| Are you interested in becoming a massage | | | | colleges (like Humber in Toronto). These will take |
| therapist in the province of Ontario? Well if you | | | | place on your standard college campus and all will |
| are then you'll need to do something that most | | | | be OSAP (Ontario Students Assistance Program) |
| find unpleasant. You'll have to go to school! But it | | | | eligible. Most college courses are three years, |
| isn't as simple as applying to a college or a | | | | although some schools do offer two year |
| university. Due to the nature of the industry | | | | accelerated courses (with no summer break). The |
| massage therapy degree's aren't earned in a | | | | second type of school that is certified by CMTO |
| traditional fashion. Here's how to go about | | | | are private colleges/schools. These include schools |
| selecting a learning institution. | | | | such as Everest (formerly Devry). Some but not |
| Graduating massage therapy students become | | | | all of these schools are OSAP eligible. Its best to |
| RMT's or registered massage therapists. This | | | | contact the schools themselves to find out if they |
| degree or license is handed out by the College of | | | | are Ontario student funding eligible. |
| Massage Therapists of Ontario (CMTO) . Now I'm | | | | The costs, time length, school prestige of these |
| probably getting ahead of myself by talking about | | | | two different types of massage schools vary. |
| graduating students. This is the 'end game'. I'm | | | | Personal preference on which aspects are |
| showing this first to because the CMTO tests | | | | important to a student vary. But one thing is for |
| students that have passed accredited classes | | | | sure, upon successful completion of a course |
| throughout the province. The classes themselves | | | | from either type, a student will write the same |
| are available through through two types of | | | | CMTO test, which is the final step before |
| learning institutions. | | | | becoming a registered massage therapist in the |
| The first of these institutions would be traditional | | | | province of Ontario. |