International RCC Applicants

If you are applying with a master’s degree granted by an educational institution located in the USA, that institution must be accredited by one of six regional accrediting organizations:

• Higher Learning Commission (HLC)
• Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE)
• New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE)
• Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU)
• Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)
• WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC)

You can find more information about regional accrediting organizations by visiting the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).

Information about your educational institution’s accreditation status can be found on the accreditation page of your institution’s website.

Applicants using credentials granted outside of Canada and the USA must obtain a credential evaluation report.

To find a credential evaluator in Canada, please refer to the Alliance of Credential Evaluation Services of Canada.

To be eligible for membership, your credential evaluation must conclude that your credential is equivalent to a master’s degree granted in Canada.

Types of Credential Evaluation Reports

• If you order a comprehensive report that includes a list of the coursework that was completed as part of that degree, then you will likely not have to order transcripts to our office.
• If you order a basic credential evaluation report or have an education assessment report, you will have to upgrade your report to:
  1. a report that includes a list of completed coursework, or
  2. order official transcripts to be sent directly from your educational institution to our office, in addition to your credential evaluation report.

Credential evaluations must be sent directly from the credential evaluator to BCACC.

Transcripts, if required, must be sent directly from the educational institution to BCACC.

Credential evaluations and transcripts can be sent to BCACC by

Email

[email protected]

Mail

109 – 1034 Johnson Street
Victoria, BC, Canada
V8V 3N7

Documentation for membership applications must be submitted in English. Translation must be provided by a Certified Translator in Canada.

• To find a Certified Translator in BC, you can access the directory offered by the Society of Translators and Interpretors of British Columbia (STIBC).
• To find a Certified Translator elsewhere in Canada, please see the list of provincial associations published by the Canadian Translators, Terminologists and Interpreters Council (CTTIC).

If you order transcripts and your transcripts require translation to English, you must order your transcripts to be sent from your educational institution directly to a Certified Translator in Canada. The Certified Translator will complete their work and forward a completed translation package to BCACC.

If your supporting documentation, such as reference forms, letters of good standing, or course descriptions, requires translation to English, you must order your documents to be sent directly to a Certified Translator in Canada. The Certified Translator will complete their work and forward a completed translation package to BCACC.

Translated packages can be sent to to BCACC by email to [email protected] or by mail to:
#109 – 1034 Johnson Street, Victoria BC, Canada, V8V 3N7.

If you have received clinical supervision from clinical supervisors located outside of Canada, that clinical supervision may be considered as part of a complete application.

The clinical supervisor criteria found on the Eligibility page will be used to evaluate that clinical supervisor and the clinical supervision experience.

The clinical and colleague reference forms found on the Apply Now page must be completed by your referees and sent directly to BCACC by email to [email protected] or by mail to:
109 – 1034 Johnson Street, Victoria BC, Canada, V8V 3N7.

An important registration requirement for the BCACC is reasonable fluency in English (i.e. the ability to speak, read and write proficiently in English). Client records must be maintained in English, and members must be able to communicate effectively with other healthcare practitioners in English.

Language fluency can be demonstrated if English is:

• your first language; or
• language of primary, secondary, or post-secondary education; or
• the language you use in delivering services to clients.

Successful completion of a counselling/psychotherapy bridging program also indicates English language proficiency.

If you have had no education or practice experience in English, you will be required to submit evidence of successful completion of a language proficiency test (CLBA level 7; IELTS level 6; TOEFL score of 80).