About us
The Durham College Spa is committed to making holistic beauty, health and wellness more accessible for all. Inside our clean and convenient space, we provide affordable massage therapy treatments and makeup application and esthetic services that connect and support our community members and student practitioners.
Massage therapy clinic
The clinic at the Durham College Spa is where students from the college’s intensive Massage Therapy program put their training into practice. While delivering massage therapy treatments to clients under the guidance and supervision of experienced Registered Massage Therapists (RMTs) and professors, student practitioners continuously develop their skills and knowledge to meet the professional standards set by the College of Massage Therapists of Ontario.
Cosmetics and esthetics labs
The Durham College Spa is a full-service teaching and learning spa that includes a beauty and skincare retail boutique. All services, treatments and business operations are run by student practitioners, under the guidance of spa manager Leslie Morris and our experienced faculty from the following programs:
What to expect
Massage therapy
Our massage therapy student practitioners provide each treatment under the supervision and guidance of experienced RMTs and professors. As a client of the massage therapy clinic at the Durham College Spa, you will make a valuable contribution to our students’ training and learning.
We ask that you keep in mind throughout your visit that the clinic is a teaching and learning environment. As such, student practitioners seek and receive guidance from their professors as needed while they work. Durham College created the massage therapy clinic to provide students with a modern training ground where they can gain the intensive, hands-on professional experience they need to succeed in their chosen field.
Cosmetics and esthetics
Our student beauty advisors and estheticians provide each treatment and service under the guidance and oversight of our expert faculty. As a client of the Durham College Spa, you will make a valuable contribution to our students’ training and learning.
We ask that you keep in mind throughout your visit that we are a full-service teaching and learning spa. As such, our students seek and receive guidance from their professors as needed while they work. Durham College created the spa to provide students with modern, convenient training grounds where they can gain the intensive hands-on experience needed to succeed in their chosen fields.
Learn more about what to expect for specific services or treatments.
Frequently asked questions (FAQs)
Our Cosmetic, Esthetician and Massage therapy students do not accept tips. Becoming a regular client, referring friends and family is the best compliment you can offer to our students.
Please note that the Durham College Spa does not provide refunds on spa services or gift certificate purchases. This allows us to keep our prices accessible and affordable. The spa will gladly offer a refund on unopened, unused products within seven days of the original purchase date. Thank you for your understanding and continued support of our DC students’ learning experience.
We understand that life happens and appreciate 24 hours advance notice of cancellation so that we can rebook the time slot with another guest and ensure our students continue to gain the practical experience they need to succeed in their chosen field. Failure to provide advance notice may result in a charge placed on the client’s account.
For late arrivals, services may be modified to meet the remaining time within your appointment at the full price to ensure the next guest’s appointment time is uninterrupted. Walk-in appointments may be accepted in cases where guests arrive more than 10 minutes late for their scheduled appointment.
All treatment and service spaces within the Durham College Spa are dedicated to providing excellent service to our clients while simultaneously providing excellent training and learning to our student practitioners.
Being a student practitioner includes working under the guidance and oversight of expert faculty, including Registered Massage Therapists (RMTs) for our students operating within the massage therapy clinic. We ask clients to keep this in mind throughout their visits, which will often include time dedicated to student practitioners seeking guidance and receiving feedback from their professors as they work.
Clients will also notice a difference in the price of services and treatments offered at the Durham College Spa. Our prices are set to correspond with the developing skill levels of our student practitioners and to make holistic beauty, health and wellness more affordable and accessible for all.
Yes, complimentary parking is available for all spa clients in the Visitors Lot 2 lot on campus. Please take a ticket from the machine upon entering the lot and bring it to the spa’s welcome desk for validation before or after your treatment/service.
Yes, gift certificates are available for purchase in any denomination at the spa’s welcome desk.
Read more FAQs specific to massage therapy, cosmetic techniques or esthetics.