Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface

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name = Collège Universitaire de Saint-Boniface
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motto = Je veux faire du bon (I aspire to be productive)
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established = 1818
type = Public
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faculty = 38
president = Michel Tétreault
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rector = Mme Raymonde Gagné
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students = 1000 regular and 3000 continuing education
undergrad = 510 full time + 420 part time
postgrad = 54 part time
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city = Saint Boniface
state = Manitoba
country = Canada
campus = Urban
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affiliations = AUCC, IAU, AUFC, ACU
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website = http://www.cusb.ca/
address = 200, avenue de la Cathédrale Saint-Boniface (Manitoba) R2H 0H7
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telephone = 204-233-0210
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The Collège Universitaire de Saint-Boniface, or CUSB, is a university college affiliated with the University of Manitoba and located in Saint Boniface, Manitoba. It is oriented primarily towards the French-speaking community of St.-Boniface and others who want to learn, or be educated through, the French language and Franco-Manitoban culture.

History

St-Boniface College, established in Manitoba has a strong Roman Catholic religious affiliation. [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0008242] It originates from a school for boys founded in 1818 by Monseigneur Norbert Provencher. It was incorporated into its current form in 1871.

Consolidation was a way to strengthen this small and financially insecure institution. The University Of Manitoba was established in 1877 by combining 3 existing church colleges St-Boniface Roman Catholic; St John's Anglican and Manitoba College Presbyterian. [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0008242]

In the early part of this century, professional education expanded beyond the traditional fields of theology, law and medicine. Graduate training based on the German-inspired American model of specialized course work and the completion of a research thesis was introduced. [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0008242]

The policy of university education initiated in the 1960s responded to population pressure and the belief that higher education was a key to social justice and economic productivity for individuals and for society. [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0008242]

By 2002 the college population was about 2/3 female.

Academic

It has about one thousand regular students and three thousand in its continuing education division, who study in the main building which is located right next to the St.-Boniface Cathedral, and a block away from Boulevard Provencher, the street located in the middle of St.-Boniface and at the heart of the Franco-Manitoban community.

Partnership

The Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface is a member of L'Association des universités de la francophonie canadienne, a network of academic institutions of the Canadian Francophonie. [ [http://www.aufc.ca/ AUFC ] ]

Aboriginal

The Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface’s Canada Research Chair on Métis Identity provides research into Aboriginal culture. [ [http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/index/cms-filesystem-action?file=pdfs/conferences/2007/aboriginal-rt-spring-report.pdf. The University of Winnipeg ] ]

ee also

*List of universities in Manitoba
*Higher education in Manitoba
*Education in Canada

Histories

* Dr. John M (Jack) Bumsted 'The University of Manitoba: An Illustrated History (Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press © 2001)'

References

External links

*http://www.ustboniface.mb.ca/ Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface (in French)
* [http://www.aucc.ca/can_uni/our_universities/st_boniface_e.html Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface]