Confederation College

Coordinates: 48°24′10.07″N 89°15′59.98″W / 48.4027972°N 89.2666611°W / 48.4027972; -89.2666611

**Confederation College**

Established	1967
Endowment	4.7 million
President	Jim Madder
Students	7,605 annually (3,400 full-time, 4,205 part-time)
Undergraduates	available
Postgraduates	not available
Address	P.O. Box 398, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada P7C 4W1, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Campus	Urban
Sports teams	Confederation Thunderhawks
Colors	Red and Blue
Nickname	Thunderhawks
Affiliations	ACCC, CCAA, CSA, CBIE, CUP, Negahneewin College
Website	http://www.confederationcollege.ca

Confederation College is a provincially-funded college of applied arts and technology located in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. It was established in 1967, and has area campuses in Dryden, Fort Frances, Geraldton, Kenora, Marathon, Sioux Lookout, Red Lake and Wawa. The college, with its area campuses, serves an area of approximately 550,000 square kilometres. It is the only public college servicing Northwestern Ontario. Confederation's regional economic impact and contribution is valued at $411.2 million annually.^[1]

A leader in Indigenous education, Confederation College helps set policy for Indigenous learning across the post-secondary education sector. It offers niche Indigenous programs and many supports and services for its Indigenous learners.

History

Confederation College was founded as a trade school in 1967, during the formation of Ontario’s college system. Air Vice Marshal (ret'd) Douglas Bradshaw was the first president of Confederation College from March 6, 1967 to 1974. His vision of an aviation program in the north was implemented in the College’s Aviation Centre of Excellence. He died on 1/10/1996. In his memory, the Douglas Bradshaw Athletic Achievement Award is presented to a graduating student, having the most improvement in and contribution to athletics and whose quality of spirit and competitive drive contributed to the overall success of the Confederation College Athletic program.^[2]

Programs

The college offers a full range of programs and educational services throughout the region, which includes over 60 full-time post-secondary programs, as well as part-time credit and non-credit courses, specialty programs for business and industry, pre-employment and skills training programs, apprenticeship programs and cooperative/workplace training programs.

Each year, Confederation College has approximately 3,400 full-time post-secondary students, 370 apprentices, 550 adult training students and 4,205 part-time post-secondary students & many thousand students accessing continuing education courses. The student body includes a large population of Indigenous students, and a growing population of International students.

Thunder Bay campus

The Thunder Bay campus is Confederation College's main campus and is home to five campus buildings (Shuniah, Dorion, Neebing, Conmee & McIntyre buildings), with the apartment-style student residences located in Spruce and Cedar Houses, and traditional dorm-style student residences located Sibley Hall. Also present on the Thunder Bay Campus is the Thunder Bay Art Gallery. Located at the Thunder Bay International Airport is the college's School of Aviation in a facility known as the Aviation Centre of Excellence. The Thunder Bay campus is also home to the Confederation College Student Union offices.

Dryden campus

Confederation College's Dryden campus is located in Dryden, Ontario in the Dryden Regional Training & Cultural Centre. It offers programs in Business, Community Services, Engineering Technology, Health, Hospitality, Natural Resources and Skilled Trades, as well as preparatory programs.^[3]

Greenstone campus (Geraldton)

Confederation College's Greenstone Campus is located in Geraldton, Ontario in the Geraldton High School. It offers programs in Business, Community Services, Engineering Technology, Health and Hospitality, as well as preparatory programs.^[4]

Lake of the Woods campus (Kenora)

Confederation College's Lake of the Woods Campus is located in Kenora, Ontario. It offers programs in Business, Community Services, Engineering Technology, Health, Hospitality, Natural Resources and Skilled Trades, as well as preparatory programs.^[5]

Northshore campus (Marathon)

Confederation College's Northshore campus is located in Marathon, Ontario. It offers programs in Business, Community Services, Engineering Technology, Health, Hospitality and Natural Resources, as well as preparatory programs.^[6]

Rainy River District campus (Fort Frances)

Confederation College's Rainy River District campus is located in Fort Frances, Ontario within Fort Frances' multi-use facility, which also houses Fort Frances High School and the Townshend Theatre. It offers programs in Business, Community Services, Engineering Technology, Health, Hospitality, Natural Resources and Skilled Trades, as well as preparatory programs.^[7]

Red Lake campus

Confederation College's Red Lake campus is located in Red Lake, Ontario in the Red Lake District High School. It offers programs in Business, Community Services, Engineering Technology, Health and Hospitality, as well as preparatory programs.^[8]

Sioux Lookout campus

Confederation College's Sioux Lookout campus is located in Sioux Lookout, Ontario. It offers programs in Business, Community Services, Engineering Technology, Health and Hospitality, as well as preparatory programs.^[9]

Wawa campus

Confederation College's Wawa campus is located in Wawa, Ontario in the Regional Training & Technology Centre. It offers programs in Business, Community Services, Engineering Technology, Health and Hospitality, as well as preparatory programs.^[10]

Scholarships

Confederation College offers a number of financial scholarships, bursaries and awards to students to assist with their educational costs. These are given out based on financial need, academic achievement or extra-curricular/community involvement. On average, student awards exceed $400,000 each year.^[11]

References

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Post-secondary education in Ontario

Degree-granting institutions

Public Universities^[1]	Algoma Brock Carleton Dominican Guelph Lakehead Laurentian Laurier McMaster Nipissing OCADU Ottawa Queen's RMC Ryerson Toronto Trent UOIT Waterloo Western Windsor York

Private Universities^[2]	Baptist Bible College Canada Canada Christian Canadian Reformed Seminary Emmanuel FaithWay Baptist Great Lakes Bible College Heritage Baptist Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies ICS Maimonides Master's Redeemer St. Philip's Talpiot College Toronto Baptist Tyndale Yeshivas Ner Yisroel of Toronto

All above institutions are either established through an Act of the Legislative Assembly or through a Royal Charter

Degree Programs Offered^{under Ministerial Consent}	Adler School of Professional Psychology CMCC RCC

Affiliated Colleges	Assumption Brescia Canterbury Conrad Grebel Huron Iona King's Renison St. Jerome's St. Paul's

Community colleges

Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology	Algonquin^† Boréal Cambrian^† Canadore Centennial^† Confederation^† Durham Fanshawe^† Fleming^† George Brown^† La Cité^† Lambton^† Loyalist^† Mohawk^† Niagara^† Northern St. Clair^† St. Lawrence^† Sault Seneca^†

Institutes of Technology and Advanced Learning	Conestoga^† Humber^† Sheridan^†

Institutes of Advanced Studies	Georgian^†

^†Degree programs offered

Other recognized institutions

Specialist institutions	Michener

Affiliated Colleges	Assumption Brescia Canterbury Conrad Grebel Huron Huntington Iona King's PIMS Renison St. Jerome's St. Paul's Thorneloe

Aboriginal institutes

Anishinabek First Nations Kenjgewin Teg Iohahi:io Akwesasne Negahneewin Ogwehoweh Oshki-Pimache-O-Win Seven Generations Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig Six Nations Polytechnic

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