Algoma University College
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| Motto | "Truth, Knowledge, and Wisdom" |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1965 |
| Chancellor | Shirley Horn |
| President | Celia Ross (acting) |
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Academic staff
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75 |
| Undergraduates | 1600 |
| Location | Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada |
| Campus | Urban |
| Tag line | Small University, Big Education |
| Colours | red, grey, white |
| Athletics | Algoma Thunderbirds |
| Mascot | Boomer the Thunderbolt |
| Affiliations | AUCC, CBIE |
| Website | www.algomau.ca |
Coordinates: 46°30′12.86″N 84°17′56.08″W / 46.5035722°N 84.2989111°W
Algoma University (Algoma U) is a post-secondary institution in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. Established in 1965, Algoma University is the smallest undergraduate-only university in Ontario. With a particular focus on the needs of Northern Ontario, Algoma U is a teaching-focused and student-centred post-secondary institution, specializing in liberal arts, sciences, and professional degree programs. Located on the former site of the Shingwauk Indian Residential School, Algoma U has a special mission to provide and cultivate cross-cultural learning between Aboriginal populations and other communities. Algoma U also offers satellite programming in Brampton and Timmins, Ontario.
From its founding in 1965 until June 18, 2008, Algoma U was an affiliated college of Laurentian University in Sudbury and was officially known as Algoma University College. The enabling legislation is the Algoma University Act, 2008.
The original vision for Shingwauk Hall in the early 19th century came from Chief Shingwauk, the chief of the Garden River Ojibway people, as he felt "that the future Ojibway needed to learn the white man's academic method of education in order to survive in what was becoming a 'predominately non-native world with non-native values'". While Chief Shingwauk's vision of a teaching wigwam for his people would not come to fruition in his lifetime, a residential school would eventually receive funding in 1872 from the combined efforts of Chiefs Augustin Shingwauk and Buhkwujjenene Shingwauk (Chief Shingwauk's sons) and the Anglican Missionary, Rev. Edward Francis Wilson. The initial building was constructed in Garden River First Nation in 1873 and housed 16 students. It tragically burnt down 6 days later. A new building was erected in Sault Ste. Marie in 1875. The residential school provided religious instruction and occupational training for Indian youth.
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