Fleming College

For other Fleming Colleges see Fleming College (disambiguation).

Fleming College

File:Fleming College logo.png
Motto	Let the Deed Shaw (Let the Deed Show)
Type	Public College
Established	1967
Affiliation	non-denominational
President	Dr. George Anthony (Tony) Tilly
Students	5,000 full-time and 10,000
Undergraduates	pre-university students; technical; continuing education
Postgraduates	not available
Location	Peterborough , ON , Canada
Campus	urban
Colours	green   & gold  ;
Affiliations	ACCC, CCAA, Peterborough Centennial Museum & Archives
Website	www.flemingc.on.ca

Fleming College, previously known as Sir Sandford Fleming College, is a College of Applied Arts and Technology in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. The College has more than 5,000 full-time and 10,000 part-time students and 50,000 alumni.

Campus

The college also has campuses in Lindsay, Cobourg and Haliburton.

History

Sir Sandford Fleming

The College was named after the famous Scottish born engineer and inventor Sir Sandford Fleming, who is perhaps best known for his contributions to the concept of Universal Standard Time. On 21 May 1965, legislation was introduced in Ontario establishing Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology by then Minister of Education William G. Davis. This historic occasion for education within Ontario marked the beginning of what would become, some 40 years later, a group of 21 Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology and 3 College Institutes of Technology and Advanced Learning. Sir Sandford Fleming College was founded in 1967 by David B. Sutherland, three years after Trent University, also in Peterborough was founded. Mr. Sutherland was the husband of Peterborough's longest serving Mayor, Sylvia Sutherland.

Partnerships

The college has established pathways from college to university through affiliations with a number of provincial, national and international universities.

Scholarships

The college joined Project Hero, a scholarship program cofounded by General (Ret'd) Rick Hillier for the families of fallen Canadian Forces members.

Programs

Fleming College generally is noted for its excellent environmental, business, massage therapy, museum management, and nursing programs. It also offers a number of post-graduate diplomas in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Eco-tourism and Adventure Tourism Management, Event Management, Advertising, and Emergency Management. Additionally, Fleming College has a Computer Security & Investigations program, which is one of only three related programs in Canada.

Fleming College is also the only college in Canada to offer a three-year International Trade program. It does not offer a program in International Business.

University affiliations

Ontario universities

• Brock University
• Carleton University
• Lakehead University
• Ryerson University
• Trent University
• University of Ontario Institute of Technology
• University of Waterloo
• University of Western Ontario
• University of Windsor
• York University

Fleming Coat of Arms

Canadian universities (out of province)

• Athabasca University
• Cape Breton University
• Royal Roads University
• University of Lethbridge, Alberta
• University of New Brunswick

International universities

• Australian Catholic University National (Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, Ballarat & Melbourne)
• Bemidji State University - Minnesota State University
• Griffith University, Queensland, Australia
• Northwood University, Michigan
• University of Western Sydney, Australia

Cobourg campus

The Cobourg Campus was officially opened in 1971. Today the campus offers the full-time Esthetician diploma program as well as Academic Upgrading and Continuing Education courses.

Haliburton campus

Haliburton School of The Arts
45.050578°N 78.534375°W / 45.050578; -78.534375

In 1969 the Haliburton School of Fine Arts joined Sir Sanford Fleming College. In 2004 the campus moved to a new location on Head Lake in the Village of Haliburton, and today it is known as Halliburton School of the Arts.. The campus offers full-time 14-week Art Certificates in Artist Blacksmith, Drawing and Painting, Photo Arts, Sculpture, Ceramics, Glassblowing, Jewellery, and Fibre Arts. Students can combine these Certificate programs with a year of foundation credits to obtain a Visual and Creative Arts Diploma. Other programs offered at the campus include Expressive Arts, Sustainable Building Design and Construction, Horticulture Apprentice, Continuing Education, and Academic Upgrading.

Haliburton School of The Arts continues to run its popular short-duration summer art courses, offering a selection of over 300 courses from May to August, open to people of all skill levels.

Lindsay campus

Frost Campus, Front Entrance
44.341808°N 78.740128°W / 44.341808; -78.740128

St. Joseph's Convent was the original location of a Lindsay campus in 1967. The college acquired its own facilities by 1973 and in turn, this site was named the Frost Campus (in honour of Leslie Frost). It is currently home to the School of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences. This campus focuses on environmental and natural resource education (earth resources, fish and wildlife, GIS etc.), and was expanded with a new environmental technology wing in 2004. The campus is also home to two successful fish hatcheries which raise muskellunge and Atlantic salmon as well as a privately owned tilapia hatchery located away from the main campus. In September 2008 the Frost Campus became home to the new joint degree-diploma in Ecological Restoration in partnership with Trent University. Students in the program spend two years at Fleming and two years at Trent. They graduate with an Honours B.Sc. and an Ontario Diploma in Ecological Restoration.

The Frost Campus features a newly added "living wall", the first of its kind in a college environment, a green roof, a campus arboretum and a butterfly garden.

Peterborough campuses

McRae campus

In 1967 a campus opened in a renovated textile mill on McDonnel Street and in 1968 the site was named the Stewart W. Daniel Building. The McRae building was also constructed on this same property in 1976. At present the site is accessible through a Bonaccord Street entrance and is home to the School of Continuing Education and Skilled Trades.

Sutherland campus

Sutherland Campus, Front Entrance
44.266172°N 78.374364°W / 44.266172; -78.374364

The Dobbin farm was selected in 1968 for what would later be named the Brealey Campus. In 1973 the first two phases of the site were opened, and in 1983 the site was named the Sutherland Campus in honour of the college’s first and founding president. The Sutherland campus recently underwent expansion, which included a new on-campus residence, which opened in 2002, and a new technology wing, which was opened in 2003.

The new St. Joseph's at Fleming is the first long-term care facility to be built on a college or university campus. A cluster of eight resident homes for 200 people, the facility is setting the standard for compassionate care and innovation.

In 2005, the Peterborough Sport & Wellness Centre was constructed to accommodate the college's athletic needs.

Organization

Board executive

• Murray Rodd: Board Chair
• Shelley Fife: Board Vice-Chair
• Colin Taylor: 2nd Board Vice-Chair and Chair, Academic & Student Affairs Committee
• Sandra Hill: Chair, Finance & Property and Audit Committees
• Susan Deane: Chair, Human Resources Committee
• Dr. George Anthony (Tony) Tilly: College President and Secretary-Treasurer, Board of Governors

File:Fleming Sutherland Campus.jpg

Sutherland Campus, North Entrance

Governors

• Dr. George Anthony (Tony) Tilly, College President
• Nancy Keating
• Shelley Fife
• John Fox
• Stuart Harrison
• Judith Hayes
• Brooke Lynch
• George MacDougall (Administration)
• Dr. Joe Mior (Faculty)
• Trang Nguyen
• Dean Shewring
• Ruth Greig (Student)

Board observers

• Matthew Taft (Frost Student)

Student government

The social and political needs of students are served through the Student Administrative Council (SAC) at Sutherland Campus and the Student Association (SA) at Frost Campus. These are student run corporations.

References

Association of Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology of Ontario, (n.d.), General assembly documents: 40th anniversary of the Ontario college system. Retrieved October 30, 2006 from http://www.acaato.on.ca/home/committees/general.html

External links

• Fleming College