Cégep Édouard-Montpetit

Cégep Édouard-Montpetit is a public Francophone college in Longueuil, Quebec, Canada. Approximately 7,300 (fall 2016) students (as much in the Continuing Education programs[2]) are enrolled in the 2 campuses,[5] the main one located in Longueuil and the École nationale d'aérotechnique in St-Hubert campuses. It is affiliated with the ACCC, and CCAA.

Cégep Édouard-Montpetit
MottoJamais trop grand pour te connaître[1]
Motto in English
Never too big to know yourself
TypePublic College
Established1967
Students16 000 (est.)[2]
Location
Longueuil
,
Quebec
,
Canada
CampusSuburban
ColoursRed and black
   
NicknameLynx
AffiliationsCICan,[3] Fédération des Cégeps[4] CCAA, QSSF
Websitewww.cegepmontpetit.ca

History

The school was established in 1950 as a religious owned school called Externat classique de Longueuil.[6] In 1967, several institutions were merged and became public ones, when the Quebec system of public colleges was created, including the Cégep Édouard-Montpetit, named after the Quebec lawyer and academic, Édouard Montpetit[7]

Sports
Lynx du Cégep Édouard-Montpetit
Further information: Lynx du Cégep Édouard-Montpetit women's ice hockey

The Cégep Édouard-Montpetit's eighteen athletic teams are known as the Lynx. The CÉGEP is represented at the provincial level by five teams: division 1 women's and men's basketball and women's volleyball, and women's ice hockey and men's football in division 2. Thirteen teams compete for Cégep Édouard-Montpetit at the league conference level: badminton, baseball, women's and men's basketball division 2, cheerleading, cross country, golf, women's flag football, women's and men's soccer division 2, and women's and men's volleyball division 2.[8]

Programs

The CEGEP offers two types of programs: pre-university and technical. The pre-university programs, which take two years to complete, cover the subject matter which roughly corresponds to the additional year of high school given elsewhere in Canada in preparation for a chosen field in university. The technical programs, which take three years to complete, applies to students who wish to pursue a skill trade. In addition, Continuing Education for adults and services to businesses are provided.

The CEGEP is ranked among the top 10 in research[9] and is located in an impoverished neighborhood of Longueuil.[10]

École nationale d'aérotechnique
One of the hangars of the École nationale d'aérotechnique.

L'École nationale d'aérotechnique (ÉNA) is a campus of Cégep Édouard-Montpetit located in the vicinity of Saint-Hubert Airport in Saint-Hubert. It is located in close proximity to numerous aeronautical enterprises.

The institution is the largest aerotechnical college in North America and the only institution in Quebec to offer comprehensive training[11] in avionics, Aerospace Engineering and aircraft maintenance (including an aircraft maintenance program offered in English[12]). It has a fleet of 37 aircraft including two Learjets and two Bombardier Challenger. The school has also received a Bombardier CS100 donated by the company.[13]

Montreal Metro expansion

In late 2008, the former mayor of Longueuil, Claude Gladu had planned for a Montreal Metro extension to Cégep Édouard-Montpetit on the Yellow Line.[14] In 2013, the project is still on the rail in a far future.[15]

See also

References
  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-11. Retrieved 2016-09-02.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. http://www.cegepmontpetit.ca/static/uploaded/Files/Cegep/A%20propos/publications/Rapport%20annuel/rapport-annuel-2014_2015_final.pdf
  3. http://www.collegesinstitutes.ca/
  4. "Fédération des cégeps". www.fedecegeps.qc.ca. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  5. Édouard-Montpetit, Collège. "Se rendre - Cégep Édouard-Montpetit". www.cegepmontpetit.ca. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  6. CCDMD. "Externat classique de Longueuil - Le monde en images". monde.ccdmd.qc.ca. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  7. Édouard-Montpetit, Collège. "Historique - Cégep Édouard-Montpetit". www.cegepmontpetit.ca. Archived from the original on 8 July 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  8. "Disciplines". Lynx du cégep Édouard-Montpetit (in French). 2014-05-29. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
  9. http://www.researchinfosource.com/pdf/Top%2050%20Research%20Colleges%20List%202015.pdf
  10. "Des familles montréalaises aux revenus modestes optent pour la Rive-Sud" (in French). 2012-06-04. Archived from the original on 2013-06-15. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
  11. Édouard-Montpetit, Collège. "Programmes d'études - Cégep Édouard-Montpetit". www.cegepmontpetit.ca. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  12. Édouard-Montpetit, Collège. "Aircraft Maintenance Technology - Cégep Édouard-Montpetit". www.cegepmontpetit.ca. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  13. "Bombardier donates C Series aircraft to Ecole Nationale d'Aérotechnique". Skies Mag. 2018-05-24.
  14. Grenier, Jean-Claude (11/12/2008). "Le maire de Longueuil réitère l'importance de prolonger le métro vers Edouard-Montpetit" (in French). 24 Heures. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  15. "Prolongement du métro de Montréal: la ligne jaune (Longueuil) - BRUNO BISSON - Montréal". lapresse.ca. 30 May 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2017.

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