Your wellness experience

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)

Do you take walk-in appointments?
Walk-in appointments are welcome at the Durham College Spa and will be accommodated around guests who have pre-booked their appointments. Massage therapy patients should note that walk-in appointments may be slightly longer to allow student practitioners time to create and/or review the patient’s file. Please also be sure to refer to our hours of operation before arriving.

Read more FAQs specific to massage therapy, cosmetic techniques or esthetics.