INCIST PROGRAM

INCIST PROGRAM

INCIST

International Canada Individual Skills Training (INCIST) has been a longstanding Gastown Business College program, and is now a truncated version of our iBM program. INCIST  is designed for those students whose personal availability requires a slightly shorter program duration. Like the iBM program, INCIST offers each participant a highly tailored international business curriculum and personalized work placement that will make them a highly employable international business professional. Our intensive and comprehensive INCIST program will challenge each participant to grow, transform, and succeed. We simulate a business environment in our classrooms where our highly qualified instructors, with extensive industry and teaching experience, deliver a highly tailored international business curriculum that will equip each student with the skills they will need – including becoming a competent business communicator able to succeed as an international business professional anywhere in the world. In addition, each student will have the opportunity to not only apply what they learned in the classroom, but also obtain the work experience that will help them achieve their dreams. Indeed, countless Gastown Business College alumni have parlayed their program experience into high profile international jobs.

*This program has been approved by the Private Training Institutions Regulatory Unit (PTIRU) of the Ministry of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills.

** Graduating from this program does not make you eligible for a Post-Graduation Work Permit.

Learning Objectives: Upon completion of this program, the successful student will have reliably demonstrated the ability to:

  • Communicate more effectively in a business setting.
  • Develop a market-ready strategy for a service or product.
  • Research and present collected data in a professional and convincing manner suitable for a business environment.
  • Build and deliver boardroom-quality presentations.
  • Complete a variety of work-related writing tasks including business letters, business reports, and emails.
Total Program Duration: 26 weeks

(excludes holidays and/or approved leave of absence)

In-Class Training: 20 weeks + Practicum Training: 6 weeks

In-Class Training

Course Details

Fundamentals I (4 Weeks)

  • Effective Communication

  • Presentation Skills

  • Resume Writing

  • Email Writing

  • Self Marketing

  • Business Documents

  • Time Management Systems/Attitudes

  • Working Styles

  • Networking

  • Workplace Cultures

  • Transferable Skills

Essential Business (6 Weeks)

  • Interview Skills

  • Workplace Communication

  • Debate Skills

  • Advanced Networking

  • Business Meetings

  • Report Writing

  • Negotiation Skills

  • Canadian Workplace/Culture

Business Development (6 Weeks)

  • Product Development

  • Market Research

  • Market Segmentation

  • Marketing Mix Fundamentals

  • Employee Engagement

  • Performance Management

  • Organization Structures

  • Recruitment & Retention

Fundamentals II (4 Weeks)

  • Telephone Skills

  • Self-Marketing

  • Advanced Business Concepts

  • Company Research

  • Practicum Preparation

  • Working Styles

Advanced Communications

  • The course provides students with exposure to business case studies designed to increase career orientated communicative competence.  The focus of this course is based on the examination and analysis of actual business case dilemmas.

* The above outline may be subject to change without notice.

Practicum Training

The practicum (unpaid) work experience is a required part of the INCIST  program in which the student obtains practical skills relevant to the learning objectives of the program.

Program Start Dates

  • 06-Jan-25
  • 27-Jan-25
  • 03-Feb-25
  • 03-Mar-25
  • 07-Apr-25
  • 26-May-25
  • 23-Jun-25
  • 21-Jul-25
  • 18-Aug-25
  • 15-Sep-25
  • 17-Nov-25

Schedules Academic Breaks

December 22, 2025 – January 2, 2026

Admission Requirements

  • High school graduate or 19 years of age or older at start of program
  • Successful completion of entrance assessment
    • (A) International students and non-native English speakers are required to pass a written entrance exam
      and an interview in English in order to demonstrate appropriate English proficiency
      – English written assessment: Students must obtain a minimum of 60%
      – Verbal English interview: Students must receive a score of 2.5 out 5 for English fluency to be
      admitted to GBC. Additionally, Students must achieve a minimum score of 3 out of 5 on the “Attitude
      and Demeanor” and “Clarity of Practicum and CO-OP Objectives” sections as stated in the GBC
      Student Assessment
    • (B) Applicants may be exempt from the English Assessment if they have the following:
      TOEFL IBT Score 50; PBT 465; CBT 145; ITP 460
      or TOEIC Score 650
      or IELTS Score 5
      or Certificate or Transcript for written and spoken English from a recognized English language school that
      states Intermediate English Proficiency (successful completion of an ESL Program).

Please note:
– Students who are exempt from the English assessment must obtain a minimum score of 3 out of 5
in the “Attitude and Demeanor” and “Clarity of Practicum and CO-OP Objectives” sections as
stated in the GBC Student Assessment (exempt from the English assessment) form

Tuition Fees

International

Tuition: $11,000
Application Fee: $200
Course Materials: $300
Other: $8

Domestic

Tuition: $11,000
Application Fee: $200
Course Materials: $300
Other: $8