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Recognized education programs


Updated June 11, 2026​

The below listed education programs are currently recognized by BCCNM.  All education programs are reviewed on a regular cycle. Recognition expiration dates are updated according to the next cycle of review.  Review cycles typically begin about 12-15 months prior to the recognition expiry and conclude with an updated date of recognition expiration.

BCCNM recognized nursing & midwifery education programs

Programs

End Recognition

Practical nursing programs

Camosun College

  • Victoria (Generic)

 

  • Jan. 31, 2030

CDI College

  • Richmond (Generic)
  • Surrey (Generic)

 

  • July 31, 2031
  • July 31, 2031​

Coast Mountain

  • Terrace (Generic & Access)

 

  • Aug. 31, 2026

College of New Caledonia

  • Prince George (Generic)

 

  • Feb. 28, 2029

College of the Rockies

  • Cranbrook (Generic)

 

  • May 31, 2029

Discovery Community College

  • Campbell River (Generic & Access)
  • Nanaimo (Generic & Access)
  • Maple Ridge (Generic & Access)
  • Surrey (Generic & Access)

 

  • Dec. 31, 2028
  • Dec. 31, 2028
  • Dec. 31, 2028
  • Dec. 31, 2028

Nicola Valley Institute of Technology

  • Merritt (Access)

 

  • Nov. 30, 2027

North Island College

  • Campbell River (Generic)
  • Comox (Generic)
  • Courtenay (Access)
  • Port Alberni (Generic)

 

  • Feb. 28, 2027
  • Jan.31, 2028
  • Feb. 28, 2027
  • Jan. 31, 2028

Northern Lights College

  • Dawson Creek (Generic & Access)

 

  • Feb. 28, 2027

Okanagan College

  • Kelowna (Generic)
  • Kelowna (Access)
  • Penticton (Generic)
  • Penticton (Access)
  • Salmon Arm (Generic)
  • Salmon Arm (Access)
  • Vernon (Generic)
  • Vernon (Access)

 

  • Oct. 31, 2026
  • March 31, 2027
  • Oct. 31, 2026
  • March 31, 2027
  • Oct. 31, 2026
  • March 31, 2027
  • Oct. 31, 2026
  • March 31, 2027

Selkirk College

  • Castlegar (Generic)

 

  • Jan. 29, 2027

Sprott Shaw College

  • Abbotsford (Generic & Access)
  • Chilliwack (Generic & Access)
  • Downtown Vancouver (Generic & Access)
  • East Vancouver (Generic & Access)
  • Kamloops (Generic & Access)
  • Kelowna (Generic & Access)
  • New Westminster (Generic & Access)
  • Penticton (Generic & Access)
  • Surrey (Generic & Access)
  • Victoria (Generic & Access)

 

  • June 30, 2028
  • Dec. 31, 2029
  • June 30, 2028
  • Dec. 31, 2029
  • June 30, 2028
  • Dec. 31, 2029
  • Nov. 30, 2028
  • June 30, 2028
  • June 30, 2028
  • July 31, 2029

Stenberg College

  • Surrey (Generic)

 

  • Nov. 30, 2029

Thompson Rivers University

  • Williams Lake (Generic)

 

  • April 30, 2029

University of the Fraser Valley

  • Chilliwack (Generic)

 

  • August 31, 2026

Vancouver Career College

  • Abbotsford (Generic)
  • Burnaby (Generic)

 

  • July 31, 2031
  • July 31, 2031

Vancouver Community College

  • Vancouver-Broadway (Generic & Access)

 

  • Jan. 31, 2030

Vancouver Island University

  • Cowichan (Generic)
  • Nanaimo (Generic & Access)

 

  • April 30, 2027
  • April 30, 2027

Nurse and registered nurse re-entry to practice programs

British Columbia Institute of Technology

  • Baccalaureate Registered Nurse Program

 

  • June 30, 2029

Douglas College

  • Baccalaureate Registered Nurse Program

 

  • June 30, 2029

Kwantlen Polytechnic University

  • Baccalaureate Registered Nurse Program
  • Baccalaureate Registered Nurse Program – Second Degree
  • Registered Nurse Re-entry Program for Internationally Educated Nurses

 

  • Jan. 31, 2031
  • June 30, 2033
  • June 30, 2030

Langara College

  • Baccalaureate Registered Nurse Program
  • Registered Nurse Re-entry Program for Internationally Educated Nurses

 

  • Dec. 31, 2029
  • Dec. 31, 2028

Thompson Rivers University

  • Baccalaureate Registered Nurse Program
  • Registered Nurse Re-entry Program for Internationally Educated Nurses (Open Learning)

 

  • June 30, 2033
  • Jan. 31, 2033

Trinity Western University

  • Baccalaureate Registered Nurse Program

 

  • June 30, 2029

University of British Columbia

  • Baccalaureate Registered Nurse Program

 

  • Dec. 31, 2026

University of British Columbia – Okanagan

  • Baccalaureate Registered Nurse Program

 

  • June 30, 2033

University of Northern British Columbia

  • Fort St. John - Baccalaureate Registered Nurse Program
  • Prince George - Baccalaureate Registered Nurse Program

 

  • Dec. 31, 2029
  • Dec. 31, 2029

University of Northern British Columbia with

  • Coast Mountain College - Baccalaureate Registered Nurse Program
  • College of New Caledonia - Baccalaureate Registered Nurse Program

 

  • June 30, 2030
  • June 30, 2030

University of the Fraser Valley

  • Baccalaureate Registered Nurse Program

 

  • April 30, 2031

University of Victoria with

  • Camosun College - Baccalaureate Registered Nurse Program
  • College of the Rockies - Baccalaureate Registered Nurse Program
  • Selkirk College - Baccalaureate Registered Nurse Program

 

  • June 30, 2028
  • June 30, 2028
  • June 30, 2028

Vancouver Community College

  • Baccalaureate Registered Nurse Program

 

  • June 30, 2027

Vancouver Island University

  • Baccalaureate Registered Nurse Program

 

  • Dec. 31, 2026

Vancouver Island University with

  • North Island College- Baccalaureate Registered Nurse Program

 

  • Dec. 31, 2026

Nurse practitioner programs

Thompson Rivers University

  • Nurse Practitioner Master’s Program

 

  • June 30, 2028

University of British Columbia

  • Nurse Practitioner Master’s Program

 

  • Dec. 31, 2027

University of Northern British Columbia

  • Nurse Practitioner Master’s Program

 

  • Dec. 31, 2029

University of Victoria

  • Nurse Practitioner Master’s Program

 

  • June 30, 2029

Psychiatric nursing programs and RPN refresher programs

Douglas College

  • Bachelor of Science in Psychiatric Nursing
  • Psychiatric Nursing Refresher Certificate

 

  • April 30, 2031
  • Jan. 31, 2031

Kwantlen Polytechnic University

  • Bachelor of Psychiatric Nursing Program

 

  • Jan. 31, 2033

Stenberg College

  • Regional Diploma in Psychiatric Nursing

 

  • April 30, 2028

Midwifery educat​ion programs

University of British Columbia

  • Baccalaureate Midwifery Program
  • Internationally Educated Midwives Bridging Program

 

  • April 30, 2031
  • Feb. 28, 2027    

​Nursing: Certification courses​​​

​Brit​ish Columbia Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC)

  • ​Reproductive Health: Sexually Transmitted Infections Manage​​ment


  • ​​May 31, 2029​

​British Columbi​​a Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU)

  • Provincial Opioid Addiction Treatment Support Program


  • ​​August ​31, 2029

​British Colum​​bia Institute of Technology (BCIT)

  • Reproductive Health: Contraceptive Management
  • Reproductive Health: Sexually Transmitted Infections Management


  • ​​​May 31, 2029

  • ​​​​May 31, 2029

​University of No​rthern British Columbia (UNBC)

  • Remote Nursing
  • ​RN First Call 

​

  • ​​​May 31, 2029
  • ​​​​​May 31, 2029

​​Nursing: Certification - additional education c​ourses​

​Registered nurses who hold certification in the Reproductive Health (Contraceptive Management) certification program must successfully complete the below course prior to performing insertion and/or removal of intrauterine contraception: 

Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecol​ogists of Canada (SOGC)

  • ​Intrauterine Contraception (IUC) Insertion Preceptorship (with hands-on training)




  • ​May 09, 2028
​Certified registered nurses who want to prescribe medications associated with their certified practice, except for BCCSU OUD certified practice nurses, BCCDC Reproductive Health, and BCIT Reproductive Health certified practice nurses, must successfully complete the below course prior to prescribing medications:

University of Northern Brit​ish Columbia (UNBC)

  • ​Safe Prescribing for Registered Nurses with Certified Practice




  • ​April 30, 2027​

Midwives: Certification courses

For information about courses required for midwives’ certification programs, please see:

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