St. Clair College of Applied Arts and Technology is a

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in the

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counties of

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, partnered with private Ace Acumen Academy in Toronto.

Campus

Its main administration and largest campus sites are in

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, Canada. In addition, other campuses are located in Chatham and

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. In 2007, St. Clair College expanded to downtown Windsor by purchasing the former City of Windsor owned Cleary International Centre, renaming it St. Clair College Centre for the Arts. 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 sports complex at the main campus, called the SportsPlex.

History

The college has its roots in the Western Ontario Institute of Technology, founded in 1958 to supplement the then-Ryerson Institute in

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, now

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. 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

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courses, as well as

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programs to

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communities. In 2018 annual college revenue sat at roughly $150 million. By 2021-22 St. Clair College's student headcount of

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exceeded domestic students. The unprecedented growth in international student enrolment has not been met with a corresponding increase in student housing at St. Clair College. By 2024 annual college revenue was over $300 million with more than $200 million coming from foreign student tuition. Student-led protest claimed the college was issuing failing grades to increase tuition.

Campuses

Windsor, Ontario * The Windsor (South) Campus is the main campus, 2000 Talbot Road West **Ford Center for Excellence in Manufacturing (FCEM) ** Anthony P. Toldo Centre for Applied Health Sciences ** SportsPlex Fitness Centre * The St. Clair Center for the Arts is located on the riverfront in downtown Windsor, 201 Riverside Drive West * MediaPlex is located in downtown Windsor, 275 Victoria Avenue Chatham-Kent, Ontario * The Thames Campus is located on 1001 Grand Avenue West, Chatham **HealthPlex Toronto, Ontario * The St Clair College, Ace Acumen Academy campus is located at 1440 Don Mills Rd, North York

Student government

The college has of student regulated governments that handle much of the student related activities at the college. They are the Student Representative Council (SRC), the Student Athletic Association (SAA), and the Thames Students Inc. (TSI).

Scholarships and bursaries

St. Clair College scholarships for

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and

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students include: Métis Nation of Ontario, St. Clair College Bursary.

2017 strike

On Monday, October 16, 2017, the team bargaining on behalf of the province's 24 Colleges and the OPSEU union representing 12,000 full-time faculty, partial load faculty, counsellors and librarians, could not reach an agreement, and all faculty entered a work stoppage. On November 21, the strike was lifted and classes were resumed, however, many initial issues were not resolved.

References

External links

Official website
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