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FSAC offers virtual education opportunities for deathcare professionals across Canada. With FSAC Academy, death care professionals from coast to coast can take a course to learn a new skill or get their continuing education credits. All courses are completed and paid for completely online using any device, at any time of the day or night and certificates are automatically awarded.<\/p>\n
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Search the FSAC Academy course library by topic or by instructor. Once you’ve found it, enrolling is easy!<\/p>\n
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Enroll in your course or certificate and make payment online. Courses can be taken day or night, and on any device.<\/p>\n
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Test your course knowledge with a short quiz, and take the quiz as many times as needed to get your certificate.<\/p>\n
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Simply login to your account to print or re-print your certificates, anytime<\/p>\n
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FSAC members can apply\/renew their APFSP membership online: \u2028January 1, 2025 through April 30, 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n The CERTIFIED FUNERAL SERVICE PRACTITIONER (CFSP) designation is funeral service’s national individual recognition in Canada and the United States.\u00a0The goals of the Academy of Professional Funeral Service Practice are:<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=”https:\/\/members.fsac.ca\/en\/store” url_new_window=”on” button_text=”Renew Here” admin_label=”Button: light” module_class=”btn btn-fill-lt” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ module_class=”col col-right img” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_enable_color=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/fsac.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/apfsp-logo.webp” title_text=”apfsp-logo” show_bottom_space=”off” 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global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n To recognize those practitioners who have voluntarily entered into a program of personal and \u2028professional growth.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ module_class=”col” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/fsac.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/rasie-standards-icon.svg” title_text=”rasie-standards-icon” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_heading title=”Raise Standards” admin_label=”h3″ module_class=”h3-heading” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” title_level=”h3″ title_text_align=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_heading][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_orientation=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n To raise and improve the standards of funeral service.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ 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