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Welcome to Sault College.
Whatever your educational goals, Sault College
is dedicated to satisfying your learning needs. With enthusiastic staff, small
class sizes and a student-to-faculty ratio lower than the provincial average,
Sault College students learn in a supportive environment.
We are very
proud to be Ontario's fastest growing college.
Exciting things are
happening at Sault College. This year the college will have over $48.4 million
dollars in capital projects starting on campus. The Algoma Public Health
building construction has begun and a new hangar at the airport is being
constructed to accommodate growth in our aviation student population.
Furthermore, a campus rebuild including a Knowledge Infrastructure Program
capital funding project that both provincial and federal governments have
contributed to substantially, has begun on the College s campus. Also, ten new
programs being planned with students in mind are set to launch during the 2010
academic year.
History
Our College's proud history over more than
three decades can easily be divided into three eras.
In the fall of
1965, the institution opened its doors as the Sault Ste. Marie Ontario
Vocational Centre, or OVC. Similar "training schools" began in London and
Ottawa.
The OVCs evolved into Ontario's community colleges. In 1967 the
Ontario government established a system of Colleges of Applied Arts &
Technology, more often known as community colleges.
Sault Ste. Marie's
OVC became the Sault Campus of the newly established Cambrian College of Applied
Arts & Technology. Its main campus was located in Sudbury. A second satellite
campus opened in North Bay.
Community colleges enjoyed immediate public
acceptance and support. In fact, Cambrian's enrolment growth was so rapid that
within only five years the satellites became independent colleges.
The
independent Sault College of Applied Arts & Technology emerged in 1973.
Cambrian's second satellite campus - in North Bay - became Canadore College of
Applied Arts & Technology.
Sault College has grown tremendously over the
years, adding programs in all disciplines. We now respond to the postsecondary
educational needs of more than 9,000 part-time and full-time students each year. |
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