Boréal signs agreement with 3 colleges

Collège Boréal, Confederation College, Northern College and Fleming College signed a memorandum of understanding Nov. 5 involving their programs focusing on the environment and natural resources.

The agreement will allow the colleges to deliver a broader scope of programs and increased flexibility in students’ curriculum, according to a press release from Collège Boréal.

Minister of Natural Resources Michael Gravelle was on hand for the occasion.

"This collaboration provides Collège Boréal with a unique opportunity to share its expertise in high technology and applied research in the field of environment,” said Collège Boréal president Denis Hubert-Dustrisac in a press release.

“Benefitting from the vast knowledge shared by all the partners in the project, Collège Boréal reiterates the values of such a collaboration between colleges as stated in its Strategic Mandate Agreement tabled last September with the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities.”

Over the past few years, Collège Boréal has demonstrated its innovative approach to teaching through various initiatives, especially with regard to the environment, the press release said.

Its students benefit in particular from facilities such as the Xstrata Nickel Biodiversity Applied Research Centre and its 2,100-acre experimental forest.

The community involvement of this institution also led to collaborations with the City of Greater Sudbury and its Aboriginal communities within the context of the rehabilitation of several lakes in the region.

Finally, within the framework of a partnership with GroupeMédia TFO, Collège Boréal diversified the technopedagogical tools it provides its students by delivering video vignettes on the natural resources programs they can consult online.

This is part of the expertise that Collège Boréal intends to share with the partners of this new agreement signed today, for the greater benefit of students, the press release said.