Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf
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Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf is a private French-language educational institution offering secondary school and CEGEP college-level instruction in Montreal, Quebec, named after Catholic missionary and martyr Jean de Brébeuf. Post-secondary students receive a Diploma of Collegial Studies in a two-year, pre-university program of study. It gives IB, Sciences, Lettres et Arts (preparatory for most university majors except music and dance) and Diploma of Collegial Studies.
Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf was founded by the Jesuits in 1928. The school has been secular since 1986, and is now a co-ed establishment for students in their final year of secondary school and in college, while remaining boys-only in the first four years of secondary school. It retains a dress code, but no specific uniform. It is widely regarded as one of the best and most prestigious secondary schools in Quebec and Canada, and has consistently received high rankings from the Fraser Institute for academic achievement.
The school is located at 3200, Chemin Côte-Sainte-Catherine.
Students are taught in the Jesuit tradition of excellence with a modern approach. Subjects taught in the secondary part of the school include Latin, not mandatory, Mathematics, French, English, Religion, Gym, Sciences, Geography and History. The school is known for being very competitive in basketball and fencing, having won provincial titles in basketball in the last five years and having many of its former students fence at international levels.
[edit] Notable alumni
- André Boisclair: Politician, former leader of the Parti Québécois
- Robert Bourassa: Premier of Quebec
- Pierre Bourgault: Politician, intellectual, teacher and columnist
- Gregory Charles: Musician, actor and entertainer
- Michel Chartrand: Union leader, activist
- Chuck Comeau: Simple Plan's drummer
- Jacques Ferron: Physician, author and politician
- Gerald Frappier: President of RDS
- Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau: Poet
- Paul Gérin-Lajoie, lawyer, politician
- Jacques Godbout: Writer and filmmaker
- A. Jean de Grandpré : Business executive, 15th chancellor of McGill University
- Pierre-Marc Johnson: Premier of Quebec
- William Johnson, journalist, president of Alliance Quebec
- Georges Laraque: Hockey player (school dropout)
- Pierre Péladeau: Quebecor's founder
- Hubert Reeves: Astrophysicist
- Julie Snyder: Television host, producer and businesswoman
- Pierre Trudeau: Prime Minister of Canada
[edit] External links
- Official web page (French)
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