- Collège de Montréal
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Collège de Montréal 
Address 1931, Sherbrooke Street West
Montreal, Quebec, CanadaCoordinates 45°29′39″N 73°35′08″W / 45.4941°N 73.5855°WCoordinates: 45°29′39″N 73°35′08″W / 45.4941°N 73.5855°W Information School type Private Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic Established 1767 Director Gen. Jacques Giguère Grades 7–11 Enrollment +1000 Language French Website http://www.college-montreal.qc.ca The Collège de Montréal is a private secondary school for students attending grades 7–11 located in Downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. A former Roman Catholic Seminary, it was founded 1 June 1767 as the Petit Séminaire of Montreal by the Suplician Order. From 1773 to 1803, it was known as Collège Saint-Raphaël.
In the mid-19th century a number of former students went on to become activists for First Nations and Métis rights. They included Mohawk chief Joseph Onasakenrat and Metis leader Louis Riel.
Collège de Montréal
It was the first high school in Montreal and is still considered one of the best in the province. It is particularly well regarded for its "accelerated immersion" program, in which students from English schools who were in French immersion programs can, within two years, be brought up to the same level as students who came from francophone schools. Although enrolment was previously limited to boys, the school has been co-educational since 1997. The school's performance hall, the Ermitage, was an important venue for public concerts in Montreal from its establishment in 1914 up into the 1960s.
In a widely reported article in 2008, Le Journal de Montréal found that school administrators and in particular its Director-General, Jacques Giguère, had expensed a large number of non-school related items, including high-priced furniture, a luxury hotel suite for a Christmas party, and the services of a personal trainer. Both the school's teachers union and staff union called for Giguère's resignation.[1]
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Notable alumni
Examples include:
- Louis Riel
- Louis-Joseph Papineau
- Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine
- Martin Lapointe
- André Lussier
- Émile Nelligan
- Jean-Marc Fournier - Quebec's Justice Minister
- David Saint-Jacques - Astronaut
- Guy Boucher - NHL Hockey coach
Notable faculty
- J.-J. Gagnier
- Jean-Baptiste Labelle
- Benoît Poirier
References
External links
Categories:- Education in Montreal
- High schools in Montreal
- Educational institutions established in the 1760s
- 1767 establishments
- Quebec school stubs
- Montreal stubs
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