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Encyclopedia > John Abbott College

John Abbott College
CEGEP John Abbott College

Established 1971
Type CEGEP
Keith W. Henderson
Staff 700+
Students 7000[1]
Location Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada
Address 21,275 Lakeshore Road
Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec
Campus Suburban (1600 acres)
Nickname J.A.C., The Country Club
Affiliations McGill University
Website [1]

John Abbott College is an English-language general and professional educational college (CEGEP) located in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec Canada, at the western tip of the Island of Montreal[1]. The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... A CEGEP (IPA: or ; French: Cégep) is a post-secondary education institution exclusive to the province of Quebec in Canada. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... Alternate uses: Student (disambiguation) Etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation verb stŭdērĕ, which means to study, a student is one who studies. ... Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue is a former town in southwestern Quebec, Canada, at the western tip of the Island of Montreal; pop. ... This article is about the Canadian province. ... The athletic nickname, or equivalently athletic moniker, of a university or college within the United States of America is the name officially adopted by that institution for at least the members of its athletic teams. ... McGill University. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... A CEGEP (IPA: or ; French: Cégep) is a post-secondary education institution exclusive to the province of Quebec in Canada. ... Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue within the Island of Montreal. ... This article is about the Canadian province. ... The Island of Montreal (in French, île de Montréal), in extreme southwestern Quebec, Canada, is located at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers. ...


As one of 47 CEGEPs in Quebec, the college offers five two-year pre-university programs in Arts and Sciences, twelve career or professional programs (normally three years) designed to lead directly to the workforce, and an array of basic education and preparatory opportunities for post-secondary studies[1][2]. It is the only English-language CEGEP that trains students in Aeronautical Technologies, Youth & Adult Correctional Intervention, Dental Hygiene, Information & Library Technologies, Engineering Technologies, and Police Technology[3][2]. The workforce is the labour pool in employment. ...

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History

Macdonald College's Main Building in the 1940's

The college was accredited in 1970 and opened the next year. It is housed in early 20th-century buildings on a 1600 acre (647 ha) campus shared with McGill University's Macdonald College. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (960x702, 110 KB) Summary Main building, Macdonald College in the 1940s. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (960x702, 110 KB) Summary Main building, Macdonald College in the 1940s. ... An acre is the name of a unit of area in a number of different systems, including Imperial units and United States customary units. ... HA, Ha, and ha can refer to various things, depending on case. ... McGill University. ... Macdonald College under construction, 1906 Macdonald College is a Canadian institution of higher learning created in 1905 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec on the western tip of the Island of Montreal. ...


The College originally planned to build a new campus in Pointe-Claire next to Fairview Pointe-Claire. It "temporarily" moved into buildings on the Macdonald College campus that had been vacated the previous year by McGill's Faculty of Education when it moved to its downtown campus. Additional temporary facilities were built on Hymus Boulevard in Kirkland, known as the Kirkland Campus. A shuttle bus connected the two campuses. In 1973, the College decided to consolidate the college in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue by constructing a new building (subsequently named the Casgrain Centre) and renovating the existing buildings. The Kirkland Campus was closed in December 1979, and the construction and renovations were completed in 1981. Pointe Claire is a suburb of Montreal, located on the west side of the island of Montreal. ... Fairview Pointe-Claire is one of the largest, super regional shopping malls in the Island of Montreal with over 200 stores. ... Kirkland within the Island of Montreal. ...


It remained the last college in Québec renting property until 2002, when it bought its buildings from the University. McGill still owns and operates the majority of the land on campus. The College is currently planning to build a new science building on the campus.


Most of the buildings are named for historical persons. The college itself is named after Sir John Abbott, Canada's third prime minister who owned a country estate in nearby Senneville. The Honourable Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott, PC , QC , KCMG , BCL , DCL (March 12, 1821 – October 30, 1893) was the third Prime Minister of Canada from June 16, 1891 to November 24, 1892. ... Regions Political culture Foreign relations Other countries Atlas  Politics Portal      The Prime Minister of Canada (French: Premier ministre du Canada), is the Minister of the Crown who is head of the Government of Canada. ... Senneville is a former municipality on the western tip of the Island of Montreal. ...


Students

Composition

Over 5,000 students are enrolled in the Day Division and about 2,100 are in the Continuing Education Division. The College primarily serves the metropolitan area of Montreal, although it also has students from other parts of Quebec, the rest of Canada and hundreds of international students (mostly from Germany). It is the only public English-language CEGEP in the Montreal area that operates a student residence, Stewart Apartments.


Student life

The college and community provides opportunities for extracurricular activities. The biggest organization throughout the college is CSKY radio. This radio station gives students opportunity to explore the world of broadcasting. Also, the student newspaper Bandersnatch has been published throughout the academic since the College's opening in 1971. An extracurricular activity is any school-sanctioned activity in which students may participate for some form of credit or recognition. ...


Activities take place every weekday in the Agora, with free access for all students and staff; musical performances, trade fairs, sales, and weekly movies take place here. The Oval, a student-run coffee shop, is a popular hangout for many students. The Munch Box has a fast-food type menu and Starbucks coffee. For other meanings of the name Starbuck, see Starbuck. ...


The college is located within walking distance of the village of Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, where several restaurants, bars and coffee shops cater to the student population.


Sports teams

John Abbott College has several sports teams named Islanders. The baseball team The Islanders finished second in the 2006 Canadian Intercollegiate Baseball Association's Northern Conference[4]. The men's soccer team John Abbott College Islanders won semi-final in the 2000 provincial championship in overtime[5].


Media events

  • JAC students and twins, Catherine and Isabelle Bourassa appeared in March 1999's Playboy college edition.
  • In the 8th season of The Amazing Race, teams had to travel to the McGill portion of the campus to engage in the sport of curling at Glenfinnan Rink.
  • The movie Satan's School for Girls (2000) was shot at JAC.
  • A five minute scene was filmed on campus for the feature film Bon Cop, Bad Cop (2006) near the Stewart Hall entrance, and inside the lobby of the Herzberg building.
  • Scenes of The Punisher: War Zone (2008) were shot in front and inside the burned Brittain Hall Building.

This article is about the reality show format in general. ... Bon Cop, Bad Cop is a 2006 Canadian comedy-thriller buddy cop film about English Canadian and French Canadian police officers who reluctantly join forces. ...

See also

English-language CEGEPs: A CEGEP (IPA: or ; French: Cégep) is a post-secondary education institution exclusive to the province of Quebec in Canada. ...

Champlain Regional College was founded in 1971 and named in honour of Samuel de Champlain, the first governor of New France. ... Facade on Sherbrooke Street West Dawson College (French: ) was the first English CEGEP (Collège denseignement général et professionnel, or College of General and Vocational Education) and is located in Westmount, just west of downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... Heritage College (sometimes colloquially referred-to as Hurtage) in Gatineau is the only English-language CEGEP in western Quebec. ... Marianopolis College is a private subsidized college nestled against the side of Mount Royal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... Vanier College is a Collège denseignement général et professionnel (CEGEP) (College of General and Vocational Education) located in the Saint-Laurent borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, founded in 1970, as the second English-language CEGEP in Quebec. ...

References

  1. ^ a b c Canada's Higher Education and Career Guide, canadian-universities.net
  2. ^ a b Programs, John Abbott College
  3. ^ School info, SchoolFinder
  4. ^ "JAC baseball now on the map", The Chronicle, 08 November 2006. 
  5. ^ "John Abbott College Islanders (Men)", National soccer championships 2000, Langara College

  Results from FactBites:
 
John Abbott College (146 words)
John Abbott College is a CEGEP located in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, at the western tip of the Island of Montreal.
Named after Sir John Abbott, Canada's third prime minister who lived in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue after his retirement, the College primarily serves Montreal's West Island Community, although you can also meet students here from other parts of Quebec and the rest of Canada.
The mission of John Abbott College is to provide an excellent education for students within a stimulating learning environment that will enhance their development and potential for success in society.
21st Century Learning Initiative (930 words)
In this John Abbott has been working with 60 world class researchers, educational innovators, thinkers, business leaders and policy-makers from 12 countries in developing a Synthesis of all these concepts and ideas that can be used by policy-makers and community leaders to extend the learning agenda beyond the walls of the school.
John Abbott was educated at St. John's School, Leatherhead, and Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
Abbott became Director of the Education 2000 Trust which was funded largely by industry and private sponsors to develop ever more appropriate techniques and environments that would enable young people to have confidence in their ability to become life-long learners.
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