Fleming College
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- For other Fleming Colleges see Fleming College (disambiguation).
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| Motto: | Let the Deed Shaw (Let the Deed Show) |
| Established: | 1967 |
| Type: | Public College |
| President: | Dr. George Anthony (Tony) Tilly |
| Location: | Peterborough, ON, Canada |
| Website: | www.flemingc.on.ca |
Fleming College, previously known as Sir Sandford Fleming College, is a College of Applied Arts and Technology in Peterborough, Ontario,Canada. The college also has campuses in Lindsay, Cobourg and Haliburton. Named after the famous Scottish born engineer and inventor Sir Sandford Fleming, who is perhaps best known for his contributions to the concept of Universal Standard Time, the college has established pathways from college to university through affiliations with a number of provincial, national and international universities. The College has more than 5,000 full-time and 10,000 part-time students and 50,000 alumni. Fleming College generally is noted for its excellent environmental, business, massage therapy, museum management, university transfer and nursing programs. It also offers a number of post-graduate diplomas in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Eco-tourism and Adventure Tourism Management, Event Management, Advertising, and Emergency Management. Additionally, Fleming College has a Computer Security & Investigations program, which is one of only three related programs in Canada.
Fleming College is also the only college in Canada to offer a three-year International Trade program, as opposed to International Business.
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[edit] University affiliations
[edit] Ontario universities
- Brock University
- Carleton University
- Lakehead University
- Ryerson University
- Trent University
- University of Ontario Institute of Technology
- University of Waterloo
- University of Western Ontario
- University of Windsor
- York University
[edit] Canadian universities (out of province)
- Athabasca University
- Cape Breton University
- Royal Roads University
- University of Lethbridge, Alberta
- University of New Brunswick
[edit] International universities
- Australian Catholic University National (Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, Ballarat & Melbourne)
- Bemidji State University - Minnesota State University
- Griffith University, Queensland, Australia
- Northwood University, Michigan
- University of Western Sydney, Australia
[edit] History
On May 21, 1965, legislation was formally introduced within Ontario establishing Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology by then Minister of Education William G. Davis. This historic occasion for education within Ontario marked the beginning of what would become, some 40 years later, a group 21 Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology and 3 College Institutes of Technology and Advanced Learning. Sir Sandford Fleming College was founded in 1967 by David B. Sutherland, three years after Trent University, also in Peterborough, was founded. Mr. Sutherland was the husband of Peterborough's longest serving Mayor, Sylvia Sutherland.
[edit] Cobourg campus
The Cobourg Campus was officially opened in 1971. Today the campus offers the full-time Esthetician diploma program as well as Academic Upgrading and Continuing Education courses.
[edit] Haliburton campus
In 1969, the Haliburton School of Fine Arts joined Sir Sanford Fleming College. In 2004 the campus moved to a new location on Head Lake in the Village of Haliburton, and today it is known as Haliburton School of The Arts. The campus offers full-time 14-week Art Certificates in Artist Blacksmith, Drawing and Painting, Photo Arts, Sculpture, Ceramics, Glassblowing, Jewellery, and Fibre Arts. Students can combine these Certificate programs with a year of foundation credits to obtain a Visual and Creative Arts Diploma. Other programs offered at the campus include Ecotourism and Adventure Tourism Management, Expressive Arts, Sustainable Building Design and Construction, Horticulture Apprentice, Continuing Education, and Academic Upgrading.
Haliburton School of The Arts continues to run its popular short-duration summer art courses, offering a selection of over 300 courses from May to August, open to people of all skill levels.
[edit] Lindsay campus
St. Joseph's Convent was the original location of a Lindsay campus back in 1967. The college acquired its own facilities by 1973 and in turn, this site was named the Frost Campus (in honour of Leslie Frost). It is currently home to the School of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences. This campus focuses on environmental and natural resource education (earth resources, fish and wildlife, GIS, etc.), and was expanded with a new environmental technology wing in 2004. The campus is also home to two successful fish hatcheries which raise muskellunge and Atlantic salmon as well as a privately owned tilapia hatchery located separately from the main campus. In September 2008 the Frost Campus will be home to the new joint degree-diploma in Ecological Restoration in partnership with Trent University. Students in the program spend two years at Fleming and two years at Trent. They graduate with an Honours B.Sc. and an Ontario Diploma in Ecological Restoration.
The Frost Campus features a newly added "living wall" - the first of its kind in a college environment - as well as a green roof and campus arboretum. A butterfly garden will also be constructed.
[edit] Peterborough campuses
[edit] McRae campus
In 1967 a campus opened in a renovated textile mill on McDonnel Street and the following year this site was officially named the Stewart W. Daniel Building. The McRae building was constructed on this same property as the college again realized an expansion in 1976. Today, this latter site is accessible through a Bonaccord Street entrance and is home to the School of Continuing Education and Skilled Trades.
[edit] Sutherland campus
The Dobbin farm was selected in 1968 for what would later be named the Brealey Campus. In 1973, the first two phases of the site were opened and in 1983, the site was officially named the Sutherland Campus in honour of the college’s first and founding president. The Sutherland campus recently underwent expansion, which included a new on-campus residence, which opened in 2002, and a new technology wing, which was opened in 2003.
The new St. Joseph’s at Fleming is the first long-term care facility to be built on a college or university campus. A cluster of eight resident homes for 200 people, the facility is setting the standard for compassionate care and innovation.
In 2005, the Peterborough Sport & Wellness Centre was constructed to accommodate the college's athletic needs.
[edit] Organization
[edit] Board executive:
- Murray Rodd: Board Chair
- Shelley Fife: Board Vice-Chair
- Colin Taylor: 2nd Board Vice-Chair and Chair, Academic & Student Affairs Committee
- Sandra Hill: Chair, Finance & Property and Audit Committees
- Susan Deane: Chair, Human Resources Committee
- Dr. George Anthony (Tony) Tilly: College President and Secretary-Treasurer, Board of Governors
[edit] Governors:
- Dr. George Anthony (Tony) Tilly, College President
- Nancy Keating
- Shelley Fife
- John Fox
- Stuart Harrison
- Judith Hayes
- Brooke Lynch
- George MacDougall (Administration)
- Dr. Joe Mior (Faculty)
- Trang Nguyen
- Dean Shewring
- Ruth Greig (Student)
[edit] Board observers:
- Matthew Taft (Frost Student)
[edit] Student government
The social and political needs of students are served through the Student Administrative Council (SAC) at Sutherland Campus and the Student Association (SA) at Frost Campus. These are student run corporations.
[edit] References
Association of Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology of Ontario, (n.d.), General assembly documents: 40th anniversary of the Ontario college system. Retrieved October, 30, 2006 from http://www.acaato.on.ca/home/committees/general.html
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