Motto | Start Here. Go Anywhere. |
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Type | Public College of Applied Arts and Technology |
Established | 1966 |
Affiliation | non-denominational |
President | Patti France |
Academic staff
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Approximately 264 |
Students | full time, part-time and continuing |
Undergraduates | Available |
Location |
2000 Talbot Road West Windsor, Ontario, Canada N9A 6S4 |
Campus | Suburban |
Sports Teams | Saints |
Colours |
Black, Gold, Green |
Mascot | Griffin |
Affiliations | CCAA, OCAA, ACCC, CBIE |
Website | http://www.stclaircollege.ca |
Coordinates: 42°14′48.02″N 83°01′07.26″W / 42.2466722°N 83.0186833°W
St. Clair College of Applied Arts and Technology is a college in the Southwestern Ontario counties of Essex and Chatham-Kent. It is ranked in the top 5 best colleges to go to in Ontario as of 2014
Its main administration and largest campus sites are in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. In addition, other campuses are located in Chatham and Wallaceburg. In 2007, St. Clair College expanded to downtown Windsor by purchasing the former City of Windsor owned Cleary International Centre. In 2009, St. Clair College bought the former City of Windsor owned Salvation Army building in downtown Windsor for $1. With a $5 million grant from the federal government the building was turned into a state of the art journalism school; the first of its kind in Canada. In 2014 St.Clair College Built a new sportscomplex just behind and on the other side of the street of the residence
The college has its roots in the Western Ontario Institute of Technology, founded in 1958 to supplement the then-Ryerson Institute in Toronto, now Ryerson University. With the advent of the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology, St. Clair was founded in 1966; the two institutions were merged a year later. Growth of the college has generally paralleled that of Windsor. Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology were established on May 21, 1965. It is an Ontario College of Applied Arts and Technology. The school was founded in 1966 as part of a provincial initiative to create many such institutions to provide career-oriented diploma and certificate courses, as well as continuing education programs to Ontario communities.