Champlain Regional College, the fourth of the English language colleges, was established on April 7, 1971.
The College is named after Samuel de Champlain: seventeenth century explorer, fur trader, writer and far-sighted administrator of New France. With its three widely separated locations, Champlain was the first regional college in the CEGEP network.
ABOUT CHANPLAIN LENNOXVILLE
Champlain Regional College, the fourth of the English language colleges, was established on April 7, 1971. The College is named after Samuel de Champlain: seventeenth century explorer, fur trader, writer and far-sighted administrator of New France. With its three widely separated locations, Champlain was the first regional college in the CEGEP network.
ABOUT CHAMPLAON ST.LAMBERT
St. Lambert is the largest component of Champlain Regional College. It was opened in September 1972 in temporary quarters when space shortages necessitated a new CEGEP facility on the South Shore.
The first priority was to find a permanent location for a campus and to get the physical plant built. With the acquisition of 21 acres of land (8 in St. Lambert and 13 in Longueuil) along the St. Lawrence Seaway, a contract was negotiated and in August 1973, the first block of the building was completed. The move into a new educational facility began and classes started on September 4th. Construction of phase two of the building was commenced in August 1974. Champlain St. Lambert is the only Anglophone CEGEP with specially designed facilities in the Montreal area.
The completed campus was officially opened in October 1976. St. Lambert has established a sound reputation in established programs and in addition to the regular day program, offers an extensive selection of continuing education courses. This extension program rivals the day operation not only in numbers but also in social significance.
ABOUT CHAMPLAIN ST.LAWRENCE
Champlain St. Lawrence was founded as a private boys' school in Ste-Foy in 1958 by Maurice Cardinal Roy. As a classical college affiliated to Laval University, St. Lawrence offered an eight year program - High School and College - leading to a Bachelor of Arts degree.
In 1965, St. Lawrence became a coeducational institution when it accepted the students of the neighboring Marymount College which was closing. St. Lawrence has been located in various places during its evolution. In 1958, it started in the Grand Séminaire of Laval University; in 1964, it moved to its own facilities on Wolfe Avenue, which were sold to the Régionale de Tilly seven years later; then, in 1972, to the "old bowling alley" on Jean-Dequen; and finally, in 1977, to its present new facilities at 790 Nérée-Tremblay.
As St. Lawrence changed its location, it also changed as an educational institution. After the Parent Report and the emergence of the present collegial system, the High School and B. A. programs were phased out, and St. Lawrence, now a CEGEP, was first affiliated with Collège Ste-Foy and then, with Vanier College of Montreal. On July 1, 1972, St. Lawrence became a constituent of Champlain Regional College.
As a member of the collegial community, St. Lawrence has taken the best of its traditions and combined them with the innovations of the present collegial system to produce students who can face the future with confidence.
Website:www.champlaincollege.qc.ca
