Etiket: CEGEP
Ministers Roberge and Déry contradict each other on the place of English in CEGEP
The Minister responsible for the French Language, Jean-François Roberge, and his colleague in Higher Education, Pascale Déry, presented opposing views on Wednesday concerning a thematic week on the English language…
An “English Week” at Cégep Garneau which is making people unhappy
The organization of an “English Week 2023” [semaine de l’anglais 2023] at Cégep Garneau, in Quebec City, startles French language defense groups, who call for resistance to this type of…
The importance of the French CEGEP
The Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF) has just published a study on language use in the workplace of young people aged 18 to 34, which shows that more…
CEGEP student residences overwhelmed by demand
Because of the housing crisis, CEGEP residences have to refuse a record number of students this year. A critical situation that compromises the study plans of hundreds of young Quebecers,…
Two resignations from the board of directors of Cégep de Saint-Hyacinthe struggling with an internal crisis
The turmoil shaking the administration of the Cégep de St-Hyacinthe — under investigation by Quebec — carries away two members of the board of directors. A new interim director general…
Quebec launches an investigation into the governance of the Cégep de Saint-Hyacinthe
The Minister of Higher Education, Pascale Déry, ordered an investigation into the governance of the Cégep de Saint-Hyacinthe. The duty revealed last month a tense climate in the establishment between…
The director of the Cégep de Saint-Hyacinthe is “absent” in the turmoil
Pushed out by his faculty, the director general of the Cégep de Saint-Hyacinthe, Emmanuel Montini, is leaving his post at least temporarily. Last week, the teachers of the establishment had…
ChatGPT: CEGEP teachers and lecturers sound the alarm
As the college session draws to a close, CEGEP professors and lecturers are sounding the alarm: with the appearance of ChatGPT, many are reporting an “explosion” of cases of cheating,…
The teachers demand the resignation of the CEO of Cégep de Saint-Hyacinthe
Believing that the bond of trust is broken, the teachers of the Cégep de Saint-Hyacinthe ask for the resignation of the director general, Emmanuel Montini. Gathered in a general meeting…
CEGEP teachers on a crusade against their unions
Representatives of the FNEEQ-CSN and the FEC-CSQ signed a joint letter urging their major organizations to stop obstructing the debate on the protection of French Posted at 1:06 a.m. Updated…
Quebec asks for a “state of the situation” at the Cégep de Saint-Hyacinthe
The Minister of Higher Education, Pascale Déry, asked her ministry for a “state of the situation” in the face of “allegations which are worrying” at the Cégep de Saint-Hyacinthe. The…
Shawinigan: CEGEP students confronted with a crash simulation
About 200 students in various fields of health at the Cégep de Shawinigan were confronted, on Tuesday, with a simulation featuring the crash of a plane which would have injured…
Tense climate at Cégep de Saint-Hyacinthe
The situation is tense at the Cégep de Saint-Hyacinthe. The discontent has settled in departments, the study commission is at the center of a controversy and professors denounce an “unhealthy…
CEGEP and university collective agreements | Advocacy to exclude amnesty clauses in cases of sexual violence
The law must be amended quickly so that the amnesty clauses contained in the collective agreements of CEGEPs and universities can no longer make it possible to erase offenses of…
[Opinion] Why is general education at CEGEP anarchic?
The issue of general education at CEGEP is no less fundamental for Quebec than that of secularism. The problem is also posed in comparable terms: should we imitate the Anglophone…
We must modernize general education at CEGEP
The Quebec Collegiate Student Federation (FECQ) went out a few days ago to call for a modernization of general education at CEGEP. Posted yesterday at 11:00 a.m. JEREMY McEWEN Professor…
For the return of the scientific study of the language to CEGEP
[…] The collegial disconnect from the world of science finds a new example in the argument presented by Caroline Quesnel, president of the National Federation of Quebec Teachers (FNEEQ), against…
[Éditorial de Marie-Andrée Chouinard] To improve French at CEGEP, the time has come to take action
The Ministry of Higher Education finally unveiled Friday the long-awaited report made by three experts on the mastery of French in college. Unsurprisingly, it highlights the urgency of acting to…
[Chronique de Normand Baillargeon] General education at CEGEP threatened
A thunderclap has just sounded in education, more specifically in college education. The starting point was the request made by the Fédération étudiante collégiale du Québec (FECQ) to review this…
French at CEGEP | Urgent action is needed, says report
One in four students fail their first French course at CEGEP, reveals a report produced on behalf of the Ministry of Higher Education, which considers that it is “urgent to…