| Red River College of Applied Arts, Science and Technology | |
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| Established | mid 1930s as Industrial Vocational Education Centre |
| Type | Public college of Applied Arts, Science and Technology |
| President | Stephanie Forsyth |
| Students | 32,000 |
| Location | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Campus | Urban Winnipeg, Gimli, Steinbach, Portage la Prairie and Winkler. |
| Sports team | RRC Rebels |
| Colours | Red & black |
| Mascot | none |
| Affiliations | ACCC, CCAA, Campus Manitoba, CBIE, CUP. |
| Website | www.rrc.ca |
Red River College of Applied Arts, Science and Technology is located in Winnipeg. The College offers degree, diploma, certificate, and apprenticeship programs in the applied arts, applied sciences, and various trades. The university press, The Projector, is a member of CUP.
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It has a number of campuses located in Winnipeg, Gimli, Steinbach, Portage la Prairie and Winkler. The two largest campuses are the Notre Dame and Princess Street in Winnipeg. Student Connections Red River College is the Student Connections centre which serves the Manitoba area. This centre is located in Winnipeg’s downtown Red River College campus, 160 Princess Street. This affords easy access to all parts of the city. It has been housed at this location since January of 2004.
The forerunner to RRC, The Industrial Vocational Education Centre, was established in the mid 1930s by three Winnipeggers: R.J. Jones, T.O. Durin, and Otto Peters. The Centre provided evening programs to train unskilled and unemployed youths in various trades. The success of the Centre resulted in the federal government providing funding through the Department of Labour in 1938. A few of the first courses offered included carpentry, sheet metal, machine shop, needle trades, welding and forging, power engineering, and radio. By 1948 the centre was rebranded the Manitoba Technical Institute (MTI) and became the first public post-secondary vocational school in Manitoba. In 1950 the Central School of Practical Nurses transferred from St. Joseph's Hospital to MTI. Advisory committees formed from top executives from local businesses and industry helped keep MTI up to date with changing industrial and business practices.
In 1963 the Notre Dame campus was built and the college name was once again changed this time to the Manitoba Institute of Technology (MIT). The name changes would continue with a change to "Red River Community College" in 1969 and eventually "Red River College" in 1998.
In 2004, the Princess campus was built in Downtown Winnipeg, with a large focus on multimedia design; computer technology; and the popular Creative Communications program, which prepares students for careers in advertising, journalism, media production, and public relations.
In May 2009, the federal government of Canada pledged the college with $9.5-million of funding to help reconstruct the Union Bank Tower at the corner of Main Street and William Avenue in downtown Winnipeg. The Manitoba government also announced it would contribute $5-million for the construction of the building, which will become the college's newest campus. The new campus will hold the college's culinary arts program as well as its hospitality and tourism management program. The upper levels of the building will also be converted in student housing. The 104-year-old building, regarded as "Western Canada's oldest skyscraper," will mark the college's second urban campus in downtown Winnipeg and is only one block from the Princess Street Campus.[1][2]
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