John Abbott College
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| Motto | Lakeside view, global vision. |
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| Type | public |
| Established | 1971 |
| Dean | Erich Schmedt |
| Director General | John Halpin |
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Administrative staff
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700+ |
| Students | 7000 |
| Undergraduates | pre-university, technical, and continuing education students |
| Location |
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada Coordinates: 45°24′20.68″N 73°56′30.56″W / 45.4057444°N 73.9418222°W |
| Campus | suburban (1,600 acres or 650 hectares) |
| Sports teams | Islanders |
| Colours | Gold and Blue |
| Nickname | JAC, Abbott |
| Mascot | Islander |
| Affiliations | McGill University, CIC, ACCC, CCAA, QSSF, CBIE |
| Website | johnabbott.qc.ca |
John Abbott College is an English-language public college located in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada, near the western tip of the Island of Montreal. John Abbott College is one of eight English public colleges in Quebec. The college primarily serves the Greater Montreal Region. The CEGEP shares grounds with McGill University's Macdonald Campus.
The college was accredited in 1970 and opened the next year. It is housed in early 20th-century buildings on a 1,600 acres (650 ha) campus shared with McGill University's Macdonald College. The college is named after John Abbott, prime minister, and former Mayor of Montreal who owned a country estate in nearby Senneville. He is most remembered for his role in the Pacific Scandal, the political corruption case which brought down the government of Sir John A. Macdonald in 1873.
The college originally planned to build a new campus in Pointe-Claire next to Fairview Pointe-Claire. It "temporarily" moved into buildings on the Macdonald College campus that had been vacated the previous year by McGill's Faculty of Education when it moved to its downtown campus. Additional temporary facilities were rented on Hymus Boulevard in Kirkland, known as the Kirkland Campus. A shuttle bus connected the two campuses. In 1973, the college decided to consolidate the college in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue by constructing a new building (subsequently named the Casgrain Centre) and renovating the existing buildings. The Kirkland Campus closed in December 1979, and the construction and renovations were completed in 1981. It remained the last college in Quebec renting its campus until 2002, when it bought its buildings from the University. McGill University still owns and operates the majority of the land on campus.
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