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Université de Moncton 
Motto Surge illuminare Motto in English (?) Established 1963 (Merger of Collège Saint-Joseph, Collège du Sacré-Cœur and Collège Saint-Louis) Type Public Chancellor Louis R. Comeau1 President Andre G. Richard Q.C. Rector Yvon Fontaine1 Admin. staff Teaching staff: 3771
Other staff: 434Students Total full-time students: 51781
Moncton campus: 4187
Edmunston campus: 549
Shippagan campus: 442Location Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada Campus Urban Colours Blue and Gold Sports Blue Eagles (French: Aigles Bleu) Mascot Super Blue (French: Super Bleu) Affiliations AUCC, IAU, AUFC, AUS, AUFSC, CBIE, CUP. Website http://www.umoncton.ca - From the Rapport Annuel 2005-2006
The Université de Moncton (abbr. U de M, transl. University of Moncton) is a French language university located in Moncton, New Brunswick serving the Acadian community of Atlantic Canada. It is the only francophone university in New Brunswick and is one of only two such universities in the Maritimes, the other being the Université Sainte-Anne in Pointe-de-l'Église, Nova Scotia.
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History
Founded on 19 June 1963, the modern Université de Moncton is the result of the merger of three colleges: Collège Saint-Joseph (Memramcook, 1864), Collège du Sacré-Cœur (Bathurst, 1999), and Collège Saint-Louis (Edmundston, 1946).[1] In 1989, the Université of Moncton founded undergraduate degrees in adult education. Alan Beddoe designed the university coats of arms.[2]
The National Film Board of Canada documentary Acadia Acadia ?!? (1971), co-directed by Michel Brault and Pierre Perrault, documents how student protests at the university in 1968-69 sparked an awakening of Acadian nationalism.[3]
Campuses
The university is divided into three campuses
- Campus Universitaire de Moncton, in Moncton (main campus)
- Campus Universitaire d'Edmunston, in Edmundston
- Campus Universitaire de Shippagan, in Shippagan
Buildings
The Léopold-Taillon Building was built between 1945 and 1948, is on the Registry of Historic Places of Canada.[4]
Partnerships
The university is a member of L'Association des universités de la francophonie canadienne (en: Association of Universities of the Canadian Francophonie), a network of academic institutions of the Canadian Francophonie.[5]
Faculties
Université de Moncton Shippagan campus
Université de Moncton - Moncton campus
Université de Moncton - Moncton campusThe main campus at Moncton has eight faculties:
- Administration
- Arts and Social Sciences
- Education
- Engineering students can choose to specialize in the following disciplines: Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering [6]
- Graduate Studies
- Health Sciences and Community Services
- L'École de nutrition et d'études familiales has an accredited dietetic program. The university is accredited by a professional organization such as the Dietitians of Canada and the university's graduates may subsequently become registered dietitians. List of universities with accredited dietetic programs
- Sciences
- Law
Faculty of Law
The University of Moncton's Faculty of Law is one of only three French-language common law schools in Canada. (The University of Ottawa and McGill University also offer common law degrees in French.) The school was founded in 1978 in order to respond to the needs of francophone communities outside of Quebec. As Quebec practices civil law, there was a need to instruct francophone lawyers in common law to practice in other parts of Canada. The University of Ottawa law school teaches both common and civil law, as does McGill; thus the University of Moncton's Faculty of Law is the only exclusively French, exclusively common law school in Canada.[7]
U de M offers both the basic LLB and the graduate LLM. The school also offers joint degrees: the LLB-MBA (Masters of Business) and LLB-MEE (Masters of Environmental Studies). As well, students who already possess a civil law degree (an LL.L or a BCL) from a Canadian school can enroll at the University of Moncton for two semesters to complete an LLB.[8]
Faculty of Medicine
The University of Moncton's Faculty of Medicine is the first such francophone school in the Maritimes, outside the province of Quebec.
Libraries
There are six libraries and resource centers across the three campuses: Bibliothèque Champlain (Moncton), Bibliothèque Michel-Bastarache (Moncton), Centre d'études acadiennes (Moncton), Centre de ressources pédagogiques (Moncton), Bibliothèque Rhéa-Larose (Edmundston) and Bibliothèque Shippagan.[9] All records from these libraries are gathered into one catalogue: Catalogue Éloïze.[10]
Two of these libraries, Michel-Bastarache and Centre de ressources pédagogiques, are special libraries, catering to the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Education, respectively. The Centre d'études acadiennes, found on the lower level of Bibliothèque Champlain, is a world-renown and primary resource and archive center for Acadian studies.[11]
Athletics
The university is represented in Canadian Interuniversity Sport by the Moncton Aigles Bleus. The Aigles Bleus have a male and female hockey team, a male and female soccer team, a male and female athletics, a male and female Cross country running team and a female volleyball team.
Noted faculty and alumni / alumnae
- Michel Bastarache, Puisne Justice on the Supreme Court of Canada
- Joël Bourgeois, 1500m steeplechase runner, 3-time competitor at the Olympic Games
- Herménégilde Chiasson, Professor, poet and playwright, and former Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
- Stéphane Dion, Professor, academic, Cabinet Minister, and Former Liberal Party Leader
- Alain Haché, Professor of physics, demonstrated superluminal electric pulse propagation
- Roméo LeBlanc, Former Governor General of Canada graduated from Collège St-Joseph
- James E. Lockyer, Professor of law
- Bernard Lord, former Premier of New Brunswick, brother of Roger Lord
- Roger Lord, internationally acclaimed concert pianist and Professor of Piano at the U de M, brother of Bernard Lord
- Antonine Maillet, Acadian author and winner of the Prix Goncourt
- Jean-Guy Poitras, member of the New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame.
- Stéphan Reebs, professor of biology, ethologist, author
- Donald Savoie, professor of public administration and author
- Camille Thériault, former Premier of New Brunswick
See also
- Higher education in New Brunswick
- List of universities in New Brunswick
- Canadian Interuniversity Sport
- Canadian government scientific research organizations
- Canadian university scientific research organizations
- Canadian industrial research and development organizations
References
- ^ Clément Cormier. "Université de Moncton". Canadian Encyclopedia. http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0008236.
- ^ Alan Beddoe collection at Library and Archives Canada
- ^ Acadia Acadia ?!? (1971), NFB.ca
- ^ Léopold-Taillon Building Registry of Historic Places of Canada
- ^ AUFC
- ^ Canadian Engineering Memorial Foundation - University List
- ^ Université de Moncton, Campus de Moncton - Faculté de droit
- ^ http://www.umoncton.ca/droit/imgs_demande/02Conditionsetpolitiquesgeneralesdadmission.pdf
- ^ http://www.umoncton.ca/
- ^ http://www.eloize.umoncton.ca
- ^ http://www.umoncton.ca/etudeacadiennes/centre/hist.html
Further reading
- Clément Cormier (1975). L'Université de Moncton: Historique. Moncton: Centre d'études acadiennes, Université de Moncton.
External links
- Université de Moncton (French)
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