200, 3400 30th Avenue
Vernon, British Columbia
Canada V1T 2E2

Located in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada, the Okanagan Valley College of massage therapy Ltd. offers a massage therapy program that prepares students for careers as registered massage therapists. The Canadian massage therapy school was founded in 1994 and is dedicated to offering an educational program that integrates academic study with hands-on practical experience in a professional environment.

The program at the Okanagan Valley College of massage therapy Ltd. is a three-year massage therapy program that is designed to let students decide their graduation point. If students want to work as a certified spa practitioner, they only need to stay in the program for one year. After two years at the Canadian massage therapy school, students can work in New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Novia Scotia, Manitoba, Alberta and Saskatchewan. For students who attend the entire three-year program at Okanagan Valley College of Massage Therapy Ltd, their credit hours can go towards earning a Bachelor of Health Science degree through Thompson Rivers University's open learning program.

Quick Facts

Students of the three-year program at Okanagan Valley College of Massage Therapy Ltd. will be eligible to sit for the British Columbia board examinations.

Okanagan Valley College of Massage Therapy Ltd. is accredited by the College of Massage Therapists of British Columbia and the Private Career Training Institutions Agency.

The campus of Okanagan Valley College of Massage Therapy Ltd. is located in a 13,500 square foot facility in a two-story downtown commercial building. The facility is broken into three areas: the administration area, the student centre and the practicum area.

The curriculum of Okanagan Valley College of Massage Therapy Ltd. includes courses in massage theory and practice, spa hydrotherapy, sports massage, natural health spa practicum, communications and ethics, public health and hygiene, anatomy and physiology, musculoskeletal anatomy, therapeutic exercise, neuroanatomy, integrated sciences, jurisprudence, business, infant massage and clinical practicum.

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