Université de Hearst

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Coordinates: 49°41′87″N 83°39′55.58″W / 49.7075, -83.6654389

Université de Hearst
Motto: ut cognoscante (That they might know You) Ecclesiasticus Chapter 36
Established: 1972
Type: Public
President: Bernard Thibodeau
Rector: Raymond Tremblay
Faculty: 30
Students: 800
Undergraduates: administration des affaires, français, géographie, gestion, histoire, psychologie ou sociologie
Location: Hearst, Kapuskasing and Timmins, Ontario, Canada
(info_gen@univhearst.edu)
Campus: Urban.
Affiliations: AUCC, IAU, AUFC
Website: http://www.univhearst.edu/
Une Fondation solide, un avenir assuré !

Université de Hearst (formerly Collège universitaire de Hearst) is a Canadian postsecondary institution with campuses in Hearst, Timmins and Kapuskasing, Ontario

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[edit] Programs

  • Université de Hearst offers university degree programs in French such as history, sociology, philosophy, psychology, French and geography for Northeastern Ontario's franco-ontarian community. Furthermore it serves as a recruiting pool for the region’s elementary and secondary teachers.

[edit] Partnership

[edit] Mission Statement

  • L'Université de Hearst provides francophones in North East Ontario access to university education by offering quality programs in the region.

[edit] Features and Buildings

  • The Hearst campus on 60 9th Road Hearst, Ontario POL 1NO features a theatre, cafeteria and gymnasium. The Maurice-Saulnier library includes a variety of books and periodicals in French and English and a computer lab. The Kapuskasing campus is located on 7 Aurora Avenue, Kapuskasing Ontario. The Timmins campus is on 20 Wilsox Street, Timmins Ontario.

[edit] History

  • During its foundation in 1953, the University of Hearst carried the name Collège universitaire de Hearst. This institution was founded by Mister Louis Levesque and financed by the population of the diocese of Hearst, Ontario with the intention of providing secondary education accessible to the French-speaking youth of the northeast of Ontario.
  • The Collège universitaire de Hearst was incorporated under the name Collège universitaire de Hearst in 1959 to focus on university studies; it became the Universite de Hearst in 1972. The institution then ceased providing college programs to concentrate exclusively on the university programs. It was affiliated with the University of Sudbury in 1957 and later to the Laurentian University in 1963.

[edit] Student Life

  • In addition to providing educational programs, the institution is contributes to the minority francophone community in Northern Ontario culturally, socially and economically.

[edit] Dormitories

  • The campus in Hearst Ontario features a dormitory on the second floor.

[edit] References

  1. ^ AUFC

[edit] External links

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