Cégep de l'Outaouais

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CEGEP de l'Outaouais


Motto	C'est bien + qu'un CEGEP! (It's a lot more than just a CEGEP)
Established	1967
Type	Public
Director	Marielle Poirier
Staff	609 (including 345 teachers) [1]
Students	about 4 000 students
Location	Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
Address	333 Boulevard de la Cite des Jeunes (headquarters)
Telephone	819-770-4012 (headquarters)
Campus	Gabrielle-Roy (Hull sector + headquarters), Felix-Leclerc (Gatineau sector) & Louis-Reboul (Hull sector)
Sports	Les Griffons
Website	[2]

Cégep de l'Outaouais (formely known as Collège de l'Outaouais)is the biggest public college (Cégep) in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada. It is located in the city of Gatineau, Quebec. It provides teaching in french and consists of two separate, sister entities. The main campus, Gabrielle Roy, is located on Boulevard de la Cité-des-Jeunes in the Hull 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 Saint-Coeur in the downtown sector.

In 2002, about 75% of the region's high school graduates had been admitted to the institution. According to the CEGEP's website 3 970 students would attend the college during the 2006-07 school year and estimates a student population of about 4 600 students by 2010 [3].

1 History
2 Programs
3 Sports
4 Other facts
5 Notable graduates
6 External links

[edit] History

The institution of what would become the CEGEP de l'Outaouais was founded in 1967 when the Quebec government under the Union Nationale 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 Revolution Era. During this time it incorporated several institutions that were previously under the jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Church. 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 Cégep de Hull, then as the Cégep de l'Outaouais up until 1984, when it changed to Collège de l'Outaouais. In 2004, the name Cégep de l'Outaouais was restored.

In 1967, only the Gabrielle-Roy campus existed, but two other campuses would be added in the following years. The headquarters of the CEGEP is still located at the Gabrielle-Roy campus

[edit] Programs

The CEGEP has several pre-university programs as well as technical programs. Among pre-university courses includes : humanities (three branches), natural sciences, "sciences, letters & arts" and "arts and letters". Techinical programs includes, police techniques, computer sciences, multimedia, administration, office automation, dental hygiene, health sciences, documentation, genie mechanic, interior design, 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.

[edit] Sports

The official sports team of the CEGEP de l'Outaouais is called the Griffons and has teams in volleyball, basketball, badminton and most recently football. Except in football, there are teams from both sexes. The CEGEP (Gabrielle-Roy campus) also have several sporting facilities including two gymnasium, a swimming pool and a weightlifting room. Yoga, skiing, camping, canoeing and hiking and biking are other sports that can be practiced at the CEGEP.

[edit] Other facts

While French is the main teaching language at the institution, there are also courses offered in English, Spanish, German and mandarin. Most of them are giving in the Arts and Letters program.

The student newspaper is named L'Entremetteur (roughly, The Intermediairy).

During the 2005 Quebec student strike, students of the CEGEP were involved in the province-wide strike that was launched due to the cutting of the bursary fund by the Jean Charest government. Their strike lasted for three weeks which was similar then their counterparts at the Université du Québec en Outaouais.

The Société de transport de l'Outaouais is providing frequent service to all three campuses. Routes 11, 17, 31, 33, 35, 36, 37, 49 and 68 serves the Gabrielle-Roy campus. Routes 33, 66, 71, 74, 77, 78, 82, 84, 90 and 96 serves the Felix-Leclerc campus while routes 11 (PM), 17 (PM), 31, 48 (PM), 57, 67, 77, 80 (PM), 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87(PM), 88(PM), 89 (PM), 90, 94 (PM), 98 (PM) serves the Louis-Reboul campus.