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The Collge de l'Acadie is a community college in Nova Scotia continually striving to contribute to the economic development of the Province by providing the Acadian and French-speaking community with an opportunity to complete their community college studies in French. The Collge offers general, professional and technical training programs which meet the high standards required in the workplace. The distribution of Nova Scotia's Francophone population throughout the province has prompted the Collge de l'Acadie to remain flexible in its programming, while up-holding rigorous educational training standards. The Collge de l'Acadie uses interactive distance education technologies to reach the French-speaking population wanting to pursue full time training programs, week-end courses and evening courses.

The Academic Upgrading program is designed for adults wishing to complete their secondary studies or simply upgrade their education. Due to the diversity of our professional and technical programs, students have access to post-secondary training with specialisation in the areas of: Administration/ Business, Office Administration, Early Childhood, Computers, Tourism, Health and Human Services, Office Work, etc. Our graduates are very successful; most finding employment quickly in their field of study.

The Collge de l'Acadie has gained an excellent reputation due to its ability to fulfil the needs of business community. Also, the quality of our programming and teaching has caught the attention of the business community. Businesses, whose employees may have followed an individual program or a customised training program can rely on the quality of the Collge's training.

Collge de l'Acadie, Learning Without Limits

The Collge de l'Acadie opened its doors in September 1992 with Learning Centres situated in the following Acadian and Francophone regions of the province - Tusket, Meteghan River, Pomquet, Dartmouth, Petit de Grat and St-Joseph-du-Moine. The Learning Centre in Wellington, Prince Edward Island, opened in 1994-1995. It represents a first for the province's Acadian community in terms of training and development in French, as well as initiating interprovincial co-operation and partnerships in the area of postsecondary distance training. All the Collge de l'Acadie learning centres are equipped with distance education systems, including audiographic and video-conferencing systems.

Mission College de l'Acadie 'is post-secondary institution and is responsible for enhancing the economic and social well-being of the Province by meeting the occupational training requirements of the Acadian and francophone population and the labour market of the Province'

Programming

In order to fulfil its mission, the collge de l'Acadie has developed training programs adapted to the needs of the population. This year, the Collge offered three different types of courses and programs: regular full-time, evening and week-end, and customized training.

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Legal Name: Universit Sainte-Anne

Number of Employees: 45

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• Customized Training Programs

  Customized Training Programs

  As the name suggest, customized training constitutes a further step in the Collge's efforts to adapt its programming to the needs of the regions by responding directly to training requests from the private and public sectors.

  Customized programs fall into two categories; projects that involve actual training (the majority), and projects that consist of updating or creating customized programs. The total invested in customized training programs was $580, 890 in 1995-96. Below are examples of past customized training programs delivered to clients:

  -introduction to internet -Microsoft office (word, excel powerpoint) -multimedia

  FRENCH -as a second language (beginner, intermediate, advanced levels) -as a second language - secretarial program -as a second language - hotel and catering industry OTHER -French for native speakers -Teleworking, telemarketing -Aquaculture -Job search clubs

• Education And Training Services - Accounting And Finance
• Education And Training Services - Computer Related

  Business Computers

• Education And Training Services - Health Care

  Health and home care program

• Education And Training Services - Remedial Basic Education

  Academic Upgrading

• Education And Training Services - Sales/Marketing

  Business Technology

• Education And Training Services - Secretarial/Clerical

  Secretarial Program (1 year)

  office Administration Program (2 years)

• Education And Training Services - Tourism/Hospitality

  French Ecotourism collegiate program.

• Evening Courses

  Evening Courses

  Here again, the Collge de l'Acadie's priorities are to meet the needs of its clientele. The fllexibility of evening and weekend courses allow each Learning Centre to offer a wide range of courses that meet the needs of local Acadians and Francophones.

  In recent years, computers and telecommunications have taken on more and more importance in our daily lives, prompting the Collge's introduction of Internet and Computerised Accounting courses. The Collge has been keeping abreast of the latest developments in thee areas and has strengthened its position as a provider of language training with French courses as a second language and for native speakers.

• Regular Programs

  Regular Programs

  The Collge de l'Acadie offers an interesting and diverse curriculum of programs. The program Academic Upgrading assists adults to earn their high school diploma. In addition, the Collge offers the following programs:

  -Microcomputer Business Applications -Computer Technology -Office Assistant -Business Information and Technology -Early Childhood Studies -Computer Network Systems Administrator Program -Health and Home Care -Office Administrative Assistant -Tourism -Human Services -Human Services - Counselling

  Currently, the Collge is developing programs to respond to the emerging needs of the labour market such as Teleworking, Multimedia, Computer Network Supervisor, Entrepreneurship, Ecotourism... Upon completion of their one to two-year programs, graduates have been very successful in finding employment related to ther chosen field of study.

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• 611310 Universities

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