Canadore College
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Canadore College is a college of applied arts and technology located in North Bay
, Ontario
, Canada
. It was founded in 1967 as a campus of Sudbury's Cambrian College
, and became an independent institution in 1972. The enabling legislation is the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities Act
Canadore has a full-time enrolment of 3500 students and is well known for its popular summer arts program, "Artsperience". The three main campuses of Canadore are the Aviation Campus, Commerce Court Campus, and the Education Centre (College Drive Campus). There are also satellite campuses in Parry Sound
, Mattawa, and West Nipissing. The Education Centre is situated on a 650 acres (263 ha) wooded escarpment with over 26 km (16.2 mi) of wilderness trails.
series, The Claw.
. There is also a satellite campus at the Jack Garland Airport for their aviation programs, and a campus on Commerce Court where the theatre arts, police foundations, computer programming
and other related programs are conducted.
Canadore’s town-house residence offers accommodation for 350 students and the apartment-style residence houses 146 students. The townhouses have six bedrooms, a four-piece and a two-piece washroom, a kitchen, a large combined dining and living room area and limited storage space.
The bedrooms are furnished with a bed, desk, bookshelf, dresser, full-length mirror, study desk lamp, wall-to-wall carpeting and a closet.
Shared facilities include the kitchen, which is equipped with a fridge and stove, and the dining room, which is furnished with a table and six chairs. Two couches, a coffee table, two chairs and a lamp are also provided to make each living room.
The apartment-style residence, also referred to as Lower Residence, opened in September 2004. This new facility features six floors of four bedroom suites. A laundry room, mailboxes, a games room with a pool table, and assembly room can be found on the main floor. A lounge with a television and couches can be found on every other floor of this six-storey building. The room features a single bed, a desk with chair, shelving with space to hang clothes and a telephone. The suite includes two full bathrooms featuring a bath and shower, a common area with a television with cable, chairs and a coffee table, and a dining table with four chairs. A shared kitchen with cabinets, sink, stove and refrigerator is also in the common area.
A loft-style residence opened in downtown North Bay in time for students in September 2011, at the same time the construction for a second apartment-style residence building began beside the current one (which is supposed to be finished for September 2012).
North Bay, Ontario
North Bay is a city in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is the seat of Nipissing District, and takes its name from its position on the shore of Lake Nipissing.-History:...
, Ontario
Ontario
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, Canada
Canada
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. It was founded in 1967 as a campus of Sudbury's Cambrian College
Cambrian College
Cambrian College is a college of applied arts and technology in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Established in 1967, and funded by the province of Ontario, Cambrian has campuses in Sudbury, Espanola and Little Current....
, and became an independent institution in 1972. The enabling legislation is the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities Act
Canadore has a full-time enrolment of 3500 students and is well known for its popular summer arts program, "Artsperience". The three main campuses of Canadore are the Aviation Campus, Commerce Court Campus, and the Education Centre (College Drive Campus). There are also satellite campuses in Parry Sound
Parry Sound, Ontario
Parry Sound is a town in Central Ontario, Canada, located on Parry Sound on the eastern shore of Georgian Bay. Parry Sound is located south of Sudbury and north of Toronto. It is the seat of Parry Sound District, a popular cottage country region for Southern Ontario residents. It is also the...
, Mattawa, and West Nipissing. The Education Centre is situated on a 650 acres (263 ha) wooded escarpment with over 26 km (16.2 mi) of wilderness trails.
Programs
Canadore offers more than 80 full-time post-secondary programs, focused in several key academic sectors: aviation, business, communication arts, health sciences, hospitality and tourism, recreation and leisure, human services, information technology, law and justice, skilled trades, apprenticeship, "Artsperience", and preparatory studies.The Wall
The Wall Bar & Grillhouse is owned and operated by the Canadore Students Representative Council and the Nipissing University Students Union. Located in the Student Centre at the College Drive Campus, this 700-capacity student centre features a sports bar, lounge, is host to bands, entertainment and comedy acts throughout the year.Sports and recreation
Canadore athletes (Panthers) compete at the varsity level in men's and women's fastball, volleyball, and indoor soccer. There are basketball and hockey teams at the extramural level. Snofest is the annual winter carnival, leagues, tournaments, and activity days.Media
Canadore Broadcast: Radio students run the Panther Radio station, CRFM, which is broadcast only on the Internet on the station's website. Students in the college's journalism program produce an online campus newspaper and podcastPodcast
A podcast is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication...
series, The Claw.
Buildings and features
Canadore shares its main campus facilities with Nipissing UniversityNipissing University
Nipissing University is a public liberal arts university located in North Bay, Ontario, Canada, on a site overlooking Lake Nipissing. The university's unique character is defined by its location in Northern Ontario, and a large and highly respected faculty of education...
. There is also a satellite campus at the Jack Garland Airport for their aviation programs, and a campus on Commerce Court where the theatre arts, police foundations, computer programming
Computer programming
Computer programming is the process of designing, writing, testing, debugging, and maintaining the source code of computer programs. This source code is written in one or more programming languages. The purpose of programming is to create a program that performs specific operations or exhibits a...
and other related programs are conducted.
- Cafeteria: Full-course meals and short-order lunches are available, along with Pizza Pizza, Mr. Sub and Tim Hortons. Access to microwaves is available.
- The Wall Bar & Grillhouse: A student operated restaurant/bar with a full roadhouse menu.
- Tim Hortons: Three on-campus locations
- The Canadore Room: lunches and dinners are offered at reasonable prices within this dining room, which is operated as part of the Hospitality/ Tourism program.
- Pal's Variety: An on-campus convenience store which offers food and snack items.
Residences
Canadore has two residences, a town-house style residence located directly beside the Education Centre (College Drive Campus), and a new apartment-style residence at the bottom of College Drive. Both residences provide single rooms.Canadore’s town-house residence offers accommodation for 350 students and the apartment-style residence houses 146 students. The townhouses have six bedrooms, a four-piece and a two-piece washroom, a kitchen, a large combined dining and living room area and limited storage space.
The bedrooms are furnished with a bed, desk, bookshelf, dresser, full-length mirror, study desk lamp, wall-to-wall carpeting and a closet.
Shared facilities include the kitchen, which is equipped with a fridge and stove, and the dining room, which is furnished with a table and six chairs. Two couches, a coffee table, two chairs and a lamp are also provided to make each living room.
The apartment-style residence, also referred to as Lower Residence, opened in September 2004. This new facility features six floors of four bedroom suites. A laundry room, mailboxes, a games room with a pool table, and assembly room can be found on the main floor. A lounge with a television and couches can be found on every other floor of this six-storey building. The room features a single bed, a desk with chair, shelving with space to hang clothes and a telephone. The suite includes two full bathrooms featuring a bath and shower, a common area with a television with cable, chairs and a coffee table, and a dining table with four chairs. A shared kitchen with cabinets, sink, stove and refrigerator is also in the common area.
A loft-style residence opened in downtown North Bay in time for students in September 2011, at the same time the construction for a second apartment-style residence building began beside the current one (which is supposed to be finished for September 2012).