About The College

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About The College

The Canadian College of Funeral Service is Canada’s only post-secondary institution that is dedicated solely to the funeral service profession. The College, formerly the Western School of Funeral Service, started in Manitoba over 30 years ago under the direction of Stewart Windrum, a dedicated funeral professional, educator and visionary. Stewart’s ideas and visions in funeral service has inspired many in the profession and has left a legacy for the college.

In 2000, Joe Coffey, a licensed funeral director and embalmer took over the college from Stewart . Joe’s passion and direction helped develop the program to be delivered online and was able to expand to certain provinces in the East Coast. As a result of this expansion, the college then became the Canadian College of Funeral Service. Joe’s enthusiasm and direction has lead to the expansion of the college’s many programs and continuing education division.

In 2015, current full time employee and licensed funeral director and embalmer Roger Girouard took over ownership of the college. His values, passion and work ethics are a great fit to carry on the values and beliefs of the college.

It has been for over 30 years that the college has educated and trained thousands of funeral service professionals across Canada.

The Canadian College of Funeral Service continues to be Canada ‘s leader in funeral service education, dedicated to the advancement of the profession and the development of quality funeral service professionals.

The college takes pride in knowing that their instructors are licensed funeral directors and embalmers having certificates in adult education and designation as certified funeral service practitioners. Professional development is something that is important for them and something they continually strive in achieving, leading by example.