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About Niagara College
A Brief History of Niagara College
Since
opening its doors in 1967 in the City of Welland and expanding into St.
Catharines, Niagara Falls, and Niagara-on-the-Lake, Niagara College has grown to
become a leader in education and training and one of the most enterprising
colleges in Canada.
Today it offers more than 90 post-secondary diploma
and graduate certificate programs, bachelor degree programs, and skills and
apprenticeship training.
In the 1990s, operations were consolidated at
three campus locations. The Welland Campus is home to our programs in
technology, communications, health and community, policing and public safety,
and automotive.
The NOTL Campus, which opened in 1998, provides
state-of-the-art facilities and living labs for our environmental,
horticulture, hospitality and tourism, and business programs.
Glendale
is also home to the Centre for Advanced Visualization, which applies virtual
reality technology to projects from around the world, as well as the Niagara
College Greenhouse and Teaching Winery the first teaching winery in Canada.
In March 2004, the School of Hospitality and Tourism and the Niagara
Culinary Institute relocated from the Maid of the Mist Campus in Niagara Falls
to a new facility at the NOTL Campus. The new facility features food preparation
laboratories, a 100-seat dining room, wine tasting lab, classrooms and office
space.
In response to the rapid growth of Niagara s tourism sector and
the anticipated demand for thousands of new workers, the College established the
Tourism Industry Development Centre (TIDC). Housed at the Maid of the Mist
Campus in Niagara Falls, the TIDC serves as a dedicated industry development and
training resource for the hospitality and tourism sector.
Together, our
specialty campuses, partnerships and outstanding programs combine to make
Niagara College a growing and dynamic asset to the regional economy vibrant,
enterprising and focused on the future. |
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