Assiniboine Community College

Assiniboine Community College (ACC) is a Canadian community college in the province of Manitoba. It is accredited by the Manitoba Council on Post-Secondary Education, which was created by the government of Manitoba.[1]

Assiniboine Community College
Former name
Brandon Vocational Training Centre
TypePublic
EstablishedFebruary 1961 (1961-02)
PresidentMark Frison
Administrative staff
500 (full and part-time)
Students3,200 (full-time)
Location
1430 Victoria Avenue East Brandon
,
Manitoba
,
Canada R7A 2A9

49°50′26″N 99°55′07″W
CampusBrandon, Winnipeg, and Dauphin.
Sports teamsACC Cougars
ColoursPurple   & red  
AffiliationsCICan, CCAA, CBIE, Campus Manitoba
MascotCaccey the Cougar
Websitepublic.assiniboine.net

The Victoria Avenue East and the North Hill campuses are located in Brandon. The Parkland Campus, a satellite campus, is located in Dauphin, and training sites are located in Winnipeg, Russell, Neepawa, Russell, Swan River, and Steinbach.[2][3]

History

Assiniboine Community College first opened in 1961 as the Brandon Vocational Training Centre. When the school first opened, it consisted of four staff members and offered two courses to 24 students. By 1966, the school had grown to a staff of 24 and offered 11 programs to 300 students.[4]

Programs

ACC offers diploma, certificate, apprenticeship, and continuing education programs. The college's educational delivery is offered through a variety of approaches, including face-to-face, distance and online, integrated programs and blended learning.

ACC offers over 50 programs in the fields of agriculture, environment, business, health and human services and trades and technology.[5][6] The enabling legislation for the college is the Colleges Act.[7]

The college's largest program is the practical nursing diploma.[8] In 2007, the practical nursing program was offered in Brandon, Winnipeg, and two rural Manitoba communities.[9] In 2022, additional rural rotating practical nursing sites were added in Otterburne and Morden.[10] In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the provincial government invested in 55 additional licensed practical nursing seats through ACC in Portage la Prairie and rural rotating sites.[11]

Campus
Manitoba Institute of Culinary Arts, built in 1923 as a Nurses' Residence.

ACC has three campuses in Brandon, Manitoba. Currently, two-thirds of the college's students body in Brandon study at the Victoria Avenue East Campus, located at 1430 Victoria Avenue East. The college also runs an Adult Collegiate located in downtown Brandon, which came into operation in the fall of 1995 and offers adult upgrading for various senior high school courses. The college's North Hill Campus in Brandon is the location of the former Brandon Mental Health Centre. This location is home to the Manitoba Institute of Culinary Arts, the Len Evans Centre for Trades and Technology and the college's Sustainable Greenhouse.

ACC's Parkland Campus is located in Dauphin and offers several full-time day programs and a range of evening and off-campus courses. ACC's Winnipeg Campus is located in Winnipeg, Manitoba and offers the Practical Nursing program and continuing studies courses. The college's Russell Training Centre is located in Russell, Manitoba and offers continuing studies and contract programs and courses.

Notable alumni and faculty

Faculty

Scholarships

Assiniboine Community College joined Project Hero, a scholarship program cofounded by General (Ret'd) Rick Hillier for the families of fallen Canadian Forces members.[12]

See also

References
  1. "Assiniboine Community College". Simon Fraser University. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  2. "Parkland Campus". Assiniboine Community College. Archived from the original on 14 December 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  3. "About Assiniboine Community College". MANSO. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  4. "College history". Assiniboine Community College. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  5. "An Exceptional Student Experience". Assiniboine Community College. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  6. "Assiniboine Community College". MACLEAN'S. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  7. "Colleges Act". Province of Manitoba. 26 July 1991. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  8. Derksen, Candace (17 December 2021). "ACC Expanding Nursing Program in 2022". PembinaValley. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-05-26. Retrieved 2008-06-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. Fedack, Pam (31 March 2022). "ACC adding Practical Nursing sites in Manitoba including Morden". PembinaValley. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  11. "PROVINCE TO INVEST $19.5 MILLION TO INCREASE NURSE TRAINING SEATS AT POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS ACROSS MANITOBA". Province of Manitoba. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  12. "Programs and Services - Canadian Forces (CF) College Opportunities Programme". Archived from the original on 2010-01-13. Retrieved 2011-02-20. Project Hero
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