, best practices and the latest technology.

Work-Integrated Learning

Gain practical experience as part of your RRC Polytech journey. Work-integrated learning includes opportunities such as co-op, field and clinical placements, internships and industry projects.

Applied Research

Through our research partnerships and collaboration with businesses and non-profit organizations, students acquire meaningful experience, build professional relationships and change the world with innovative solutions.

Multiple Credentials

Degrees: Enter the industry with a four-year bachelor’s degree from RRC Polytech.

Diplomas: Prepare for career success with these two- to three-year programs.

Certificates: Gain foundational skills with six-month to one-year programs.

Statement of Achievement: Gain general knowledge of a field of study in these short programs.

Post-Graduate and Advanced Credentials: Advance your post-secondary education with one- to two-year programs.

Micro-Credentials: Gain practical skills to advance your career with quick, flexible courses.

Get Ready for the Future of Work

At the core of RRC Polytech is our distinctive blend of specialized training and practical experience — the exact tools you need to get to work and be ready for the future.

Gain Experience While Studying

At RRC Polytech, you’ll find work-integrated learning opportunities, as well as a modular, stackable education that fits your career and lifestyle. The transferrable skills and experiential opportunities you gain in our programs are exactly what employers are looking for.

Flex Ed

Flexible, accessible education is at the core of RRC Polytech programming, as we provide a wide selection of micro-credential and part-time courses online or at our regional campuses. You also have the option of course-based registration, allowing you to mix and match courses instead of entering a full-time program.

Employer Connections

Through experiential learning opportunities, students often meet their future employer before graduating. RRC Polytech is so much more than the classroom — with networking and the real world baked right into your education, you’ll have a competitive edge before entering the workforce.

Student Supports

RRC Polytech is renowned for its student supports. Academic advising for future students can help you apply with confidence. Funding advising — from financial aid to scholarships — can help you lighten your financial load and make the most out of your post-secondary education to focus on what really matters: your future.

Explore Your Options at Manitoba’s Polytechnic

Prepare for the future of work. Get your start on career success. Discover 150+ programs using Program Explorer – RRC Polytech’s new online exploration tool.

Interest Areas

With a variety of programs in different interest areas, you’re sure to find one that matches your passions.

Business and Management

Chase your entrepreneurial dreams, be a force for social change or gain confidence to innovate in your own way.

Community Services

Put people at the heart of everything you do.

Creative Arts

Harness your imagination and start designing your life, your career and the world around you.

Culinary

Manitoba’s growing culinary industry awaits your world-class talent.

Education

Become a mentor and leader as you learn to inspire future generations.

Engineering and Construction Technology

Get the applied and theoretical knowledge you need to build the environments of the future.

Health Sciences

Care for your community and lead from the frontlines, behind the scenes or through innovative research.

Indigenous Education

Fostering community, new paths forward and a celebration of professional and personal potential.

Information Technology

Gain the technical skills you need to adapt to today’s ever-changing market and lead future innovation.

Skilled Trades

Build your future with an education in Skilled Trades.

Transportation Technology

Moving people and cargo between locations to keep the economy going.

Rapid skills for success.

RRC Polytech’s Micro-training provides rapid, industry-aligned training for career-focused individuals and employers looking to acquire proficiency in a specific skill or competency, allowing learners and organizations to remain competitive in today’s dynamic environment.

Our training aligns with industry needs: 

• Provides the skills to succeed — fast
• Offered by Manitoba’s only polytechnic

Micro-Credentials

Bite-sized programs and courses that teach the specific skills needed to upskill and remain competitive today and in the future of work. Micro-credentials are awarded as digital badges that can be shared online with employers and clients.

Seminars And Workshops

Short, often half- or full-day sessions, designed to focus on a small set of topics that enhance business-related skills that are critical to professional success.

Seminars and workshops are taught by RRC Polytech’s field-experienced subject-matter experts and are offered in-person and online.

Customized Training

Perfectly tailored training that addresses organizations’ unique needs, offered through RRC Polytech’s trusted Corporate Solutions team.

How to Enrol

Experience the power of a polytechnic education and take advantage of programs designed to boost your potential and help you achieve your career goals.

Choose a full- or part-time program and take your next step with confidence.

1. Choose your program/course
   From Business Administration to Creative Communications, Civil Engineering Technology to Nursing, RRC Polytech has the right fit for you. Choose from more than 150 programs and 500 courses.
2. Check requirements and prerequisites
   Using our website, you’ll be able to check all admission requirements of full-time programs or course pre-requisites if you’re registering for a part-time program.
3. Enrol online
   When you’re ready to enrol, you can either submit an application (for full-time and select part-time programs) or go through the quick registration process (for most part-time programs).
4. Pay your fees
   You can pay fees online or through alternate methods, including mail and in-person. Your online account will indicate when and how you should pay.
5. Welcome to RRC Polytech!
   Congratulations, you’ve been accepted to RRC Polytech! Make sure you stay informed about your program/course start date, and don’t forget to check your email for any updates. We’re glad to have you here!

Campuses

RRC Polytech has eight campuses across Manitoba, including several located in rural communities. Our campuses provide students with the opportunity to study close to home and build towards their career in our accessible facilities.

Exchange District Campus

Nestled in the heart of downtown and home to a trio of historically significant sites. The Roblin Centre hosts our business, creative arts and IT programs, as well as our downtown campus store, library and fitness centre. The Paterson GlobalFoods Institute is home to our hospitality, culinary and baking programs, and our 100-room student residence. Finally, there’s the new Manitou a bi Bii daziigae, the 100,000 square-foot building that brings diverse programs together with industry partners for real-world opportunities.

Notre Dame Campus

Our largest campus and home to the majority of the College’s skilled trades, transportation technology, health sciences, engineering, education and community services programs. In addition, the Notre Dame Campus features a wide variety of services and amenities and applied research labs.

Regional Campuses

Our regional campuses offer a variety of full- and part-time programs, courses and workshops to further your career. Serving Manitoba’s rural population — in and near the Interlake, Peguis – Fisher River, Portage la Prairie, Steinbach and Winkler — we offer flexible delivery methods, options for customization, and opportunities for students and professionals alike to upgrade their skills. Career training close to home ensures you’re in front of what’s ahead.

Stevenson Campuses

Located in Winnipeg and Southport, RRC Polytech’s Stevenson Campuses support all aspects of Manitoba’s aerospace industry. Our hangars are packed with large and small aircraft, providing valuable experience to students in aviation and aerospace.

Institutes

At RRC Polytech, institutes bring together academics and research from multiple areas across the College to advance a broad economic or social sector.

Price Institute of Applied Manufacturing and Mechatronics

Developed in direct collaboration with industry, the Institute helps Manitoba face industry challenges head on, while allowing manufacturers to boost their competitiveness by harnessing new technologies.

Located at the Notre Dame Campus, the Price Institute is home to digital technologies like automation, additive manufacturing, generative AI, and augmented and virtual reality.

Made possible by transformational support from industry leader Dr. Gerry Price and his Price Family Foundation, the Institute will help manufacturers:

1. Attract new talent to design and deliver technologies and processes that fuel their business
2. Reskill or upskill existing workforces to harness those technologies and processes
3. Accelerate technology transfer through its network of small- and medium-sized manufacturers, through collaborative applied research activities.

Schroeder Institute of Entertainment and Media Arts

Developed in consultation with industry leaders, the Institute is set to empower more Manitobans to share their narratives and elevate our province’s film, television and gaming industries.

Located at the Exchange District Campus, the Schroeder Institute of Entertainment and Media Arts combines both new and existing academic programs and micro-credentials to form a single multidisciplinary institution.

Made possible by transformational support from The Schroeder Foundation, the Institute will provide:

1. Cutting-edge new and existing academic programming — including rapidly attained micro-credential courses — that are flexible and affordable, and offer pathways to post-secondary education
2. A collaboration hub that bridges the gap between classroom learning and real-world industry practices
3. An applied research program that accelerates innovation in film, animation, AI, gaming, virtual reality and cyber security

Your RRC Polytech Experience

We’re dedicated to providing an atmosphere of respect, inclusiveness, equity and
support for the College community.

RRC Polytech is committed to helping all students navigate cross-cultural situations at the College, in the workplace and in the community by providing a range of in-person and online supports.

Gender And Sexual Diversity

Fostering a safe campus environment is crucial for us, ensuring all students have the chance to participate fully in an inclusive and equitable manner. We provide resources to increase awareness about gender and sexual diversity, and strategies for respectful communication.

Anti-racism

We’re committed to providing students with educational opportunities, enhancing our knowledge, acknowledging how racism has shaped our thinking and actions, and speaking out against racism and systemic barriers.

Student Life

With state-of-the-art classrooms, labs and study areas, you’ll get the tools you need to build the skills and knowledge to graduate career-ready. More than getting prepared for the future of work, we want to ensure you make the most out of your time at RRC Polytech with dining areas, sport and fitness centres, modern study spaces, libraries and outdoor spaces.

Healthy Minds, Healthy College

Take care of your mental health with counselling and other well-being services. RRC Polytech cultivates an environment of support that provides a sense of well-being, belonging and positive mental health, which supports students in their academic and personal success.

Supports and Services

Academic Advising

Get advising support before you even apply to take the next step with confidence.
RRC Polytech provides free academic advising for future students. If you need to narrow down your program choices, clarify admission requirements or get support to apply with confidence, our academic advisors are here to help!

Funding Your Education

Discover more than $3,000,000 in bursaries and scholarships — every year.
Check out the full list of available awards, bursaries and scholarships based on academic achievement, financial need, community involvement and extra-curricular activities. Our financial aid experts can help you learn more about Manitoba Student Aid and how to apply for federal and provincial loans.

Future Student Events

Experience RRC Polytech in person or online at one of our future student events.
See what RRC Polytech is all about: take one of our campus tours, learn more about programs and services by attending an information session, or experience the College first-hand at one of our open house events.

Explore a range of supports from RRC Polytech — before you apply, as a current student or as a grad. From transfer credit and recognition of prior learning opportunities to career services, counselling and tutoring, you’re sure to find the support to help you in your journey.

Indigenous Supports

Indigenous Student Supports is here to walk alongside you with our Elders-in-Residence program, Navigation and Academic Coaches, Counsellors, and Admissions, Employment and Financial Aid Advisors.

The Indigenous Student Supports team provides the resources to help Indigenous students succeed, from community to classroom to career. We believe that to reach your personal potential, the mind, body, spirit and heart must work together.

Whether you’re interested in learning about and connecting with Indigenous cultures, need help navigating College processes and community resources or just want someone to walk alongside you, we are here to help.

• Indigenous Student Support Centres at the Notre Dame and Exchange District Campuses are equipped with air exhaust systems so students can smudge.
• Our Notre Dame Campus features a Medicine Wheel Garden, a place of quiet reflection for hosting events, Teachings and sweat lodges.
• Throughout the year, we host various events, such as Traditional Ceremonies, guest speaker presentations, workshops, and seasonal solstice and equinox celebrations.

Indigenous Admissions Advisor

Our Indigenous Admissions Advisor is the first point of contact for students of First Nations, Métis and Inuit ancestry. They can provide information on programs, admission requirements, financial aid and other supports you may need in transitioning to student life at RRC Polytech. To make an appointment or learn more, contact us at indigenous.advisor@rrc.ca.

Elders-In-Residence

We recognize that many Indigenous students who come to RRC Polytech may have moved away from their family, friends and home communities and may need to seek the care and guidance of Grandmothers and Grandfathers. We also understand that many students want to choose for themselves how to achieve spiritual balance.

We are proud of our Elders-in-Residence program, which gives students the chance to connect with the spiritual and cultural supports they feel they need to succeed.

Grandmothers and Grandfathers actively participate in special events, classroom activities and one-on-one teachings and guidance sessions with students.

Indigenous Support Centre And Cultural Events

Our Indigenous Support Centres provide a home away from home where you can smudge, participate in events, talk with support staff or spend time with friends.

Our facilities include a computer lab, kitchen, study area and lounge. Throughout the year, we host sweat lodge ceremonies, guest speaker presentations, feasts, arts and crafts workshops, drumming circles and student volunteer opportunities. We conclude the year with our annual Pow Wow honouring Indigenous graduates.

“College has changed my life quite a bit. I was a completely different person before coming into this program and RRC Polytechnic. I just found the beauty in Indigenous culture that I was searching for my whole life. I never knew how beautiful our culture was and it made me more proud to be who I am.”

– Morgan Barbanchon, Graduate, Child and Youth Care

Other RRC Polytech Offerings

RRC Polytech offers more than academic programs and micro-credential courses. Discover a wide range of options at Manitoba’s polytechnic.

Youth Initiatives

Explore your passions or discover new ones with RRC Polytech’s Youth Initiatives: programs, courses, workshops and camps for kids and teens between the ages of eight and 19.

Newcomer Integration

Reach your education, career and life goals. Improve your language skills through educational and cultural activities – in classrooms and computer labs, online, in the community or in the workplace.

Adult Learning

Get the education and training you need to prepare for work or academic success — whether you want to complete your high school education, upgrade your skills or enter college or university.

Apprenticeship

Apprenticeship Manitoba offers in-school, technical courses at RRC Polytech. As an Apprenticeship student, you’ll spend just 20% of your time in class — the rest will consist of paid, on-the-job training.

Save the Date: Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025

Notre Dame and Exchange District Campuses

Our traditional winter open house will showcase all RRC Polytech programs. Come experience our campuses first-hand and engage with staff and instructors from all College areas.

What to Expect?

Next Steps

Ready to get started? We’ve prepared this short checklist so you know exactly what to do to get in front of what’s ahead with RRC Polytech.

Checklist: What’s Ahead

• Program Explorer
  Check out Program Explorer and discover 150+ programs.
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• Application Deadlines
  Know when to apply — discover programs with application deadlines.
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• Application Processes
  Understand the different application processes for full-time programs.
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• Upcoming Programs
  See upcoming full-time program opportunities.
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• Connect with us
  Contact us and ask your questions via email, phone or one-on-one appointments.
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• Funding Your Education
  Create a budget plan with scholarships, bursaries and financial aid.
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• Future Student Events
  Attend future student events, including Open Doors, information sessions and campus tours.
  Learn more ›
• How to Enrol
  Use a step-by-step guide to apply to a full-time program or register for a part-time program.
  Learn more ›