Centennial College of Applied Arts and Technology

Centennial College is Ontario’s first community college, established in 1966, primarily serving the eastern portion of the Greater Toronto Area through four campuses and six satellite locations. It has a record of exemplary teaching, innovative programming and extensive partnership building. Centennial is recognized as one of the most culturally diverse post-secondary institutions in Canada. Almost 100 ethnocultural groups are represented and 80 languages are spoken on campus. Centennial is committed to both broad public access and successful career education. It offers more than 90- diploma, certificate and degree programs on a full-time and continuing education basis in business, communication arts, community and consumer services, engineering technology, health and transportation. These career-oriented programs emphasize practical experience with laboratory learning, placements, as well as co-op education. Students also prepare for college and university through the General Arts and Science program and English language training. Centennial enrolled 12,500 full-time students and almost 30,000 part-time learners in 2003. Almost 600 business, industry, government and labour leaders serve on individual program advisory committees, keeping programs responsive and relevant to the needs of the employment market. Since its inaugural convocation in 1967, Centennial has honoured more than 83,000 graduates. Centennial is noted for business education, supported by numerous corporate partners. In 1997, the college established a call center training facility ¾ the first of its kind in Ontario. Building on its success, the School of Business launched its Centre for E-business and Network Technologies to orient students to business practices on the Internet and beyond. Centennial’s Centre for Creative Communications in East York is one of Canada’s best interactive multimedia training facilities. This content-driven, high-tech campus represents a $45-million investment in technology, including $17 million from the private sector. Renowned for its strong industry connections and ability to produce highly skilled graduates, the Centre was named one of Canada’s top new media schools by they editors of Shift magazine in 2002. The college operates the nation’s largest transportation training facility with more than $30 million worth of aircraft, vehicles and equipment on hand at Ashtonbee Campus. The highly innovative Modified Apprenticeship programs (MAPs) were created with partners Ford Motor Company of Canada Ltd., General Motors of Canada, Honda Canada Inc., Toyota Canada Inc., Canadian Tire, Freightliner, and Volvo Trucks Canada. Students are educated on name-brand technology in world-class workshops and labs.