Université de Moncton
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The Université de Moncton (abbr. U de M, transl. University of Moncton) is a French language university located in Moncton, New Brunswick
serving the Acadian
community of Atlantic Canada
. It is the only francophone university in New Brunswick and is one of only two such universities in the Maritimes
, the other being the Université Sainte-Anne
in Pointe-de-l'Église, Nova Scotia.
, 1864), Collège du Sacré-Cœur (Bathurst, 1999), and Collège Saint-Louis (Edmundston, 1946). In 1989, the Université of Moncton founded undergraduate degrees in adult education
. Alan Beddoe
designed the university coats of arms.
The National Film Board of Canada
documentary Acadia Acadia ?!? (1971), co-directed by Michel Brault
and Pierre Perrault
, documents how student protests at the university in 1968-69 sparked an awakening of Acadian
nationalism
.
.
The main campus at Moncton has eight faculties:
is one of only three French-language common law schools in Canada. (The University of Ottawa
and McGill University
also offer common law degrees in French.) The school was founded in 1978 in order to respond to the needs of francophone communities outside of Quebec. As Quebec practices civil law, there was a need to instruct francophone lawyers in common law to practice in other parts of Canada. The University of Ottawa law school teaches both common and civil law, as does McGill; thus the University of Moncton's Faculty of Law is the only exclusively French, exclusively common law school in Canada.
U de M offers both the basic LLB and the graduate LLM. The school also offers joint degrees: the LLB-MBA (Masters of Business) and LLB-MEE
(Masters of Environmental Studies). As well, students who already possess a civil law degree (an LL.L or a BCL
) from a Canadian school can enroll at the University of Moncton for two semesters to complete an LLB.
is the first such francophone school in the Maritimes
, outside the province of Quebec
.
Two of these libraries, Michel-Bastarache and Centre de ressources pédagogiques, are special libraries, catering to the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Education, respectively. The Centre d'études acadiennes, found on the lower level of Bibliothèque Champlain, is a world-renown and primary resource and archive center for Acadian studies.
by the Moncton Aigles Bleu
s. The Aigles Bleus have a male and female hockey
team, a male and female soccer team, a male and female athletics, a male and female Cross country running
team and a female volleyball
team.
Moncton, New Brunswick
Moncton is a Canadian city, located in Westmorland County, New Brunswick. The city is situated in southeastern New Brunswick, within the Petitcodiac River Valley, and lies at the geographic centre of the Maritime Provinces...
serving the Acadian
Acadian
The Acadians are the descendants of the 17th-century French colonists who settled in Acadia . Acadia was a colony of New France...
community of Atlantic Canada
Atlantic Canada
Atlantic Canada is the region of Canada comprising the four provinces located on the Atlantic coast, excluding Quebec: the three Maritime provinces – New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia – and Newfoundland and Labrador...
. It is the only francophone university in New Brunswick and is one of only two such universities in the Maritimes
Maritimes
The Maritime provinces, also called the Maritimes or the Canadian Maritimes, is a region of Eastern Canada consisting of three provinces, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. On the Atlantic coast, the Maritimes are a subregion of Atlantic Canada, which also includes the...
, the other being the Université Sainte-Anne
Université Sainte-Anne
Université Sainte-Anne is a francophone university located in the seaside town of Pointe-de-l'Église in Nova Scotia, Canada. It is the only French-language university in the province of Nova Scotia and is one of only two such universities in the Maritime Provinces, the other being the Université...
in Pointe-de-l'Église, Nova Scotia.
History
Founded on 19 June 1963, the modern Université de Moncton is the result of the merger of three colleges: Collège Saint-Joseph (MemramcookMemramcook, New Brunswick
Memramcook is a Canadian village in Westmorland County, New Brunswick. Located in south-eastern New Brunswick, the community is predominantly people of Acadian descent who speak the Chiac derivative of the French language....
, 1864), Collège du Sacré-Cœur (Bathurst, 1999), and Collège Saint-Louis (Edmundston, 1946). In 1989, the Université of Moncton founded undergraduate degrees in adult education
Adult education
Adult education is the practice of teaching and educating adults. Adult education takes place in the workplace, through 'extension' school or 'school of continuing education' . Other learning places include folk high schools, community colleges, and lifelong learning centers...
. Alan Beddoe
Alan Beddoe
Lieutenant-Commander Alan Brookman Beddoe, OC, OBE, HFHS, FHSC was a Canadian artist, war artist, consultant in heraldry and founder and first president of the Heraldry Society of Canada in 1965....
designed the university coats of arms.
The National Film Board of Canada
National Film Board of Canada
The National Film Board of Canada is Canada's twelve-time Academy Award-winning public film producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary, animation, alternative drama and digital media productions...
documentary Acadia Acadia ?!? (1971), co-directed by Michel Brault
Michel Brault
Michel Brault, OQ is a Quebec cinematographer, cameraman, film director, screenwriter and film producer. He is a leading figure of Direct Cinema, characteristic of the French branch of the National Film Board of Canada in the 1960s...
and Pierre Perrault
Pierre Perrault
Pierre Perrault was a Québécois documentary film director. He directed 20 films between 1963 and 1996. He was one of the most important filmmakers in Canada although largely unknown outside of Québec...
, documents how student protests at the university in 1968-69 sparked an awakening of Acadian
Acadian
The Acadians are the descendants of the 17th-century French colonists who settled in Acadia . Acadia was a colony of New France...
nationalism
Nationalism
Nationalism is a political ideology that involves a strong identification of a group of individuals with a political entity defined in national terms, i.e. a nation. In the 'modernist' image of the nation, it is nationalism that creates national identity. There are various definitions for what...
.
Campuses
The university is divided into three campuses- Campus Universitaire de Moncton, in Moncton (main campus)
- Campus Universitaire d'Edmunston, in Edmundston
- Campus Universitaire de Shippagan, in Shippagan
Buildings
The Léopold-Taillon Building was built between 1945 and 1948, is on the Registry of Historic Places of Canada.Partnerships
The university is a member of L'Association des universités de la francophonie canadienne (en: Association of Universities of the Canadian Francophonie), a network of academic institutions of the Canadian FrancophonieAssociation of Universities of the Canadian Francophonie
Association of Universities of the Canadian Francophonie promotes university education in minority francophone communities in Canada, through cooperation between its member institutions...
.
Faculties
- Administration
- Arts and Social Sciences
- Education
- Engineering students can choose to specialize in the following disciplines: Civil EngineeringCivil engineeringCivil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings...
, Electrical EngineeringElectrical engineeringElectrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical...
and Mechanical EngineeringMechanical engineeringMechanical engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. It is the branch of engineering that involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the... - Graduate Studies
- Health Sciences and Community Services
- L'École de nutrition et d'études familiales has an accredited dietetic program. The university is accredited by a professional organization such as the Dietitians of CanadaDietitians of CanadaDietitians of Canada is the professional organization and "nation-wide voice of dietitians in Canada". They claim to be the most trusted source of information on food and nutrition for Canadians. DC brings brings the knowledge and skills of its members together to informdecisions that affect...
and the university's graduates may subsequently become registered dietitians. List of universities with accredited dietetic programs
- L'École de nutrition et d'études familiales has an accredited dietetic program. The university is accredited by a professional organization such as the Dietitians of Canada
- Sciences
- LawUniversité de Moncton École de droitFounded in 1978, the Université de Moncton Faculté de droit is the only law faculty in Canada offering a common law legal education taught entirely in French. Other universities such as the University of Ottawa and McGill offer some courses in French...
Faculty of Law
The University of Moncton's Faculty of LawUniversité de Moncton École de droit
Founded in 1978, the Université de Moncton Faculté de droit is the only law faculty in Canada offering a common law legal education taught entirely in French. Other universities such as the University of Ottawa and McGill offer some courses in French...
is one of only three French-language common law schools in Canada. (The University of Ottawa
University of Ottawa
The University of Ottawa is a bilingual, research-intensive, non-denominational, international university in Ottawa, Ontario. It is one of the oldest universities in Canada. It was originally established as the College of Bytown in 1848 by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate...
and McGill University
McGill University
Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
also offer common law degrees in French.) The school was founded in 1978 in order to respond to the needs of francophone communities outside of Quebec. As Quebec practices civil law, there was a need to instruct francophone lawyers in common law to practice in other parts of Canada. The University of Ottawa law school teaches both common and civil law, as does McGill; thus the University of Moncton's Faculty of Law is the only exclusively French, exclusively common law school in Canada.
U de M offers both the basic LLB and the graduate LLM. The school also offers joint degrees: the LLB-MBA (Masters of Business) and LLB-MEE
Mée
Mée is the name or part of the name of the following communes in France:* Mée, Mayenne in the Mayenne department* Le Mée, Eure-et-Loir in the Eure-et-Loir department* Le Mée-sur-Seine in the Seine-et-Marne department* Mées in the Landes department...
(Masters of Environmental Studies). As well, students who already possess a civil law degree (an LL.L or a BCL
Bachelor of Civil Law
Bachelor of Civil Law is the name of various degrees in law conferred by English-language universities. Historically, it originated as a postgraduate degree in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, but many universities now offer the BCL as an undergraduate degree...
) from a Canadian school can enroll at the University of Moncton for two semesters to complete an LLB.
Faculty of Medicine
The University of Moncton's Faculty of MedicineCentre de Formation Médicale du Nouveau-Brunswick
The Centre de Formation Médicale du Nouveau-Brunswick is a joint campus of Université de Sherbrooke in Moncton, New Brunswick.- History :...
is the first such francophone school in the Maritimes
Maritimes
The Maritime provinces, also called the Maritimes or the Canadian Maritimes, is a region of Eastern Canada consisting of three provinces, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. On the Atlantic coast, the Maritimes are a subregion of Atlantic Canada, which also includes the...
, outside the province of Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
.
Libraries
There are six libraries and resource centers across the three campuses: Bibliothèque Champlain (Moncton), Bibliothèque Michel-Bastarache (Moncton), Centre d'études acadiennes (Moncton), Centre de ressources pédagogiques (Moncton), Bibliothèque Rhéa-Larose (Edmundston) and Bibliothèque Shippagan. All records from these libraries are gathered into one catalogue: Catalogue Éloïze.Two of these libraries, Michel-Bastarache and Centre de ressources pédagogiques, are special libraries, catering to the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Education, respectively. The Centre d'études acadiennes, found on the lower level of Bibliothèque Champlain, is a world-renown and primary resource and archive center for Acadian studies.
Athletics
The university is represented in Canadian Interuniversity SportCanadian Interuniversity Sport
Canadian Interuniversity Sport is the national governing body of university sport in Canada, comprising the majority of degree granting universities in the country. Its equivalent body for organized sports at colleges in Canada is The Canadian Colleges Athletic Association...
by the Moncton Aigles Bleu
Moncton Aigles Bleu
The Moncton Aigles Bleus are the athletic teams that represent Université de Moncton in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. They play in the CIS League, which encompasses university teams from across Canada...
s. The Aigles Bleus have a male and female hockey
Hockey
Hockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:...
team, a male and female soccer team, a male and female athletics, a male and female Cross country running
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
team and a female volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
team.
Noted faculty and alumni / alumnae
- Michel BastaracheMichel BastaracheJ. E. Michel Bastarache is a Canadian lawyer, businessman, and retired puisne justice on the Supreme Court of Canada....
, Puisne JusticePuisne JusticeA Puisne Justice or Puisne Judge is the title for a regular member of a Court. This is distinguished from the head of the Court who is known as the Chief Justice or Chief Judge. The term is used almost exclusively in common law jurisdictions such as England, Australia, Kenya, Canada, Sri Lanka,...
on the Supreme Court of CanadaSupreme Court of CanadaThe Supreme Court of Canada is the highest court of Canada and is the final court of appeals in the Canadian justice system. The court grants permission to between 40 and 75 litigants each year to appeal decisions rendered by provincial, territorial and federal appellate courts, and its decisions... - Joël BourgeoisJoël BourgeoisJoël Denis Bourgeois is a middle- and long-distance runner competing for Canada. He won the gold medal for Canada in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada...
, 1500m steeplechase runner, 3-time competitor at the Olympic Games - Herménégilde ChiassonHerménégilde Chiasson-External links:* entry in *...
, Professor, poet and playwright, and former Lieutenant Governor of New BrunswickLieutenant Governor of New BrunswickThe Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick or Lieutenante-gouverneure du Nouveau-Brunswick) is the viceregal representative in New Brunswick of the Canadian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, who operates distinctly within the province but is also shared equally with the ten other jurisdictions of Canada... - Stéphane DionStéphane DionStéphane Maurice Dion, PC, MP is a Canadian politician who has been the Member of Parliament for the riding of Saint-Laurent–Cartierville in Montreal since 1996. He was the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and the Leader of the Opposition in the Canadian House of Commons from 2006 to 2008...
, Professor, academic, Cabinet Minister, and Former Liberal PartyLiberal Party of CanadaThe Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
Leader - Alain HachéAlain HachéAlain Haché is an experimental physicist, a professor at the University of Moncton, Canada. Since 2003 he holds the Canada Research Chair in Photonics...
, Professor of physics, demonstrated superluminal electric pulse propagation - Roméo LeBlancRoméo LeBlancRoméo-Adrien LeBlanc was a Canadian journalist, politician, and statesman who served as Governor General of Canada, the 25th since Canadian Confederation....
, Former Governor General of CanadaGovernor General of CanadaThe Governor General of Canada is the federal viceregal representative of the Canadian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II...
graduated from Collège St-Joseph - James E. LockyerJames E. LockyerJames Edward Lockyer, CD is a Canadian lawyer, law professor, and politician.Lockyer graduated with a BA degree from Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick then earned his law degree at the University of New Brunswick. He went on to London, England to study at the London School of...
, Professor of law - Bernard LordBernard LordBernard Lord, ONB, QC, is a Canadian politician and lobbyist. Lord served as the 30th Premier of New Brunswick from 1999 to 2006.-Early life:...
, former Premier of New Brunswick, brother of Roger Lord - Roger LordRoger LordRoger Lord is an internationally acclaimed performing classical pianist and Professor of Piano at l'Université de Moncton in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada....
, internationally acclaimed concert pianist and Professor of Piano at the U de M, brother of Bernard Lord - Antonine MailletAntonine MailletAntonine Maillet, is an Acadian novelist, playwright, and scholar. She was born in Bouctouche, New Brunswick and lives in Montreal, Quebec....
, Acadian author and winner of the Prix GoncourtPrix GoncourtThe Prix Goncourt is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year"... - Jean-Guy PoitrasJean-Guy PoitrasJean-Guy Poitras is a Canadian badminton referee, originally from Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, in northwest New Brunswick.He is a professor of physical education at the Edmundston Campus of the University of Moncton and was Dean there from 1996 to 2001...
, member of the New Brunswick Sports Hall of FameNew Brunswick Sports Hall of FameThe New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame was established in 1970 to honor outstanding athletes, teams and sport builders in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The facilities are located in the provincial capital city of Fredericton....
. - Stéphan Reebs, professor of biology, ethologist, author
- Donald Savoie, professor of public administration and author
- Camille ThériaultCamille ThériaultCamille Henri Thériault served as the 29th Premier of the Canadian province of New Brunswick.The son of Joséphine Martin and Norbert Thériault, a former provincial cabinet minister and Canadian Senator, Camille Thériault was born in Baie-Ste-Anne, New Brunswick, and graduated from Baie-Sainte-Anne...
, former Premier of New Brunswick
See also
- Higher education in New BrunswickHigher education in New BrunswickHigher education in New Brunswick refers to education provided by higher education institutions in the Canadian province of New Brunswick...
- List of universities in New Brunswick
- Canadian Interuniversity SportCanadian Interuniversity SportCanadian Interuniversity Sport is the national governing body of university sport in Canada, comprising the majority of degree granting universities in the country. Its equivalent body for organized sports at colleges in Canada is The Canadian Colleges Athletic Association...
- Canadian government scientific research organizationsCanadian government scientific research organizationsExpenditures by federal and provincial organizations on scientific research and development accounted for about 10% of all such spending in Canada in 2006...
- Canadian university scientific research organizationsCanadian university scientific research organizationsExpenditures by Canadian universities on scientific research and development accounted for about 40% of all spending on scientific research and development in Canada in 2006....
- Canadian industrial research and development organizationsCanadian industrial research and development organizationsExpenditures by Canadian corporations on research and development accounted for about 50% of all spending on scientific research and development in Canada in 2007....