WHAT DOES IT COST?
Currently the total cost including kit, tablet, tuition and taxes is $13670. Please click a contract for a full breakdown, including our payment plan.

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WHY SHOULD I CONSIDER THE AVEDA INSTITUTE VANCOUVER? 
There are a lot of schools out there to learn how to cut and colour hair. In fact, there are probably too many hairdressing schools. The difference is, most schools' agenda is to teach the student to pass an archaic and unnecessary exam, while our agenda is to teach them to be hairdressers.
The course at the Aveda Institute is designed to teach the student the most important aspects of the job that most schools never touch on, and all salon owners wish they would. How do we know all of this? We live and breathe salon hairdressing every single day.

Our system is condensed into a 6-month program, allowing our students to graduate sooner and for less tuition cost than most hairdressing schools.
We have the highest teacher to student ratio of any school. Our ability to offer one-on-one attention to our students is simply unheard of at any other Vancouver hairdressing school.

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DO YOU ONLY TEACH AVEDA TECHNIQUES AND PRODUCTS?
Aveda Institute Vancouver teaches a comprehensive, career-focused curriculum designed to prepare you for success in any salon environment, regardless of which brand they use. Our students learn universal cutting, colouring, and styling principles that apply across all major professional brands. Working with the highest performance products available while learning and using Aveda's standard of guest care gives our students a huge advantage over graduates from any other Vancouver hairdressing schools. With all humility, we are at a different level.

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CAN I WORK IN A NON-AVEDA SALON AFTER GRADUATING FROM THE AVEDA INSTITUTE VANCOUVER?
Absolutely. Many of our graduates work in salons that use Redken, Wella, L’Oréal, Davines, or  product lines. Our training philosophy is focused on technical mastery and our graduates will be more than ready to excel wherever they choose.

 

HOW COME THE AVEDA INSTITUTE VANCOUVER PROGRAM IS ONLY 6 MONTHS WHEN MOST SCHOOLS ARE 10 MONTHS? 
What most schools don't want you to know is that the hair industry has been deregulated in British Columbia for many years. We no longer have to prepare students for an irrelevant exam. Deregulation means we don't waste even a second of the students' time on anything that won't help to push them to be a successful hairstylist.

While most schools are sitting in a classroom discussing skin conditions, we are training our students in hands-on editorial styling. While most schools are showing how to wrap a perm and apply blue rinse, we are training our students to apply perfect foils in 45 minutes.

We're not saying we are better; it is just a completely different experience and concept, one based on a successful career and life in a high-end salon.

 

IT SOUNDS AMAZING BUT IS THIS LEGAL, AND WILL SALONS RECOGNIZE MY AVEDA INSTITUTE VANCOUVER DIPLOMA?

Rest assured, we absolutely are legal, legitimate and recognized by the government. We are a PTIRU Accredited Institution.

We have passed the same inspections, exams and criteria every single school must go through and our diploma holds the same weight as every other school. In fact, we like to think it holds a little more, since so few schools are run by and taught by people who ever made it in the hair industry. The Aveda Institute Vancouver is run by one of the most successful salon owners and stylists in Canada and most of the instructors are currently working in high-end salons on clients. The advice and mentorship our students receive is truly outstanding.

 

As an aside, the Vancouver Hairdressing Academy is the only school that our parent company Space Salon will hire from. This means any and all new talent hires in Space Salon will come from the Aveda Institute exclusively. Add to that that we have had graduates at prestigious salon locations all around Canada.

 

WHAT'S IN THE KIT?

Many schools place low quality tools in their students' bags and often the first thing many students do is start replacing things. We disagree with the idea that students should be given poor quality gear, so we've had a distributor put together the best kit possible at the best price. We put top quality tools into your hands from the first day, because if you act like a professional, you will become a professional. Your scissors are very good. You receive 6 mannequin heads. You get every brush you could possibly need in your career. Your flat iron, clippers and blowdryer are all top quality. And because we have real buying power due to the fact that we have 2 large sister salons, your investment gets you outstanding tools that you will be able to use in your career for years and years.

 

CAN I WRITE THIS PROGRAM OFF OR USE RESPs?

Absolutely yes to both questions. We are registered both provincially with the PTIRU and federally with the Canada Revenue Agency. For RESPs, your banker will find us on the list of federally registered institutions, and at the end of your course you will be issued a tax receipt and form allowing you to claim your academy expenses on your next tax return.

 

WHY DO YOU USE VIDEO INSTRUCTION?

We've found that this method of instruction allows us the best, most consitant communication to our students. Constant repetition of the course material has our students learning and remembering our systems quickly and offers no confusion between instructors, the most common issue in most hairdressing schools. 
But it's important to clarify that our students are not left alone. We have the highest teacher to student ratio of any school, anywhere. The video content is a tool so that the student can go back and clarify anything from any of the techniques they've learned any time.

 

We've created a culture based on sharing ideas and encouraging professional as well as life development. We'd love you to be a part of this experience.

To find out more about how you can get trained at Vancouver's best hairdressing school, call 6046169179