Chapter 6: Personal Considerations
57 Additional Campus Services
Cambrian has many services and organizations in place to help you succeed and be safe on campus. Here are some of those services.
Transition and Orientation Programs
The best way to get to know your way around all that Cambrian has to offer is to come and experience it for yourself. Taking a tour either in person or virtually is a great way to get to know your way around Campus. This can also be a great chance to meet staff, faculty and other students that you will be working with and learning from throughout your studies. Check out this page to schedule a tour!
Health Services
At Cambrian, healthy students are successful students. Your physical health needs can be met by taking advantage of the dental clinics right here on campus. We also care about your mental health. Counselling services are available through the Glenn Crombie Centre.
Health plans are available for both domestic, and international students at Cambrian to cover a wide variety of health care costs from prescriptions to mental health care. Click here to see details and download the latest insurance booklet.
Athletics and Recreation
Cambrian is proud to offer athletics and recreation programs, including varsity sports, intramurals, and gym and fitness facilities. These services can provide a place for students to enhance their well-being through sports, hobbies and physical fitness.
Our Athletics Centre has:
- A 6000 sq ft modern weight training facility
- Three international squash courts
- Double gymnasium
- Cardio room (dual action cross trainers, treadmills, upright/recumbent bikes, stair climbers)
- Functional training room
- Gallery exercise/stretching area
- Saunas
- Personal training, individualized fitness programs, fitness evaluations
- PARE (RCMP), PREP (Police), PET (Paramedics), COPAT (corrections) fitness testings
Are you looking to join one of our varsity teams or just wanting to meet new people and have fun with an intramural team sport? Check out the Cambrian Golden Shield website.
Career Centre
Cambrian’s Career Centre is the central provider of career education and employment support services for students and recent alumni from all disciplines. Career Services offer a comprehensive range of accessible services to support and empower students in making informed decisions about their career, further education and employment goals. Some of the specific supports, programs and services offered to you through Career Services are practical and relevant career /further post-secondary events, workshops, job listings, career counselling, drop-in career advising, and resources. They also partner with organizations hoping to recruit excellent employees, interns or graduate/doctoral students.
IT Services
Cambrian’s IT services are a team of technical experts to assist students with technology-related matters. They can be phoned, emailed, or visited on campus, and offer assistance with:
- College-issued email
- Password resets
- Cyber-security resources
- Guides and tutorials for online platforms commonly used in the academic environment (Zoom; Moodle;school email service…)
Visit the IT support page to contact them for support or troubleshoot a wide range of issues.
Campus Security
Cambrian College’s Security Office is located at the main entrance across from the Enrollment Centre, and the campus security guards are on duty 24-hours a day, 7-days a week. Emergency phone are located throughout the campus, and you can reach security on any one of these phones by dialling extension 7911. All security guards act as Emergency First Responders, trained in fire safety, first aid and defibrillator usage.
Safety Programs
Safe walk programs are designed to provide accompaniment for any student, faculty, or staff member travelling between on-campus or off-campus facilities. Program staff will proceed to meet you at your given location and walk you to wherever you need to go within a limited radius. This is especially useful for any student who would benefit from or feel more comfortable being accompanied in and around the campus community in the darker hours of a day.
The blue lights in and around your campus are used to easily locate and identify emergency telephones. Cambrian offers a campus map of where these are located.
