Matthew, which college are you at? George Brown or Humber I assume?
Basically you have a few PT cert's in that list as well as the the FIS which will allow you to teach various group exercise classes. Then there is the CPAFLA which you will need if you want to administer the CPAFLA fitness testing protocols.
Really all you need is one PT cert. unless you plan to work at a location which you will need a CPAFLA but this is very rare. Or if you plan to teach any classes you might want to look into the FIS, I'm not even sure if that's a requirement.
If anything I would recommend getting the NSCA-CPT and then the CSCS if you end up going the university route and getting a degree.
Some people like to amass a ton of different certifications just because and so they can have a bunch of letters next to their name. It's getting wild with so many fitness professionals offering certifications these days, everyone is trying to cash in. The strength and conditioning coach at my university was at a CHEK seminar once I think it was, and he was helping show people an exercise that everyone was having trouble with. Somebody asked him;
"Are you a CHEK practitioner?"
"No, I'm a Lidstone practitioner."
"Who's that?"
"Me."
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