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George Brown College’s Fashion Exchange (FX) is a vibrant hub where fashion education, design, production, entrepreneurship and engagement come together under one roof in the heart of downtown Toronto. With global fashion industry facing challenges of over-consumption, exploiting labour force and environmental resources, FX was designed to share the growing impact and become a leader in sustainable fashion production. With the people and the planet in mind, it fosters a new generation of industry leaders - committed, professional, and ethical.

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FASHION EXCHANGE POST-GRADUATE PROGRAM

SUSTAINABLE FASHION PRODUCTION

PROGRAM: Sustainable Fashion Production

This Sustainable Fashion Production graduate certificate program in Toronto prepares graduates to manage the manufacturing process for small batch apparel products. Pre-production analysis, selection of appropriate techniques and technology, flow and efficiency, human resource ethics, environmental concerns, and quality and costing are assessed and applied for the sustainable production of small batch apparel products in an apparel manufacturing lab facility. While the context of this program is apparel, the processes, management tools and knowledge could be applied to product development in other fields.

LEARN MORE

Manage the manufacturing process of small batch apparel products

Learn to discern optimum sustainable product development and manufacturing decisions

Use industry technology, such as product lifecycle management tools, to track apparel products through product development and manufacturing stages

Your Path

Semester 1

Apparel Manufacturing

Apparel Preproduction Management

Issues in Sustainability

Operations Management in Apparel Production

Financial Sustainability for Apparel Production

Design and Product Development Technology

Semester 2

Environmental Sustainability for Product Development

Human Resources Management in Apparel Production

Production Management Studio

Lean Apparel Production

Apparel Production Floor

Quality and Costing

Semester 3

Field Education Placement

What You’ll Learn

This Sustainable Fashion Production graduate certificate program in Toronto prepares graduates to manage the manufacturing process of small batch apparel products. Pre-production analysis, selection of appropriate techniques and technology, flow and efficiency, human resource ethics, environmental concerns, and quality and costing are assessed and applied for sustainable production of small batch apparel products in an apparel manufacturing lab facility.

Students will examine manufacturing methods including lean, machinery, material requirements and production flow, and observe first hand the development and manufacture of apparel products. Management of production will be experienced through the development of costing, capacity, process mapping, work measurement, value stream mapping and other planning tools.

Students will examine manufacturing methods including lean, machinery, material reqaThe graduate will learn to conduct an analysis of environmental impact and ethical treatment of production workers to discern optimum sustainable product development and manufacturing decisions. Students will use industry technology, such as product lifecycle management tools, to track apparel products through product development and manufacturing stages. While the context of this program is apparel, the processes, management tools and knowledge could be applied to product design in other fields.uirements and production flow, and observe first hand the development and manufacture of apparel products. Management of production will be experienced through the development of costing, capacity, process mapping, work measurement, value stream mapping and other planning tools.

Career Path

Sustainable Production Managers will be trained to work with companies who produce goods in local apparel production plants. They can also work with companies who outsource production overseas, as greater scrutiny of the process is needed to ensure environmental, social and other compliance requirements are met.

Sustainable Fashion Production graduates will be able to apply their skills to a growing number of positions requiring expertise in apparel production process, quality control and sustainable fashion development.

Opportunities Available to You

Depending on previous academic and work experience, graduates may pursue career opportunities such as Production Manager, Production Planning, Pre-Production Coordinator, Factory Manager, Sourcing Manager, Manufacturing Production Manager, Apparel Production Supervisor, Quality Control Inspector, Sustainability Auditor or Technical Development Director.

Admission Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree or Diploma in the fields of Fashion, Business or Engineering

Applicants with degrees or diplomas from other fields may apply with a resume and will be considered with 2 years’ previous work experience in the apparel field (resume required)

Students may enter from a fashion design diploma or degree program into Apparel Technical Design Graduate Certificate program. Graduates from George Brown College F113 Fashion Techniques and Design, or other fashion design programs in colleges or universities in Ontario, Canada and International institutions will be eligible to enter. Graduates of this program may proceed to further their studies in Bachelor or Master’s level depending on previous education.

Course Exemptions

College or university credits may qualify you for course exemptions. Please visit georgebrown.ca/transferguide for more information.

English Proficiency

Applicants with International transcripts where English proficiency results are not supplied must test at the College level in the George Brown College English assessment to be considered.

Please visit georgebrown.ca/englishproficiency for more details.