Cégep de l'Outaouais is the biggest public college (
CEGEPCEGEP is an acronym for , which is literally translated as "College of General and Vocational Education" but commonly called "General and Vocational College" in circles not influenced by Quebec English. It refers to the public post-secondary education collegiate institutions exclusive to the...
) in the Outaouais region of
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,
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. It is located in the city of
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,
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. In 2002, about 75% of the region's
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s had been admitted to the institution. According to the CEGEP's website 3,970 students attended the college during the 2006-07 school year, and the population was expected to grow to 4,600 students by 2010.
http://www.cegepoutaouais.qc.ca/?9606436F-0A9E-43BA-8631-D50DDB4ED346
Partnership
The College of General and Vocational Education is affiliated with the
ACCCThe Association of Canadian Community Colleges is a national association formed in 1972 to represent the interests of its member institutions to government and industry. Membership is voluntary and open to publicly-funded community colleges in Canada or institutions that may also be referred to as...
, and
CCAAThe Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association is the national governing body for organized sports at colleges in Canada. It was formed in 1974. The CCAA hosts nine annual national championships. The CCAA's name in French is l'Association canadienne du sport collégial .Its equivalent body for...
.
Campus
The Cégep provides teaching in
FrenchFrench is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
and consists of two separate, sister entities. The main campus,
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, is located on Boulevard de la Cité-des-Jeunes in the
HullHull is the central and oldest part of the city of Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. It is located on the west bank of the Gatineau River and the north shore of the Ottawa River, directly opposite Ottawa. As part of the Canadian National Capital Region, it contains offices for twenty thousand...
sector. The second campus, Felix-Leclerc, is located in the Gatineau sector on
Boulevard de la Gappe. There is also a third much smaller campus called Louis-Reboul located on
Boulevard Sacré-Coeur in the
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sector.
History
The institution of what would become the CEGEP de l'Outaouais was founded in 1967 when the Quebec government under the
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with Daniel Johnson, Sr. as premier, implemented a network of CEGEPs, a college educational level to replace classic courses that were abolished during the
Quiet RevolutionThe Quiet Revolution was the 1960s period of intense change in Quebec, Canada, characterized by the rapid and effective secularization of society, the creation of a welfare state and a re-alignment of politics into federalist and separatist factions...
Era. During this time it incorporated several institutions that were previously under the jurisdiction of the
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. It included the
Institut de Technologie de Hull, the
Collège classique Marguerite-D'Youville, for girls, the
Collège classique Marie-Médiatrice, for boys, the
École normale de Hull, the
Institut familiale de Hull and finally the
École des Infirmières de l'Hopital Sacré-Coeur. It was known until 1975 as the
CEGEP de Hull, then as the
CEGEP de l'Outaouais up until 1984, when it changed to
Collège de l'Outaouais. In 2004, the name
Cégep de l'Outaouais was restored.
Programs
The Province of Quebec awards a
Diploma of Collegial StudiesThe Diploma of College Studies is issued by the province of Quebec, Canada at the completion of post-secondary studies at the college level. The diploma is awarded for two types of programs: two years of pre-university studies or three years of vocational studies...
for two types of programs: two years of pre-university studies or three years of vocational (technical) studies. 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 pursue a skill trade. In addition Continuing education and services to business are provided.
The Cégep has several pre-university programs as well as technical programs. Among pre-university courses includes :
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(three branches), natural sciences, "sciences, letters & arts" and "arts and letters". Technical programs includes, police techniques,
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,
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, administration, office automation,
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, health sciences,
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,
mechanical engineeringMechanical engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. It is the branch of engineering that involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the...
,
interior designInterior design describes a group of various yet related projects that involve turning an interior space into an effective setting for the range of human activities are to take place there. An interior designer is someone who conducts such projects...
, etc. Most technical courses are offered at the Gabrielle-Roy campus only, while most pre-university programs are offered at both Gabrielle-Roy and Felix-Leclerc.
While
FrenchFrench is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
is the main teaching language at the institution, there are also courses offered in
EnglishEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
,
SpanishSpanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
,
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and Mandarin. Most of them are given in the Arts and Letters program.
Sports
The Cégep de l'Outaouais' varsity teams are called the Griffons. The Cégep has teams in men's and women's
volleyballVolleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
, men's and women's
basketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, men's and women's
badmintonBadminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...
, men's and women's soccer, and most recently
footballCanadian football is a form of gridiron football played exclusively in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed prolate spheroid ball into the opposing team's scoring area...
. The Gabrielle-Roy campus has several sporting facilities including two gymnasium, a
swimming poolA swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is a container filled with water intended for swimming or water-based recreation. There are many standard sizes; the largest is the Olympic-size swimming pool...
and a
weightliftingWeight training is a common type of strength training for developing the strength and size of skeletal muscles. It uses the weight force of gravity to oppose the force generated by muscle through concentric or eccentric contraction...
room.
Extracurriculars
The student newspaper is named
L'Entremetteur (roughly,
The Intermediary).
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