About C.D.E.S.
Career Development Education Services
C.D.E.S. is a federally registered Canadian not for profit organisation that runs continuing professional development for regulated professionals. Today that means CPD for Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultants, Regulated International Student Immigration Advisors, lawyers and paralegals.
Mission
What we set out to do
Our mission is to create and support education programs that help Canadian regulated professionals meet their continuing professional development obligations and keep their practice current.
In practice that means three things. Run sessions that are worth the hour. Price them so that a full annual requirement is affordable. Make the administration around them, the access, the recordings and the records, as simple as we can.
What we run
Immigration and legal CPD, live and on demand
Live webinars
Sessions delivered live, with questions taken from the floor. Joining instructions and the agenda arrive by email.
On demand video
Every live session is released afterwards as video. Both formats carry equal CPD credit value.
CPD bundles
A set number of hours in one purchase, at a lower cost per hour than buying courses one by one. Four tiers, from $23.
The 2027 CPD Term runs 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2027. There is no membership to join and no subscription.
Approvals
Approved where it counts
C.D.E.S. is a CICC Approved CPD Provider and an LSBC Approved CPD Provider.
Each regulator sets its own rule on what counts toward its requirement. Confirm eligibility with your own regulator before you rely on a course. Where anything on this site differs from a regulator's own document, the regulator governs.
History
How we got here
- 2015, establishedC.D.E.S. is founded and federally registered as a Canadian not for profit, to support the continuing education of licensed professionals.
- Early programsThe first programs served professionals in accounting, financial and related fields.
- October 2018, a wider audiencePrograms are extended to lawyers and paralegals licensed by the Law Society of Ontario, and to licensed immigration consultants.
- 2019 onward, the present focusC.D.E.S. concentrates on immigration and legal CPD, serving RCICs, RISIAs, lawyers and paralegals. That is the work described on this site.
Where we are
A Canadian organisation, working remotely
Our head office is in Alberta, with offices in British Columbia and Ontario.
The team works remotely from various locations across Canada. We do not offer in person or walk in support. Everything is handled by email, with a standard response time of 24 to 48 business hours.
Talk to us
Reaching the right desk
Administration and general
Anything about the organisation, the Terms, the Privacy Policy, or a question that does not fit the other two.
Manager email
Access, courses and technical
Reaching your bundle page, joining a session, a video that will not play, a certificate.
Support email
Billing and accounts
Invoices, receipts, payment questions and anything on your account record.
Accounts email
Support runs by email, Monday to Friday, with a standard response time of 24 to 48 business hours.