St. Clair College

St. Clair College of Applied Arts and Technology
MottoStart Here. Go Anywhere.
TypePublic college of applied arts and technology
Established1966; 58 years ago (1966)
AffiliationCICan, Colleges Ontario, Canadian Bureau for International Education
ChairGarry Rossi [1]
PresidentMichael Silvaggi
Academic staff
c. 264[citation needed]
Students6,800 FTEs (2022)[2]
Address
2000 Talbot Road West (main campus)
,
Windsor
,
Ontario
,
Canada
CampusSuburban
Colours    Black, gold, green
NicknameSaints
Sporting affiliations
CCAA, OCAA
MascotGriffin
Websitewww.stclaircollege.ca

St. Clair College of Applied Arts and Technology is a college in the Southwestern Ontario counties of Essex and Chatham-Kent, partnered with private Ace Acumen Academy in Toronto. [3][4]

Campus

Its main administration and largest campus sites are in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. In addition, other campuses are located in Chatham and Wallaceburg.[5] In 2007, St. Clair College expanded to downtown Windsor by purchasing the former City of Windsor owned Cleary International Centre, renaming it St. Clair College Centre for the Arts.[6] In 2009, St. Clair College bought the former City of Windsor owned Salvation Army building in downtown Windsor for $1. With a $5 million grant from the federal government, the building was turned into a state of the art journalism school; the first of its kind in Canada. In 2014, St. Clair College built a new sports complex at the main campus, called the SportsPlex.[citation needed][tone]

History

The college has its roots in the Western Ontario Institute of Technology, founded in 1958 to supplement the then-Ryerson Institute in Toronto, now Toronto Metropolitan University. With the advent of the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology, St. Clair was founded in 1966; the two institutions were merged a year later. Growth of the college has generally paralleled that of Windsor. Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology were established on May 21, 1965. It is an Ontario College of Applied Arts and Technology. The school was founded in 1966 as part of a provincial initiative to create many such institutions to provide career-oriented diploma and certificate courses, as well as continuing education programs to Ontario communities.[7]

In 2021-22 St. Clair College's student headcount of international students exceeded domestic students.[8] The unprecedented growth in international student enrolment has not been met with a corresponding increase in student housing at St. Clair College.[9]

Campuses

Windsor, Ontario

  • The Windsor (South) Campus is the main campus, 2000 Talbot Road West
    • Windsor (South) Campus - Main Building
      Ford Center for Excellence in Manufacturing (FCEM)
    • Anthony P. Toldo Centre for Applied Health Sciences
    • SportsPlex Fitness Centre
  • The St. Clair Center for the Arts is located on the riverfront in downtown Windsor, 201 Riverside Drive West
  • MediaPlex is located in downtown Windsor, 275 Victoria Avenue

Chatham-Kent, Ontario

  • The Thames Campus is located on 1001 Grand Avenue West, Chatham
    • HealthPlex

Toronto, Ontario

  • The St Clair College, Ace Acumen Academy campus is located at 1440 Don Mills Rd, North York

Student government

The college has of student regulated governments that handle much of the student related activities at the college. They are the Student Representative Council (SRC), the Student Athletic Association (SAA), and the Thames Students Inc. (TSI).[citation needed]

Scholarships and bursaries

St. Clair College scholarships for Aboriginal, First Nations and Métis students include: Métis Nation of Ontario, St. Clair College Bursary.[10]

2017 strike

On Monday, October 16, 2017, the team bargaining on behalf of the province's 24 Colleges and the OPSEU union representing 12,000 full-time faculty, partial load faculty, counsellors and librarians, could not reach an agreement, and all faculty entered a work stoppage.[11] On November 21, the strike was lifted and classes were resumed, however, many initial issues were not resolved.[citation needed]

See also

References

  1. ^ "St. Clair College Board of Governors". St. Clair College. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Ontario College FTEs". Ontario Colleges Library Service. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Province Green Lights More Public Private Partnerships for Colleges". St Clair College. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  4. ^ Stacey, Viggo (2024-01-23). "Next steps for Ontario public-private partners". The PIE News. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
  5. ^ "Campus Profiles". St. Clair College. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
  6. ^ "2000's: St. Clair Makes its way Downtown". St. Clair College. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  7. ^ "History". St. Clair College. Archived from the original on December 9, 2004.
  8. ^ "College enrolment - Dataset -Ontario Data Catalogue". Government of Ontario. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  9. ^ Friesen, Joe (2 Sep 2023). "Ontario colleges are fuelling unprecedented growth in international students". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  10. ^ "Indigenous Bursaries Search Tool". Sac-isc.gc.ca. 25 October 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  11. ^ "Info About Potential Faculty Work Stoppage | St. Clair College". stclaircollege.ca. Retrieved 2017-10-16.
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