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At Cape Breton University, graduate satisfaction leads the country as CBU
graduates have ranked their overall educational experience, teaching and
instruction as Number One in Canada (2006 Maclean's University Graduate
Satisfaction Survey).
Cape Breton University promises and delivers an
exceptional educational experience for students. Our faculty, students and
graduates are recognized nationally and internationally for innovative
accomplishments from academic excellence to athletic prowess. These successes
contribute to Cape Breton University's growing reputation for excellence both in
and out of the classroom.
Find out more about life at CBU using the menu
on the left. And don't forget our Frequently Asked Questions page, for
information ranging from scholarships to class sizes.
And if there's
anything you'd like more information on, just email us at
welcome@cbu.ca
We want your future to be all that it can be. If you are
looking for a high-quality education and an exceptional life experience, join us
at Cape Breton University.
History
- CBU traces its roots to 1951
when the "St. Francis Xavier University Sydney Campus", also referred to as
"Xavier Junior College" (XJC), was opened in downtown Sydney as a satellite
campus of St. Francis Xavier University. Growth during the 1950s saw several
buildings opened on this site.
In 1968 the "Nova Scotia Eastern
Institute of Technology" (NSEIT) opened in 1968 on the Sydney-Glace Bay Highway,
immediately east of Sydney. This institution focused on business technology and
trades and its development was largely enabled by federal and provincial funding
at a time when the coal and steel industries in Industrial Cape Breton were
facing serious challenges.
In 1974, the first university college in
Canada was established on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia through an
amalgamation of the Nova Scotia Eastern Institute of Technology and Xavier
Junior College. The Xavier Junior College was affiliated previously with St
Francis Xavier University. The University College of Cape Breton became a public
degree-granting institution, and retained technical and vocational programs from
the former Nova Scotia Eastern Institute of Technology. Cape Breton University
was established by the Cape Breton University Act.
Mission
- To
provide leadership and employ partnerships that assist learners and their
communities to meet their educational, cultural, and economic needs.
Vision
- To be Canada's best University, understood and respected
for its uniqueness, sense of purpose, creativity in learning, and the
capabilities of its learners and the quality of its educational, training and
discovery models. These put learners first in a community-based educational
environment that identifies and celebrates humanistic values while embracing
creativity and innovation for the common good.
- The University will
realize its vision by:
Providing the learner with access to high quality
learning programs and experiences which reflect, integrate, and develop
knowledge traditions of the liberal arts, sciences, technologies, and trades;
Ensuring the continued pursuit of excellence in education, scholarship, service,
and innovation, while recognizing the diversity of learners and celebrating the
contribution of all learners to the community of scholars; and Emphasizing
partnerships with the people, cultures, and communities of Cape Breton and
expanding connections to the wider global community, its peoples and cultures.
Values
- Shared values are fundamental to the success of the
University in achieving its mission and realizing its vision. When pursuing its
mission and vision, CBU will share values such as people, process, partnerships
and flexible education, training and discovery
models.
Principles
- CBU accepts that the principles of academic
freedom, accountability, integrity, innovation and obligation to society are
fundamental to effective transfer of knowledge, scholarship, creativity,
discovery, quality teaching and learning experiences that are of benefit to
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