Université Sainte-Anne

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Université Sainte-Anne
USainteAnneCoatOfArms.svg
Coat of arms
MottoFidelitas
Motto in English
Faithfulness
Type Public
Established1890;134 years ago (1890) (as Collège Sainte-Anne)(Incorporated in 1892)
Affiliation AUCC, IAU, AUFC
Chancellor Aldéa Landry
President Allister Surette
Dean Allister Surette
Academic staff
Arts, sciences & professional programs
Students632 [1]
Undergraduates 597
Postgraduates 35
Address
1695, Route 1 Pointe-de-l’Église (Nouvelle-Écosse) B0W 1M0
, , ,
Campus Rural area
Secularization1971
Colours Blue   & Copper  
MascotDragons
Website www.usainteanne.ca
Universite Sainte-Anne Logo.svg

Université Sainte-Anne is a French-language university in Pointe-de-l'Église, Nova Scotia, Canada. [2] It and the Université de Moncton in New Brunswick are the only French-language universities in the Maritime Provinces.

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History

The main administration building at Universite Sainte-Anne in Church Point Nova Scotia, was designed by William Critchlow Harris and erected in 1889. SteAnnes.jpg
The main administration building at Université Sainte-Anne in Church Point Nova Scotia, was designed by William Critchlow Harris and erected in 1889.

Université Saint-Anne was founded on September 1, 1890 by Gustave Blanche, a Eudist Father, to facilitate the higher education of Acadians in Nova Scotia. The University was named after Saint Anne, the mother of the Virgin Mary. [3]

In 2003, the provincial government merged the university with Collège de l'Acadie, a French-language community college with campuses throughout Nova Scotia. [4]

Its enrolment for the 2005-2006 academic year was around 650-700 students,[ citation needed ] while in 2018, it had 390 full-time undergraduate students, 120 part-time undergrads, and 30 graduate students. [5]

From 3 March 2022 to 20 April 2022, the 39-member faculty union went on strike. At 49 days, it was one of the longest university strikes in Canadian history.

Beginning in September 2023, a student-led anti-rape culture campaign, SA Change Now, posted more than 60 anonymous accounts of sexual harassment, sexual assault, and rape at the university. They included the accounts of victims of a serial perpetrator who, in 2018-19, while working as a student security officer, assaulted and raped students. The campaign called for better lighting on the main (Church Point) campus, an on-site counsellor, a psychologist, a sexual-assault complaint officer, and an overhaul of the university's sexual-assault hearing process. [6] The university released its sexual violence policy, [7] the revision of which had already been in the works, and hired a part-time counsellor. The campaign requested that the Rector acknowledge that there was a rape culture on campus; a few months later, the Rector stepped down two years before the end of his mandate. In November 2023, the faculty union voted to recognize that there was a rape culture on campus.

Academics

Université Sainte-Anne offers many university-level programs as well as college-level diploma programs. It has two faculties and one school: the Faculté des Arts et Sciences, Faculté des Programmes Professionnels and the French Immersion School. In the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, one may pursue studies in several fields: French language, literature and linguistics, history, Canadian studies, Acadian studies, commerce, English language and literature, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, General Sciences, Pre-Veterinary Studies, and Health Sciences. In the Faculty of Professional Programmes, students may pursue studies in Administrative sciences or in education. The most popular majors are: French, commerce, business administration and education. [2]

In addition to the Pointe-de-l'Église main campus, students may take courses through the university at other locations: Tusket, Halifax, Petit-de-Grat and Saint-Joseph-du-Moine. Its Halifax campus offers a 1-year Bachelor of Education program and a Master of Education program. [2]

Degree programs

Sainte-Marie's Church behind the University at Pointe-de-l'Eglise Eglise Sainte-Marie Pointe-de-L'Eglise.jpg
Sainte-Marie's Church behind the University at Pointe-de-l'Église

At the Université Sainte-Anne, students may pursue the following degrees and diplomas:

Master's Programs
Baccalaureate Programs
Diploma Programs


Immersion

View of Baie St. Marie from the Universite St. Anne Campus. Gazebo3.jpg
View of Baie St. Marie from the Université St. Anne Campus.
Universite's Halifax campus on Barrington Street in 2018. Universite Sainte-Anne, Campus Halifax, 2018.jpg
Université's Halifax campus on Barrington Street in 2018.

Sainte-Anne is known for its French Immersion programs. Programs take place year round including winter, spring and summer intersessions. The program is very strict about using immersion to learn the French language. If a student is caught speaking in any language other than French three times, the student is asked to leave the program, without a refund. Cultural activities and workshops are designed to allow for French to become second nature, even at a beginner level.

Notable alumni

See also

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