John Abbott College
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| type of school | Collège d'enseignement général et professionnel (Cégep) |
| founding | 1971 |
| place | Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue |
| province | Quebec |
| Country | Canada |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 24 '25 " N , 73 ° 56' 26" W |
| student | about 7,600 |
| Teachers | about 700 |
| Website | www.johnabbott.qc.ca |
The John Abbott College is a Cégep in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue , Canada . It is the only English-speaking college on the Montreal West Island . It is right on the Saint Lawrence River .
The college campus is approximately 650 acres and is shared with McGill University's McDonald College . The college is named after the third Canadian Prime Minister and former Mayor of the nearby city of Montréal , Sir John Abbott . Most of the individual buildings on the college also bear the names of Canadian historical figures.
history
Sir William Macdonald transferred the building to McGill University in 1906.
The college opened on September 6, 1971 after approval was given in 1970 to reopen a cegeps in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue. In the first year 1,200 students were enrolled. Initially, the college buildings were rented from McGill University.
Three years later the college had grown to 3,700 students. School operations took place in up to twelve different buildings, some of which are now part of Macdonald High School. The need for larger buildings was officially stated in 1972, and on June 14, 1972, the decision to build a new college building in Pointe Claire was made. The relocation of the college from Sainte-Anne-De-Bellevue to Pointe Claire was justified , among other things, by a better connection to local public transport . The buildings were to be erected in close proximity to the Fairview Pointe-Claire . The completion of the work was planned for 1975. However, since just more space was needed, which were faculties of Fine and Creative Arts ( Fine Arts and Creative Arts ) by Kirkland outsourced.
In the end, however, the plans for a new building in Pointe-Claire were rejected. In 1979 the Casgrain Center was completed. For a long time it was the only part of the building that was owned by John Abbott College. In the autumn of the same year, the art department was relocated to Sainte-Anne-De-Bellevue to the other areas.
All other buildings that were rented from McGill University were completely renovated by 1981. In 2002 the college - to date the last college in Quebéc to still rent college buildings - bought all of the rented buildings from McGill, with the exception of Brittain Hall.
building
The college consists of different parts of the building.
Herzberg
Herzberg is the main building of the college. It is centrally located; the main entrance overlooks most of the campus. It is named after the German Gerhard Herzberg , who moved to Canada as a refugee in 1935 and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry there . The only entrance to the college's large three-story library is on the ground floor of the Herzberg building . In addition, there are many administrative offices such as the secretariat or Student's Activities . The physics department is on the first floor and the chemistry department on the second, including the so-called labs in which scientific experiments are carried out.
Library
The college has its own three-story library under the direction of librarian Janette Wygergangs. It can be found in the center of the college building immediately behind the main entrance.
There are over 80,000 books in the basement and ground floor. The media services are on the first floor with a large number of VHS cassettes and DVDs as well as notebooks for hire. In addition, individual places with television sets are available here. On all three floors there are a total of around 300 individual workplaces for schoolchildren, separated from one another by wooden or glass walls. On the ground floor there are 16 freely accessible computers , above which Internet is available via wireless LAN in all areas of the library . There are several study rooms available for school groups, the keys of which are available free of charge.
Hochelaga
The Hochelaga building adjoins the Herzberg building halfway to the right of the library. The Hochelaga building is the only building that does not bear the name of a personality with a Canadian background. Rather, Hochelaga was a village of the Saint Lawrence Iroquois , from which the city of Montreal grew up around the 16th century. The college declares the designation as a tribute to the Canadians, the First Nations .
In Hochelaga-building, among other finds Economics ( Business Administration ).
Penfield
The Penfield building is half to the left of the main entrance between the library and the Casgrain Center . The name goes back to Wilder Penfield , a Canadian neurosurgeon .
On the ground floor and the first floor there are classrooms in which languages (English and foreign languages) are primarily taught. The Penfield Computer Lab with more than 250 computer workstations is located on the second floor . Three rooms are available for permanent student use, the others serve as classrooms.
Casgrain
The Casgrain Building (often referred to as the Casgrain Center ) is to the left of the Penfield Building. The name of the building was chosen in honor of the Canadian lawyer and women's rights activist Thérèse Casgrain .
The swimming pool and the triple sports hall are located in the Casgrain building . In the basement there are squash fields , a rental shop for various sports equipment and protective clothing, the changing rooms , showers and saunas . In addition, the radio and television studio is in the basement of the Casgrain Center. The so-called Munch Box , a kiosk, is located on the ground floor .
Individual evidence
- ↑ About Us. John Abbott College, official website, accessed March 7, 2009 .
- ↑ Who Was Sir John Abbott? John Abbott College, official website, accessed March 7, 2009 .
- ↑ a b Buildings. John Abbott College, official website, accessed March 7, 2009 .
- ^ A b Library Media Services: About Us. John Abbott College, official website, accessed March 7, 2009 .