A short history of the Collège
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July 1993: |
Announcement of the creation of a French-language college in Northern Ontario |
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November 1993: |
Appointment of the members of the first Board of Directors of the Collège du Nord |
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June 1994: |
Official unveiling of the official name Collège Boréal and its visual identity components |
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August 1994: |
Announcement of the location of the main campus Selection of six municipalities for the establishment of the regional Appointment of Jean Watters as the first President of Collège Boréal |
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September 1995: |
Official opening of Collège Boréal |
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October 1997: |
Inauguration of the main campus |
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December 1998: |
Appointment of Gisèle Chrétien as President of Collège Boréal |
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September 2002: |
The Collège Boréal extends its territory to the Central-South-West region |
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May 2003: |
Signing of a collaboration agreement with the Université Laurentienne to offer a joint programme leading to the Bachelor’s degree in Nursing Science |
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September 2005: |
Inauguration of Collège Boréal’s first student residence: the Vale Inco residence |
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January 2006: |
Appointment of Denis Hubert as President of Collège Boréal |
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May 2006: |
First Career Training Fair at Collège Boréal |
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September 2006: |
Inauguration of the new Institut des métiers et technologies appliqués (Institute for applied trades and technologies), on the main campus in Sudbury Announcement of the construction of a new campus in Timmins |
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March 2007: |
Creation of the first Regroupement des jeunes gens d’affaires (RJGA) |
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May 2007: |
Signing of the first four joint programmes with l’Université Laurentienne Inauguration of the Musée Minshall |
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June 2007: |
Inauguration of new facilities in London |
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March 2008: |
Collège Boréal’s first awards ceremony for the Prix de la francophonie |
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April 2008: |
New 5-year partnership with the University of Guelph (TSV programme) |
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May 2008: |
Signing of the first memorandum of understanding between the six francophone college boards, Collège Boréal and the two francophone universities in Northern Ontario |
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June 2008: |
The government of Ontario designates Collège Boréal as an official French language service provider |
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October 2008: |
Launch of the SMART recruitment campaign, recipient of many awards on the provincial, national and international level |
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November 2008: |
Inauguration of “Notre place” on the main campus in Sudbury (Franco-Ontarian flag in front of the college) |
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May 2009: |
Collège Boréal strengthens its presence in the CSO with the acquisition of Place Concorde in Windsor |
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June 2009: |
Groundbreaking ceremony for construction of Collège Boréal’s second residence in Sudbury |
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August 2009: |
First joint programme agreement with Hearst University Signing of the first agreement with the Métis Nation of Ontario |
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September 2009: |
The Collège Boréal COOP enters into its first partnership with “Mangeons local Sudbury” (Eat Local Sudbury) |
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October 2009: |
Inauguration of the new campus in Timmins Unveiling of Collège Boréal’s new strategic plan |
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November 2009: |
7 million dollar investment in new technologies (+ environmental aspect ) |
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December 2009: |
“l’Écho d’un peuple” performance at Collège Boréal Inauguration of Collège Boréal’s “Centre Xstrata Nickel de recherches appliquées en biodiversité” (Xstrata Nickel Centre for Applied Research in Biodiversity) Launch of Collège Boréal’s 15th anniversary celebrations |
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April 2010: |
Visit of Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada Groundbreaking ceremony for construction of the Projet de société du Collège Boréal (an additional 90,000 sq. ft. for a total of 417,000 sq. ft. in Sudbury) Launch of Collège Boréal’s first poetry anthology |
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Founded in 1995, Collège Boréal is the only French-language community college in northern Ontario. It has also served central and south-western Ontario since 2002. |