We commit ourselves to our students and their futures
Striving to obtain each individual's maximum growth potential.The Vancouver College of Dental Hygiene Inc. provides a learning centered environment enabling individuals to develop personal and professional success by offering high standards of current comprehensive dental education. These standards provide knowledge and skills that reflect current practice and promote ongoing education and research.
Graduates of the Dental Hygiene Program will provide appropriate client care based on the Dental Hygiene Process of Care geared to meet the specific needs of the client. They will use their critical thinking skills to incorporate evidence based knowledge into their client care, and they will value the importance of lifelong learning. They will practice ethically and responsibly according to The British Columbia College of Oral Health Professionals (BCCOHP) practice standards and the Canadian Dental Hygienists Association’s (CDHA) code of ethics.
Our philosophy
The Vancouver College of Dental Hygiene Inc. believes students, clients, staff, faculty, and the community in which we live and work need to
be treated with respect, and that we all need to work collaboratively to achieve high standards of dental education.
Students should recognize that clients are individuals with unique and diverse social, physical, economic, and cultural needs. They also have various demands, motivations, resources and definitions of wellness.
Students therefore must develop competence in providing professional, clientfocused care to a diverse population of clients in various practice environments.
Our Program
Our Accountability
We commit ourselves to achieving our mission by ensuring high levels of current dental education for all our students.
Our teaching faculty is fully equipped with high quality and up to date equipment.
Our teaching faculty is competent, ethical, and possess current professional skills and standards as set out by the provincial and national regulatory governing bodies.
We continually encourage educational and clinical advancements for our teaching faculty and staff.
We continually evaluate and revise our programs to meet current standards of practice.
Our programs have a systematic approach to learning in place in order for students to receive a high standard of current comprehensive dental education.
Our Values
- We believe that students are our primary focus.
- We strive to obtain each individual's maximum growth potential.
- We value our clients/patients and respect that they are partners in care of their oral health.
- We value our clients/patients and respect that their personal and clinical information is private and must remain confidential.
- We value and encourage the growth and learning of our students, staff and community.
- We strive to make VCDH an environment where equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging (EDI-B) are inseparable from institutional excellence.
- We strive to model intentional practices that respect the humanity of all.
- We strive to honour the uniqueness and resilience of each individual while working to create a transformative community that respects, values, and supports all people.
Our Program
VCDH Indigenous Nations Land Acknowledgement
“The Vancouver College of Dental Hygiene Inc. (VCDH) recognizes the importance to acknowledge and learn the history of the Indigenous Nations that occupy the territory in which we are born, play, work, live, and grow. VCDH would like to acknowledge that the land on which we gather is the traditional and ancestral, unceded territory of the Qayqayt (Qiqéyt) First Nation..”
Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging (EDI-B) Statement
The Vancouver College of Dental Hygiene Inc. (VCDH) recognizes the important role we play as a dental educational institution that serves and protects the public interest. We are committed to informed equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging (EDI-B) action to minimize systemic barriers and to help build a more inclusive and equitable dental educational system for all, including Indigenous peoples, immigrants, refugees, people who are racialized, people with disabilities and the 2SLGBTQIA+ communities.
Our Programs
Begin your dental Hygiene career with us
We strive to obtain each individual's maximum growth potential.
Our Facilities
Consider the many exciting opportunities available in the dental industry. The Vancouver College of Dental Hygiene Inc. was founded by practicing dental professionals, including a dental hygienist and a dentist, and opened in the winter of 2005.
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Experienced Staff
The Vancouver College of Dental Hygiene Inc. believes students, clients, staff, faculty, and the community in which we live and work, need to be treated with respect and that we all need to work collaboratively to achieve high standards of dental education.
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