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This article is about the Quebec college. For the York University college of the same name, see Vanier College at York University.
Coordinates: 45°30′52.27″N 73°40′30.00″W / 45.5145194°N 73.675°W
Cégep Vanier College Motto Fiat Voluntas Dei Motto in English Does the Will of God Established 1970 Type CEGEP President Gilbert Héroux Dean John McMahon Students 6100 Undergraduates pre-university students; technical Postgraduates not available Location Montreal, QC, Canada Campus Urban Sports team Vanier Cheetahs Colours Red Mascot Cheetah Affiliations ACCC, CCAA, QSSF Website vaniercollege.qc.ca Vanier College is an English-language public college located in the Montreal borough of Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada. It was founded in 1970 as the second English-language public college of Quebec's public college system. Vanier is located just north of CEGEP Saint-Laurent, a French-language public college.
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Programs
Vanier College offers over twenty-five programs in both two-year pre-university and three-year vocational fields. With a student population of over six thousand students, Vanier College is the third-largest English-language college of Quebec's public college system.The college offers two types of programs: pre-university and technical. The pre-university programs, which take two years to complete, cover the subject matters which roughly correspond to the additional year of high school given elsewhere in Canada in preparation for a chosen field in university. The technical programs, which take three years to complete, applies to students who wish to be career-ready; however, many students choose to pursue a university degree. In addition, the Continuing Education Centre offers a wide variety of credit courses and programs with flexible scheduling.
Partnerships
The College of General and Vocational Education is affiliated with the ACCC, and CCAA.
Athletics
The college participates as the Vanier Cheetahs in the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association, and is known for its men's and women's basketball and football (soccer) teams, men's rugby union and Canadian football teams, and women's flag football teams. Montreal Allouettes Paul Lambert attented Vanier.
History
Vanier College was named in honour of Georges Vanier, Canada's second native-born Governor General.
Before Vanier (1817-1970)
Vanier College today consists of 10 different buildings on a single campus. Each of its buildings was built at a different point in the college's history, and is identified by a letter of the alphabet.
The land that the campus is located on today was first used for the Village de Saint-Laurent chapel, opened in 1817. Thirty years later, a convent, known as the Couvent Notre-Dame-des-Anges, was built nearby by the Sisters of Holy Cross (fr: Sœurs de Sainte-Croix[1]). The original Convent building was later expanded into the building known as the "C building" today. [1]
In 1897, the sisters opened the first college on the campus land, on the location of today's "E building". That building was expanded in 1848 and 1857 to become today's "E building".[2] In 1873, a chapel was built that connected the convent and college buildings. That chapel was a forerunner of today's "F building".[3] The "B building" was a further expansion of the convent built on the north side of the "C building" in 1904. It was unclear exactly when the "D building" was built, but it appears to have been at around this same time. The "D building" connected to the rear (east side) of the original "F building" chapel.
Originally, both the "D" and "E" buildings had elaborate balconies on every floor, which were removed in the 1970s. This is why several windows on both buildings today are taller than the rest of the windows in the building - these windows were doors to the balconies in the original building design.[4]
In 1911, the original Village de Saint-Laurent chapel was demolished, to be replaced by a new school for young girls, Académie Saint-Alfred. The cupola at the top of the new building was designed to reflect a similar cupola on the original chapel building. This new building eventually became Vanier's "H building".[5]
In 1933, the Sisters opened the yet another college, Collège Basile-Moreau, within the existing convent buildings. This soon required further expansions to the campus. In the 1940s, the "A building" was built at the north end of the "B building".[6]
In the 1950s, the original "F building" chapel was demolished and replaced with the building that stands as the "F building" today. In 1967, several institutions were merged and became public ones, when the Quebec system of CEGEPs was created.
Since becoming Vanier (1970-present)
In 1970, the Quebec government purchased the entire property and it was re-opened as Vanier College, Quebec's second English language public college (after Dawson College that had opened the year previous). Enrollment in its first year was approximately 1,400 students.[7]
- Even though the library has three floors, it can only be entered via its first floor.
- The oldest of the main building sections is the "C building".
- It has been agreed upon that getting from any one room to another takes under ten minutes, within the boundaries of the campus.
Notable alumni
- Patrick Kabongo, Offensive lineman for the CFL Edmonton Eskimos
- Tim Biakabutuka, former NFL player
- Russell Copeman, politician
- Elias Koteas, actor
- Otis Grant, one-time boxing world champion
- Robert Libman, politician
- Yolande James, first black woman elected to the provincial legislature
- Andrew Walker, actor
- John Moore is a Canadian radio and television broadcaster. He currently works on CFRB
- Frédérique Vézina, opera singer
- Christian "Beef" Leblanc, game commentator
- Karine Sergerie, olympic silver medalist
- Mutsumi Takahashi, full-time co-anchor for CFCF News
- Andy Nulman, Co-founder of "Just For Laughs"
- Steven Woloshen, pioneer of hand made experimental films
Notable staff
- Errol Sitahal, writer, director, filmmaker and actor, taught at Vanier College in the 1970s
- Keith Henderson, politician, former Equality Party leader
- Dr. Joe, Joe Schwarcz, science popularizer, former Chemistry teacher
- Dr. Ariel Fenster, science popularizer, former Chemistry teacher
- Dr. Gordon Edwards, mathematics, President and Co-Founder of the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility
- Martine Dugrenier, Olympic Gold Medalist in women's wrestling
See also
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