Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology is a Canadian public college in the greater
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area. Seneca College is currently Canada's largest college with approximately 108,000 students.
History
The college was established during the formation of Ontario’s college system in 1967. The Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology were established on May 21, 1965. The school was founded as part of a provincial initiative to provide career-oriented
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and
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courses, as well as
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programs to
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communities.
Campus
Seneca has 10 campuses in total located throughout the
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— each with its own academic specialties.
Newnham Campus
The Newnham Campus is one of the largest college campuses in Canada. It is home to full and part-time programs in the areas of Business, Applied Arts, Applied Science and Engineering Technology. The campus is home to a 1,113 bed residence along with a sports centre.
It is located on the north side of Finch Avenue at Hwy. 404 (Don Valley Parkway) and Finch Avenue East.
Construction is currently underway on a new four storey, 160600 square feet (14,920.2 m²) building at the campus. Upon completion in Fall 2011, the new building will create space for an additional 1,100 students.
Seneca@York campus
Seneca@York Campus includes the Stephen E. Quinlan Building and the Technology Enhanced Learning Building, situated on the Keele Campus of
York UniversityYork University is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, Ontario's second-largest graduate school, and Canada's leading interdisciplinary university....
. Several schools are located at this Toronto campus, including Creative Arts and Animation, Biological Sciences & Applied Chemistry, English and Liberal Studies and Information and Communications Technology.
King Campus
King Campus is located in a natural setting of 282 hectares (697 acre) of woods, lake and fields. It is home to full and part-time programs in the areas of applied arts and health sciences. Programs at this campus include: Early Childhood Education, Law Enforcement, Nursing, Social Service Worker (and Gerontology), Tourism Studies, Golf Course Technician, Environmental Landscape Management, Recreation and Leisure Services, Recreation Facility Management, and Veterinary Technician. It is also offers training in Underwater Skills.
It is also home to a 233 bed residence.
Markham Campus
Markham Campus opened its doors in 2005, becoming the first post-secondary education facility in the Town of Markham. The campus is home to full and part-time programs in the areas of business, marketing, tourism and aviation.
Jane Campus
Jane Campus is home to Seneca’s Centre for Advanced Technologies. Students studying at the campus pursue careers in the areas of Tool Design, Computer Numerical Control (CNC), and Metals Machining Trades such as Tool & Die Maker and Mould Maker. The building can be seen from the westbound collector lanes of
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and is located at 21 Beverly Hills Drive in Toronto.
Buttonville Campus
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is the home of Seneca's fleet of aircraft and flight training devices, used for training by students enrolled in the Bachelor of Aviation Program. All in-flight training is undertaken through the facilities at the Buttonville Airport. Classroom-based instruction is divided between Markham and Buttonville Campuses.
Seneca's fleet currently consists of 14 aircraft: 9 Cessna 172s, 4 Beechcraft Bonanzas and 2 Beechcraft Barons.
Community Campuses
Seneca's community campuses offer community-based services delivered by the College such as employment services for adults and specialized programs for Internationally-Trained Immigrants and academic upgrading.
Newmarket Campus
The Newmarket Campus offers Employment Ontario services and access to resources and information. Programs at this location include employment counselling, job search workshops and job development services. Academic Upgrading is offered in the day and evening. Computer skills training is also available. The campus is located in the Weston Produce Plaza, 16655 Yonge St., Unit 3 Newmarket, Ontario.
Scarborough Campus
The Scarborough site offers Employment Ontario services and access to resources and information. Programs at this location include employment counselling, job search workshops, job development services and specialized programs for skilled immigrants such as mentorship. Academic Upgrading is offered in the day and evening. It is located at 3660 Midland Ave. 2nd Floor, Scarborough, Ontario.
Vaughan Campus
The Vaughan Campus officially opened its doors on January 28, 2011. The new campus (located at 1490 Major Mackenzie Drive West, Unit D5) offers Vaughan residents a range of services, including academic upgrading, employment services and workplace essential skills training for professionals, as well as a centre for entrepreneurship.
Yorkgate Campus
Students at the Yorkgate Campus can learn at their own pace with customized programs in academic upgrading and office systems. The Literacy and Basic Skills program is available, as are a variety of provincial and federal programs. The Employment Resource Centre offers assisted services and extended hours on evenings and Saturdays. The facility is located on the second floor of the Yorkgate Mall at Finch Avenue West and Jane Street.
Academics
Seneca offers more than 260 career program options including 11 Bachelor degree programs.
Some programs offer co-op options, while others include a mandatory co-op period prior to graduation. Seneca also offers work placement assistance to students upon graduation. All Seneca College programs are developed and kept current with the assistance of academic advisory committees. These committees are made up of Seneca's academic advisors and key industry members. They are in place to ensure the education students receive provides the skills necessary for career success.
Seneca College has more than 70 transfer agreements with universities throughout the world including countries such as Australia, Canada, England, South Africa, and the U.S.A. These agreements allow students to apply their college education to obtain credit towards a university degree.
Faculties and Schools
Applied Arts & Health Sciences
- Animal Health
- Community Services
- Early Childhood Education
- English and Liberal Studies
- Health Sciences
- Public Safety and Police Studies
- Recreation
- Underwater Skills
Applied Science & Engineering Technology
- Agilent Technologies Institute
- Aviation and Flight Technology
- Biological Sciences & Applied Chemistry
- Centre for Advanced Technologies
- Centre for the Built Environment
- Civil Engineering Technology
- Information and Communications Technology
- English and Liberal Studies
- Fire Protection
- York/Seneca Institute for Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education
Business
- Accounting & Financial Services
- Business Management
- Centre for Financial Services
- Centre for Human Resources
- English and Liberal Studies
- Legal and Public Administration/Office Administration
Communication, Art & Design
- Creative Arts and Animation
- English and Liberal Studies
- Fashion
- Media & Marketing
International Studies
- International Business
- English Language Institute
- Tourism
Liberal Arts
Continuing Education and Training
- Part-time programs at Seneca
Workforce Skills Development
- Academic and Career Entrance
- Business Office Skills
- Career Programs for Internationally Trained Persons
- Career Change
- College Preparation for Adults
- Employment Training and Business Services
- Services for Skilled Immigrants
- Workforce Re-entry Programs for Employment Ontario Clients
Libraries
The Seneca Libraries provide students, faculty and staff with resources and services both online and on-site to enhance academic pursuits. The libraries offer print, audio visual and electronic resources including books, magazines, journals, videos, dvds, slides, recordings and a variety of topical databases. Services include research support, library instruction and a large circulating collection. The libraries provide online help through e-mail and the live reference chat service, “AskON". As well, the
Seneca Libraries' website hosts comprehensive research guides tailored to program specific offerings which supports the learning experience. Through the Audio-Visual department they offer a centralized media collection and equipment for class presentations and assignments to all faculty, staff and students. Their state of the art facilities, located at Newnham, York University, Markham and King campuses offers student spaces for group and individual study, audio visual screening classrooms and electronic training centers . They provide a large number of workstations equipped with instructional software and information resources tailored to course requirements.
Student life
The Seneca Student Federation, campus clubs, and athletics offer the chance to get involved in the wider community. Energetic and active students take on the task of representing their peers in the SSF. Plan and promote events, participate in campus culture days, join a club for interest, or go on trips for professional development. Whether for fun or competition, the championship teams at Seneca are always eager for great athletes. Seneca’s student government and councils play an active role in student life, by offering programs & events along with running the campus pub and in-house radio station. Get involved, get engaged, get excited and explore student life at Seneca.
Residence
Seneca College currently offers residence at both the Newnham Campus and the King Campus. Seneca residences are composed of suite-style units containing two bedrooms, a bathroom and kitchenette. Each bedroom contains a double bed, desk, chair, closet and dresser space, as well as cable TV, internet access and phone. Students also have access to a common kitchen, laundry rooms, lounge areas, games room and a convenience store. Buildings have a front desk and 24-hour video monitoring, and are accessed by swipe card. The Newnham Campus residence holds 1,113 students while the King Campus only holds 233 students. Residents of the Newnham Campus Residence have the pleasure of a dining hall, a convenience store and a subway restaurant all within the residence.
Seneca College Residence have organized a free shuttle service from the Newnham Campus to Markham, Seneca@York and King Campuses.
Athletics
The school's athletic teams are named "The Sting". The Seneca Sting is one of the most-decorated athletic program in the history of the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) having won more than 450 medals since 1967. Seneca has fifteen varsity sports teams, including Badminton, Basketball, Cross Country, Curling, Fastball, Golf, Rugby, Skiing, Soccer, and Volleyball, for both male and female student-athletes. The Seneca Sports center located at the Newnham Campus includes a full ice arena, a triple gymnasium, 6 tennis courts, a softball diamond, 2 beach volleyball courts, a soccer field, a fitness center along with a dance studio. Seneca College also offers various fields, gymnasiums and equipment at different campuses.
The Elite 1 Professional Development League, plays at the Newnham Campus Gym. Elite 1 is a league created to further the development of Canadian basketball players, while making itself inclusive to professionals from other countries.
Scholarships
The College joined Project Hero, a scholarship program cofounded by General (Ret'd)
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, for the families of fallen
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members.
Notable alumni
- Vivienne Poy
Vivienne Poy was appointed to the Senate of Canada in 1998. Poy came to Canada as a university student in 1959. She is the first Canadian senator of Asian ancestry. She graduated from St...
- fashion designer and Canadian Senator
- Beverly Thomson
Beverly Thomson is a Canadian journalist and co-host of Canada AM, CTV's national morning show. In 2006, she received the Gemini Humanitarian Award....
- host of Canada AMCanada AM is a Canadian breakfast television news show, which has aired on the CTV Television Network since 1972. It is currently hosted by Beverly Thomson and Seamus O'Regan, with Marci Ien reporting from the headline news desk and Jeff Hutcheson presenting the weather forecast and sports...
- Alvin Curling
Alvin Curling is a prominent Black Canadian. He was Canada's envoy to the Dominican Republic from 2005-2006. A former politician in Ontario, Canada, he was Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario until he resigned on August 19, 2005 to accept his diplomatic appointment...
- Canadian diplomat and former Liberal MPP
- Alan Frew
Alan Frew is the lead singer for the Canadian band, Glass Tiger, and has also released two solo albums...
- singer; lead singer of Glass TigerGlass Tiger is a Canadian rock band formed in 1983, in Newmarket, Ontario.-Biography:Originally named 'Tokyo', the band produced several hit singles in Canada and placed two songs on Billboard magazine's top 10: "Don't Forget Me " and "Someday," both of which came from their debut album, The Thin...
- Chuck (Spider) Jones
Charles "Spider" Jones is an author, journalist and former boxer. He is a former three-time Golden Glove Champion and was inducted into the Canadian Boxing Hall of Fame in 1996. Jones was once voted "Boxing Commentator and M.C...
- broadcaster
- Mark Penney
Mark Penney is a Canadian film director.Mark Penney is the director of the 2004 film The Right Way which played at many world film festivals most notably at the 61st Venice Film Festival...
- film director
- Roger Petersen
Roger Petersen is a Canadian television news reporter. He served as anchor on CityNews and Breakfast Television on Citytv Toronto) from 1999 until 2004, when he moved to Vancouver's CKVU and became that station's lead male anchor with co-anchor Julie Nolin...
- broadcaster
- Rick Ralph
Rick C. Ralph is the Winnipeg Jets game day host with Winnipeg's TSN 1290.Ralph was a professor of broadcast journalism at Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology in Toronto...
- broadcaster FAN 590
- Jully Black
Jully Black |Julie]]"; born Jullyann Inderia Gordon; November 8, 1977) is a Canadian R&B singer–songwriter. She has collaborated and written for many artists, including Nas, Missy Elliott, Saukrates, Choclair, Kardinal Offishall, Destiny's Child, and Sean Paul.-Life & career:Black was born Jullyann...
- Singer / Songwriter
- Bill Welychka
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- former MuchMusicMuchMusic is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel owned by Bell Media. MuchMusic is dedicated to music-related programs, pop and youth culture.-History:...
and MuchMoreMusicMuchMore is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel owned by Bell Media, based at 299 Queen Street West in Toronto, Ontario....
personality, now weather anchor
- Danielle McGimsie - Television personality, eTalk
etalk is a Canadian entertainment news show hosted by Ben Mulroney and Tanya Kim. It airs weekdays weeknights at 7 p.m. ET on CTV, at 1:30 p.m. ET on CTV Two and at 6 p.m. ET and 11:30 p.m. ET on E!...
.
- Camilla Di Giuseppe
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- Television reporter, CTV Calgary
Honorary degrees
- Bill Davis
William Grenville "Bill" Davis, was the 18th Premier of Ontario, Canada, from 1971 to 1985. Davis was first elected as the MPP for Peel in the 1959 provincial election where he was a backbencher in Leslie Frost's government. Under John Robarts, he was a cabinet minister overseeing the education...
- Bachelor of Applied Studies 2006
- Jim Balsillie
James Laurence "Jim" Balsillie is a Canadian businessman and co-CEO of the Canadian company Research In Motion. He is a member of the Trilateral Commission, a private political organization...
- Bachelor of Applied Studies 2007
- Russell Bannock
Russell "Russ" Bannock DSO, DFC*, was a Second World War ace and chief test pilot for de Havilland Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.-Early years:...
- Bachelor of Applied Studies 2007
- The Honorable Margaret McCain
Margaret Norrie McCain, is a Canadian philanthropist, the 27th and first female Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick.Born in Amos, Quebec, she received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Mount Allison University and a Bachelor of Social Work from the University of Toronto...
- Bachelor of Applied Studies 2007
- The Honorable David Crombie - Bachelor of Applied Studies 2008
- Mike Shaver
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- Bachelor of Applied Studies 2008
- Michael "Pinball" Clemons - Bachelor of Applied Studies 2008
- David Pecaut
David Kent Pecaut, was an American-born Canadian civic leader, city builder and a strategist. He was known for his visionary initiatives, and solutions-based approach to social issues. He was able to convene different stakeholders, and implement holistic solutions. He was instrumental in...
- Bachelor of Applied Studies 2008
- Sonja Bata - Bachelor of Applied Studies 2009
- George Roter
George Roter is the co-founder and CEO of Engineers Without Borders . He and Parker Mitchell founded the Canadian organization in 2000....
- Bachelor of Applied Studies 2009
- Parker Mitchell
Parker Mitchell is the co-founder and former co-CEO of Engineers Without Borders . He and George Roter founded the Canadian organization in 2000.Mitchell has a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and a B.A...
- Bachelor of Applied Studies 2009
- Craig Kielburger
Craig Kielburger, CM, MSM, OMC is a Canadian activist for the rights of children. He is the founder of Free The Children and co-founder of Me to We. On February 20, 2007, he was named a Member of the Order of Canada by the Governor General of Canada.-Early life:Kielburger was born in Thornhill,...
and Marc KielburgerMarc Kielburger, CM, OMC is a Canadian author, humanitarian and activist for children's rights. He is the co-founder of Free The Children, an international development and youth empowerment organization....
- Bachelor of Applied Studies 2009
- Frances Lankin
Frances Lankin, PC is a former president and CEO of United Way Toronto, and a former Ontario MPP and cabinet minister. On November 30, 2010, Frances Lankin was appointed by the province to co-chair, along with Dr. Munir Sheikh, a comprehensive review of social assistance in Ontario...
- Bachelor of Applied Studies 2010
- Armand La Barge - Bachelor of Applied Studies 2010
Former Campuses and satellite sites
- Yorkdale Campus located on (2999) Dufferin Street south of Lawrence Avenue West in North York was home to the Travel and Tourism program from the 1980s to 2000. Formerly C.B. Parsons Junior High and is now home to Fieldstone Day School. The building was owned by the North York Board of Education and now owned by the Toronto District School Board
Toronto District School Board, also known by the acronym TDSB, is the English-language public school board for Toronto, Ontario, Canada...
.
- Markham Learning Centre located at the northeast corner of McCowan Road and Highway 7.
See also
- List of colleges in Ontario
- Higher education in Ontario
Higher education in Ontario includes postsecondary education and skills training regulated by the Ministry of Training, Colleges, and Universities and provided by universities, colleges of applied arts and technology, and private career colleges. The current minister is Glen Murray who assumed the...
- Canadian Interuniversity Sport
Canadian Interuniversity Sport is the national governing body of university sport in Canada, comprising the majority of degree granting universities in the country. Its equivalent body for organized sports at colleges in Canada is The Canadian Colleges Athletic Association...
- Canadian government scientific research organizations
Expenditures by federal and provincial organizations on scientific research and development accounted for about 10% of all such spending in Canada in 2006...
- Canadian university scientific research organizations
Expenditures by Canadian universities on scientific research and development accounted for about 40% of all spending on scientific research and development in Canada in 2006....
- Canadian industrial research and development organizations
Expenditures by Canadian corporations on research and development accounted for about 50% of all spending on scientific research and development in Canada in 2007....
- The Spine
The Spine is a 2009 animated short by Chris Landreth about a married dysfunctional couple, created in Landreth's "psycho realist" style, in which characters' mental states are reflected in their physical appearance...
, a computer animated short by Chris LandrethChris Landreth is an American animator working in Canada, best known for his work on the 2004 film, Ryan. He has made many CGI animated films since the mid-90s, including The End, Bingo, The Listener, Caustic Sky: A Portrait of Regional Acid Deposition, and Data Driven The Story Of Franz...
created with Seneca College animators
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