Founded on november 5th 1969, CEGEP Montmorency is a francophone CEGEP pre-university and technical college located at 475 boulevard de l'Avenir, in Chomedey, Laval, Quebec, Canada. As of 2004, it had between 4000 and 5000 students. CÉGEP (Collège denseignement général et professionnel - College of General and Vocational Education, pronounced say-jep [fr/en] or see-jip [en]) is a type of educational institution in Quebec. ... Motto: Unité, progrès, grandeur (Unity, Progress, Greatness) Area: 247. ... Beginning in 1963, a terrorist group that became known as the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) launched a decade of bombings, robberies and attacks on government offices and at least two murders by FLQ gunfire and three violent deaths by bombings. ...

It is somewhat known for its improvisation league, the MIM (Mouvement d'Improvisation de Montmorency - Montmorency Improvisation Movement), founded in the seventies, from which emerged a number of largely known (in Quebec) comedians and humorists such as Michel Courtemanche. Improvisation is the act of making something up as it is performed. ... Beginning in 1963, a terrorist group that became known as the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) launched a decade of bombings, robberies and attacks on government offices and at least two murders by FLQ gunfire and three violent deaths by bombings. ... Michel Courtemanche was born December 11, 1964 in Laval, Quebec. ...

Despite Laval being the 3rd largest city of Quebec with a population of nearly 400,000, Montmorency is its only college, as it is not rare for students seeking a better education to prefer crossing the river south and study in Montreal, even though whether or not a given CEGEP is better than another one is often highly arguable. Motto: Unité, progrès, grandeur (Unity, Progress, Greatness) Area: 247. ... Montreal or Montréal1 (pronounced in Canadian English, in standard French, and in Quebecois French) is the second largest city in Canada. ...

External Links

CEGEP Montmorency's official website (fr)