Cégep de Jonquière
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Established | 1967 |
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Academic staff | 330 |
Students | 3200 |
Address | 48°24′22″N 71°14′52″W / 48.4060°N 71.2478°W |
Campus | Urban |
Website | www |
The Cégep de Jonquière is a
, Canada. It is one of four pre-university colleges in the Saguenay – Lac-St-Jean region. It is the largest college in the region.It was formed through the 1967 merger of the Collège classique de Jonquière (founded 1955 by the Oblat community) and l'École technique d'Arvida (a technical school established in 1948) becoming one of the first public colleges in the province.
The college is known for its unique Art et technologie des médias (ATM) programme, which offers two branches: media communication (Techniques de communication dans les médias) and television production/post-production (Techniques de production et de postproduction télévisuelles).
In addition to the standard technical and pre-university academic programmes, the college houses a collegial technology transfer centre, Centre de Production Automatisé (CPA). Recognised by the provincial education ministry in 1984, this centre offers research and development, technical support and training to private enterprise. "IDEA" is an innovation programme aimed at small and medium-sized businesses.
It also offers a continuing education programme (MASTERA) and a social science study group (le groupe Écobes).
It has a campus in
The institution is also known for "Les Gaillards", intercollegiate sports teams in football, basketball, volleyball, soccer, badminton, swimming and cheer-leading.
Le Centre Linguistique
The Cégep is also home to the Centre linguistique du Collège de Jonquière, a long-running
Notable students
- Christiane Chabot, artist[1]
References
- ^ "Christiane Chabot". Kolaj Magazine Artist Directory. November 10, 2017. Archived from the original on December 14, 2018. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
External links
- Official website
- Centre linguistique (Collège de Jonquière's second-language school)