Vancouver Island College of Natural Wellness

Mission Statement:

Our Mission is to facilitate wellness for individuals, animals and the planet by offering comprehensive, affordable holistic wellness educational programs in an eco-friendly online setting.

Why choose the Vancouver Island College of Natural Wellness?

VICNW Delivers Eco-friendly Holistic Health Education

Vancouver Island College of Natural Wellness offers the Weight Management Coach Practitioner, Anti Aging Coach Practitioner, Holistic Nutritional Consultant, Master Herbalist, Holistic Health Practitioner, Advanced Holistic Health Practitioner, Homeopath, and Holistic Chef for Animals home study programs in downloadable PDF formats.

Our Eco-friendly paperless home study programs lighten your book load, help to save more of our forests and reduce your impact on the planet by reducing the toxicity of the paper and ink producing industries.

Our programs are designed to be completed entirely from your own home. Our teaching methods and grading procedures are paperless. We provide an abundance of online resources and references to support your learning in our Online Library. Our Online Student Forum and our Virtual Chat Lounge are meeting places for students to interact and participate with each other, and with our faculty instructors.

Our programs will change the way you see things and change your life. Align yourself with a higher purpose, one that comes from your inner wisdom and empowers you to make a significant contribution to positive change with a new career in one of the fastest growing fields in the world, holistic health.

Become part of the global shift to a higher level of social and environmental consciousness, help to preserve our precious resources, reduce waste, and leave a cleaner planet for all future generations. Consume less, recycle more and live life more simply and sustainably.

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Anti Aging Coach Practitioner Program

Enroll by May 20th and Save $50

The Weight Management program focuses on wellness coaching via weight management. As a Weight Management Coach Practitioner, you will be assisting clients of all backgrounds feel better while focusing on weight balancing. This program will provide you with the tools to assist your clients by presenting life coaching methods, anatomy, chemistry, holistic nutrition, herbalism, energy medicine, detoxification, and physical fitness.


Weight Management Coach Practitioner Syllabus
699.00 CAD

Anti Aging Coach Practitioner Program

Enroll by May 20th and Save $50

The Anti Aging Coach Practitioner program focuses on helping all adults retain youth and vitality. As an Anti Aging Coach Practitioner, you will learn life coaching methods, basic anatomy and chemistry, holistic nutrition, Western and Eastern traditional medicine practicies, energy medicine, physical fitness and activities, and detoxification.


Anti Aging Coach Practitioner Program Syllabus
799.00 CAD

Holistic Health Practitioner Program

Enroll by May 20th and Save $50

Holistic Medicine treats the whole person, using holistic healing, holistic nutrition and herbs to stimulate the body’s ability to heal itself. The Holistic Health Practitioner program prepares you to care for clients in the areas of herbalism, holistic nutrition and energy medicine. In the Advanced Holistic Health Practitioner program you will learn additional assessment and management modalities to further broaden your areas of practice. With our Holistic Health Practitioner and Advanced Holistic Health Practitioner Programs, you will learn how to nourish the body, pamper the soul and utilize the gifts of nature.
Additional discounts are available for dual enrollments in the HHP and AHHP programs. Please email for details on these discounts.


Holistic Health Practitioner Program Syllabus
799.00 CAD



Advanced Holistic Health Practitioner Program Syllabus
899.00 CAD

Master Herbalist Program

Enroll by May 20th and Save $50

Learn how to help people feel better naturally using nature’s medicine, herbs in our VICNW Master Herbalist program! Herbal Medicine treats the whole person, strengthening the body’s ability to heal itself with herbs, nutrition, and positive lifestyle changes.


Master Herbalist Program Syllabus
699.00 CAD

Nutritional Consultant Program

Enroll by May 20th and Save $50

Nutritional Consultants are trained in all aspects of nutrition and qualified to advise people on improving their health through diet and lifestyle. With VICNW’s NC program, you will learn how to help your clients feel better through healthier eating.


Nutritional Consultant Program Syllabus
699.00 CAD

Homeopath Program

Enroll by May 20th and Save $50

In the Homeopathy Program students will learn the theory of homeopathy and homeopathic anatomy and physiology. As well they will become familiar with the Organon of Medicine by Hahnemann and learn to apply homeopathic principles to wellness management.


Homeopath Program Syllabus
899.00 CAD

Holistic Chef for Animals Program

Enroll by May 20th and Save $50

Holistic Chefs for Animals learn all of the details of preparing meals to maximize animal wellness. HCA students will learn how to address animal wellness issues via herbs and energy medicine, in addition to learning the healthy feeding practices.


Holistic Chef for Animals Program Syllabus
699.00 CAD

Vancouver Island College of Natural Wellness Prospectus




    
 
Kwizera Vital Tesimonial

As an agriculture and holistic health expert in the Third World, I work to help those around me maximize their wellness via healthy nutrition and lifestyle. I look forward to expanding my knowledge into the area of homeopathy, since homeopathy is effective, easy to follow and low-cost. The Vancouver Island College of Natural Wellness' homeopathy program is well organized and highly inspiring. I am happy to be part of the VICNW community!

Kwizera Vital, HHP
Burundi
Homeopath Student

Holly Boxrud Tesimonial

As a single mom of two, I am always looking for ways to make our lives healthier, happier, easier and better. I had been searching for a program to round out my education, and help me further my career in the natural health industry for years. I knew that the most important thing to me & my children was to be able to remain at home with them as much as possible, while pulling in an income to support us. Of course, I still want to fulfill my dream of helping people achieve their health & fitness goals as well. Finding the HHP program at VICNW was like a dream come true. Not only was the program online, so I could study from home, the affordability in payment terms & options made it realistic & achievable for me. I’ve taken other programs in herbal medicine, nutrition and aromatherapy from different institutions in the past, but VICNW has surpassed my expectations because the program is geared for a much more modern practice. The delivery methods are in line with my environmental mission as well, being that much of the course is paperless. I am so eager to get through each module, and any time I have a question, they’re answered with speed & accuracy by the staff.

I love the balance of the course material. It’s engaging, complete and in depth and so diverse. I truly feel that the HHP program will complement my practice greatly. I’m so excited to put all that I’ve learned into my consultations. This was the missing piece of the puzzle. I’m so grateful.

Holly B
BC, CA
HHP Student

Austin Grady Tesimonial

I have learned so much in a very short time. The forum has given me lots of ideas for pages and articles I can write for my website www.anti-aging-coach.com. This program provides a solid foundation for coaching those interested maintaining health and vitality through the second half of life. I was surprised by the number of cutting-edge research projects across several disciplines we are exposed to. The study material exceeded all my expectations, and I'm feeling extremely fortunate to be a student of the Vancouver Island College of Natural Wellness. Thank you.

Austin Grady
CA, US
AACP Student

brandie Beeds Tesimonial

"As a personal fitness trainer, I understand all too well the crucial role that diet and nutrition play in total well being, physical and overall health advancement. Not being able to give specific diet advice to my clients makes it difficult to help them progress to their highest potential, and truly exceed the limits they may have set for themselves. I give nutrition 80% importance when it comes to physical development. Through the Nutritional Consultant course with VICNW, I’m confident that I will leave with more than I need to know in order to help equip the path for each of my clients with all of the tools they will need to surpass any limit and achieve every goal they set for themselves.

Vancouver Island College of Natural Wellness has taken one of the most important elements for our being and laid it out in such adequate sequencing, that those having no base education can jump right into the nutrition course and finish with so much more than the low end basics to both live and advise a quality way of life through diet. I am looking forward to taking the excellence I will gather throughout the program and sharing it with my clients, future program participants and faithful B-Log followers through my business CoreBalance Fitness, (www.corebalancefitness.ca). My vision and purpose is to move the masses by coaching and sharing my elaborations on some of the many details that help to make up a fulfilling journey through life. VICNW is going to contribute to the vision with their amazing nutrition program and link into a world of fellow view sharers when it comes to the essence of we truly are what we eat."

Brandie Beeds aka
B. Burnaby, BC
NC Student

Career Possibilities for Graduates

At this point in time, many Holistic Health Coaches choose to work in private practice offering individualized consultations. Others may be involved in:

  • Corporate consulting.
  • Research.
  • Manufacturing or formulating dietary supplements.
  • Manufacturing or formulating herbal products.
  • Manufacturing or formulating aromatherapy products.
  • Manufacturing or formulating flower essence products.
  • Manufacturing or formulating healthy food products.
  • Holding health seminars.
  • Writing books and/or articles on various aspects of holistic medicine.
  • Developing DVD and/or CD programs about holistic health.
  • Developing academic programs regarding holistic health.
  • Owning and/or operating a health food store.
  • Owning and/or operating a healthy restaurant.
  • Owning and/or operating a health spa.

Associations and Approvals

American Association of Drugless Practitioners (AADP)-institutional approval, faculty association

Canadian Yoga Alliance (CYA)-institutional association, faculty association

Health Action Network Society (HANS)-institutional association

International Herb Association (IHA)-faculty association

Faculty

Heather Johnstone, PhD, RN, BC, APN, AMP-C, RYT - Director

Moira Khouri, NC, MH, HHP, CCP, RYT - Head of Faculty

Jackie Christensen, BS, HHP, NC, MH - Faculty

Emilie Greenwell, BA, HHP, NC, MH, CBHC -Faculty

Kathryn Marcinak, HHP, BA, C-PT - CBHC Faculty

Anita Sippy, NC, MH, HHP, WMCP - Faculty

Sally Warren, PhD - Faculty

Jim Young, CPGA - Faculty

Michelle Montezon-Halaska, BA, MT, Raw Chef - Adjunct Faculty

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Vancouver Island College of Natural Wellness
#308-4720 Uplands Drive
Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, BC
Canada V9T 4S7
Ph: 1.800.225.2816
fax: 1.888.201.4186
email: administration@VICNW.com

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Vancouver Island College of Natural Wellness
#308-4720 Uplands Drive
Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, BC
Canada V9T 4S7
Ph: 1.800.225.2816
fax: 1.888.201.4186
email: administration@VICNW.com