Algonquin College
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| Motto | Your goals, your career, your college |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1967 |
| President | Cheryl Jensen |
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Administrative staff
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1,151 full time |
| Students | 19,000 full-time; 37,000 part-time |
| Undergraduates | Available |
| Postgraduates | Available |
| Location |
1385 Woodroffe Avenue Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K2G 1V8 |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colours | green and white |
| Nickname | Algonquin Thunder |
| Mascot | Thor |
| Affiliations | CCAA, ACCC, AUCC, CBIE, Polytechnics Canada |
| Website | algonquincollege.com |
Coordinates: 45°20′48.97″N 75°45′33.79″W / 45.3469361°N 75.7593861°W
Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology is a publicly funded English-language college and member of Polytechnics Canada located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The college serves the National Capital Region and the outlying areas of Eastern Ontario, Western Quebec, and Upstate New York. The college has three campuses; a primary campus located in Ottawa, Ontario, and secondary campuses located in Perth, Ontario, and Pembroke, Ontario. The enabling legislation is the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities Act.
The college was established during the formation of Ontario’s college system in 1967. Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology were established on May 21, 1965 when the Ontario system of public colleges was created. The founding institutions were the Eastern Ontario Institute of Technology (established in 1957) and the Ontario Vocational Centre Ottawa (established in 1965 at the Woodroffe Campus and known as OVC). The original 8 acres site on Woodroffe Avenue was donated to the city by Mr and Mrs Frank Ryan.
The Ottawa architecture firm of Burgess, McLean & MacPhadyen designed the midcentury academic complex with open-ended blocks alternatively faced with long glass expanses in a semi-gambrel formation that make up the curtain walls and precast aggregate panels. The corporate campus or modernist academic acropolis spread across North America in the early 1960s. The entrance is via a deeply recessed terrace that's overhung with small white ceramic tiles and vintage can lights. The long walls are bumped out to float over the foundation. The foundation plantings keep the blocks from appearing stark.
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