Ontario College of Traditional Chinese Medicine is a Markham-based college offering acupuncture and TCM education, founded in 1998.
Ontario College of Traditional Chinese Medicine provides acupuncture and TCM education and was founded in 1998 by Professor Bin Jiang Wu, who came to Canada that year. The college's mandate is to share the wisdom of tradition and its lineage while exploring the possibilities of practice in today's diverse medical world. It aims to train a new generation of practitioners in the 2,500-year-old artistry and science of traditional Chinese medicine.
The college moved to Markham on December 16, 2012. A second campus opened in the heart of Chinatown in Downtown Toronto in January 2017. Since 2001, the college has held a sister school relation with Henan University of TCM and Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine.
The Diploma of Acupuncture is a 9-term full-time and part-time program with 3000 hours of study and 840 hours of clinic experience. The Diploma of TCM Practitioner is a 12-term full-time and part-time program with 4005 hours of study and 1140 hours of clinic practice, including a supervised research thesis. The college offers three intakes per year: September, January, and May. Its diploma programs meet and exceed the minimum curriculum requirements set by the Federation of Traditional Chinese Medicine Colleges of Canada (FTCMCC).
The Markham campus is located at Unit 110, 3190 Steeles Ave East, Markham, ON L3R 1G9. The Toronto campus is located at 483 Queen St W, 3rd Floor, Toronto, Ontario M5V 2A9. Facilities include libraries at the Markham campus and a second library, teaching clinics in Markham and Toronto, and off-campus student housing assistance.
The college is approved by Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada as a Designated Learning Institution. It is a founding member of the Federation of Traditional Chinese Medicine Colleges of Canada and the Council of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture Schools of Ontario. It is affiliated with several Chinese universities of traditional medicine, and it has been editor in chief and publisher of the monthly journal World Chinese Medicine (Canada Edition) since January 2019.