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Cégep De Thetford
Cégep de Thetford is a College of general and vocational education (CEGEP) in Thetford Mines, Quebec, Canada. It is located at 671 boulevard Frontenac Ouest. It was established in 1969. The Cégep de Thetford welcomes international students through various programs. These students come from a dozen different countries, including France. Five residences are located in the vicinity of the Cégep de Thetford, offering more than 130 students the opportunity to live there. The Cégep also offers six programs of study in the Lotbinière region, thanks to its Centre d'études collégiales located in Saint-Agapit. Notable alumni *Tidjan Keita (born 1996), French-Guinean basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League * Matthew Bergeron (born 2000), Canadian gridiron football player for Syracuse University, selected by the Atlanta Falcons with the 38th overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft The 2023 NFL Draft will be the 88th annual meeting of National Football League (N ...
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Thetford Mines
Thetford Mines (Canada 2021 Census population 26,072) is a city in south-central Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality. The city is located in the Appalachian Mountains, 141 miles northeast of Montreal and 107 km south of Quebec City.Thetford Mines
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It is known mostly as the asbestos capital of Canada.


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Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Government of Canada, Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is the List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area and the second-largest by Population of Canada by province and territory, population. Much of the population lives in urban areas along the St. Lawrence River, between the most populous city, Montreal, and the provincial capital, Quebec City. Quebec is the home of the Québécois people, Québécois nation. Located in Central Canada, the province shares land borders with Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, New Brunswick to the southeast, and a coastal border with Nunavut; in the south it borders Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York (state), New York in the United ...
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Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching , is the world's longest binational land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces and ...
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CEGEP
A CEGEP ( or ; ), also written cégep, CÉGEP and cegep, is a publicly funded college providing technical, academic, vocational or a mix of programs; they are exclusive to the province of Quebec's education system. A loanword from French, it originates from the French acronym for , sometimes known in English as a "General and Vocational College"—it is now considered a word in itself. Although all colleges in Quebec are colloquially referred to as CEGEPs, only public colleges are officially referred to by that name. Both public (CEGEPs) and private colleges have the same function in Quebec. Although they may occasionally be compared to junior colleges or community colleges, CEGEPs differ in that a Diploma of College Studies (or , DEC) is required for university admission in Quebec, unless a student enters as a mature student, which typically means a minimum age of 21, with other requirements. A student in Quebec typically cannot enter university with only a secondary di ...
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Tidjan Keita
Tidjan Keita (born November 30, 1996) is a France, French-Guinean basketball player who plays Forward (basketball), forward for Hapoel Be'er Sheva B.C., Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He also plays for the Guinea men's national basketball team. Early life Keita was born in Paris, France. He started playing basketball in Paris when he was 17 years old. He is 6' 10" (208 cm) tall, and weighs 205 pounds (93 kg). He has a 7' 3" Arm span, wingspan. He attended college and played basketball at Cégep de Thetford in Thetford Mines, Quebec, Canada.Peter Tardif (October 29, 2017)"How the Quebec town of Thetford Mines became a basketball hotbed,"''CBC News''. Professional career 2017-19 Keita played two games for the Toronto Raptors at 2017 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, Nevada. In October 2017, the NBA's Phoenix Suns signed Keita; later the same month they waived him. In 2018-19 Keita played for GET Vosges in the NM1 in France. He averaged 2.6 points per ...
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Israeli Basketball Premier League
Ligat HaAl ( he, ליגת העל, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional competition in Israeli club basketball, making it Israel's primary basketball competition. The league's name is abbreviated as either BSL (Basketball Super League) or ISBL (Israeli Basketball Super League). For sponsorship reasons, the league is also referred to as Ligat Winner Sal ( he, ליגת ווינר סל), lit. ''Winner Basket League'', with "Winner" being the name of a game operated by the league's primary sponsor, Toto Winner. The league is run by the Israeli Basketball Super League Administration Ltd. Overview Ligat HaAl comprises the top 12 basketball clubs in Israel, and was founded in 1954. The league itself is most known in Europe, due to the success of the Israeli teams in European-wide competitions, such as the EuroLeague, EuroCup (formerly called the ULEB Cup), and FIBA's EuroChallenge (forme ...
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Matthew Bergeron
Matthew Kambolambi Bergeron (born February 26, 2000) is a Canadian-born American football guard for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). A native of Quebec, he moved to the United States to play college football at Syracuse. Early years Bergeron was born in Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada, on February 26, 2000 to a Congolese father and Quebec-born mother. He grew up as a native speaker of French, learning English in school. Bergeron attended Cégep de Thetford and played for their gridiron football team before enrolling at Syracuse University to play college football for the Syracuse Orange. He graduated with a degree in social work from the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics. College career Bergeron played in 46 of Syracuse's games played through 4 seasons, with 39 starts between right tackle and left tackle. He played in all 12 games as a freshman with five starts at right tackle. He started all 11 of the Orange's games during his sophomore sea ...
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Gridiron Football
Gridiron football,"Gridiron football"
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also known as North American football or, in North America, simply football, is a family of football team sports primarily played in the and .

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Syracuse University
Syracuse University (informally 'Cuse or SU) is a Private university, private research university in Syracuse, New York. Established in 1870 with roots in the Methodist Episcopal Church, the university has been nonsectarian since 1920. Located in the city's University Hill, Syracuse, University Hill neighborhood, east and southeast of Downtown Syracuse, the large campus features an eclectic mix of architecture, ranging from nineteenth-century Romanesque Revival architecture, Romanesque Revival to contemporary buildings. Syracuse University is organized into 13 schools and colleges, with nationally recognized programs in Syracuse University School of Architecture, architecture, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, public administration, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, journalism and communications, Martin J. Whitman School of Management, business administration, Syracuse University School of Information Studies, information studies, Syracuse Univers ...
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Atlanta Falcons
The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta. The Falcons compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) NFC South, South division. The Falcons joined the NFL in 1965 as an expansion team, after the NFL offered then-owner Rankin Smith a franchise to keep him from joining the rival American Football League (AFL). In their 55 years of existence, the Falcons have compiled a record of 379–487–6 ( in the regular season and in the playoffs), winning division championships in 1980 Atlanta Falcons season, 1980, 1998 Atlanta Falcons season, 1998, 2004 Atlanta Falcons season, 2004, 2010 Atlanta Falcons season, 2010, 2012 Atlanta Falcons season, 2012, and 2016 Atlanta Falcons season, 2016. The Falcons have appeared in two Super Bowls, the first during the 1998 season in Super Bowl XXXIII, where they lost to the 1998 Denver Broncos season, Denver Broncos and the second 18 years later, ...
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2023 NFL Draft
The 2023 NFL Draft will be the 88th annual meeting of National Football League (NFL) franchises to select newly eligible players. The draft is scheduled to be held in the plaza outside of Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri, on April 27–29, 2023. The Chicago Bears originally owned the first overall pick for the first time since 1947 before trading it to the Carolina Panthers for multiple draft picks and wide receiver D. J. Moore. Host city Kansas City was chosen as the host city on May 22, 2019. Player selections ...
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