Université de Moncton

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Université de Moncton
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Motto Surge illuminare[1]
Motto in English
 Arise, Shine
Type Public
Established 1963 (Merger of Collège Saint-Joseph, Collège du Sacré-Cœur and Collège Saint-Louis)
Chancellor Louise Imbeault[2]
Vice-Chancellor Denis Prud'homme[3]
Rector Denis Prud'homme[3]
Academic staff
 388[4]
Administrative staff
 434
Students 5,003
Undergraduates 4,400
Postgraduates 603
Location
Edmundston, Moncton, Shippagan
,
New Brunswick
,
Canada
Campus Urban
Colours Blue and Gold          
Nickname Blue Eagles (French: Aigles Bleus (men), Aigles Bleues (women))
Affiliations AUCC, IAU, AUFC, AUS, AUFSC, CBIE, CUP.
Mascot Super Blue (French: Super Bleu)
Website www.umoncton.ca
1 From the Rapport Annuel 2005–2006

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The Université de Moncton (abbr. U de M, transl. University of Moncton) is a French-language university located in Edmundston, Moncton and Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada serving the Acadian community of Atlantic Canada. It is the only francophone university in New Brunswick and is one of only two such universities in the Maritimes, the other being the Université Sainte-Anne in Pointe-de-l'Église, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is also the largest French-language university in Canada outside Quebec.[5]

History

Founded on 19 June 1963, the modern Université de Moncton is the result of the merger of three colleges: Collège Saint-Joseph (Memramcook, 1864), Collège du Sacré-Cœur (Caraquet, 1899 then Bathurst, 1915), and Collège Saint-Louis (Edmundston, 1946).[6] In 1989, the Université of Moncton founded undergraduate degrees in adult education. Alan Beddoe designed the university coats of arms.[7]

The National Film Board of Canada documentary Acadia Acadia ?!? (1971), co-directed by Michel Brault and Pierre Perrault, documents how student protests at the university in 1968–69 sparked an awakening of Acadian nationalism.[8]

In 2013, the Université de Moncton became involved in the scandal surrounding the falsified academic credentials of Louis LaPierre, a former professor of ecology and then professor emeritus at Université de Moncton.[9] The director of the International centre for Academic Integrity at Clemson University in South Carolina, said the Université de Moncton had to explain what happened when it accepted LaPierre's credentials.[10]

Campuses

The university is divided into three campuses

Buildings

The Moncton Campus features the following buildings:

Partnerships

The university is a member of L'Association des collèges et des universités de la francophonie canadienne, formerly L'Association des universités de la francophonie canadienne (en: Association of Colleges and Universities of the Canadian Francophonie, formerly Association of Universities of the Canadian Francophonie), a network of academic institutions of the Canadian Francophonie.

Faculties

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Université de Moncton Shippagan campus
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Université de Moncton – Moncton campus
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Université de Moncton – Moncton campus

The main campus at Moncton is home to eight university-wide faculties:

  • Administration
  • Arts and Social Sciences
  • Education
  • Engineering (includes Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering)[13]
  • Graduate Studies
  • Health Sciences and Community Services
  • Sciences
  • Law[4]

Faculty of Law

The University of Moncton's Faculty of Law is one of only two French-language common law schools in the world. (The University of Ottawa also offers a common law education in French.) The school was founded in 1978 in order to respond to the needs of francophone communities outside Quebec. As Quebec practices civil law, there was a need to instruct francophone lawyers in common law to practice in other parts of Canada. The University of Ottawa law school teaches both common and civil law, as does McGill; thus the University of Moncton's Faculty of Law is the only exclusively French, exclusively common law school in Canada.[14]

U de M offers both the JD and the graduate LLM. The school also offers joint degrees: the JD-MBA (Masters of Business) and JD-MEE (Masters of Environmental Studies). As well, students who already possess a civil law degree (an LL.L or a BCL) from a Canadian school can enroll at U de M for two semesters to complete an LLB.[15]

Medical Training Centre

The University of Moncton's Medical Training Centre is the first francophone school of medicine in Atlantic Canada. It is a joint medical programme, offered by the Université de Sherbrooke which administers it. It is not technically a faculty of the University of Moncton.

Faculty of Health Sciences and Community Services

The School of Food Science, Nutrition and Family Studies within the Faculty of Health Sciences and Community Services has an accredited dietetic program. The program is accredited by the Partnership for Dietetic Education and Practice, the accrediting body in Canada, and the program's graduates may subsequently become registered dietitians.

Faculty of Sciences

The faculty of Sciences is located in the Rémi-Rossignol building and covers all cores science subjects, such as: Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biology, as well as Computer Science.

Edmundston Campus

Programmes at the Edmundston Campus are grouped in the following sectors: business administration, arts and letters, education and kinesiology, nursing, forestry, and social sciences. Administratively, all sectors except foresty are under the campus dean of studies. Foresty is its own school, the only faculty level unit not to report to Moncton.

Shippagan Campus

Programmes at the Shippigan Campus are grouped under the following sectors: business administration, arts and social sciences; nursing; and, science. All programmes fall under the campus dean of studies.

Libraries

There are six libraries and resource centres across the three campuses: Bibliothèque Champlain (Moncton), Bibliothèque Michel-Bastarache (Moncton), Centre d'études acadiennes Anselme-Chiasson[fr] (Moncton), Centre de ressources pédagogiques (Moncton), Bibliothèque Rhéa-Larose (Edmundston) and Bibliothèque Shippagan.[16] All records from these libraries are gathered into one catalogue: Catalogue Éloïze.[17]

Two of these libraries, Michel-Bastarache and Centre de ressources pédagogiques, are special libraries, catering to the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Education, respectively. The Centre d'études acadiennes, found on the lower level of Bibliothèque Champlain, is a world-renowned and primary resource and archive centre for Acadian studies.[18]

Athletics

The university is represented in U Sports (Atlantic University Sport conference) by the Moncton Aigles Bleu. The Aigles Bleus have a male and female ice hockey team, a male and female soccer team, a male and female athletics team, a male and female cross country running team and a female volleyball team.[19]

Noted faculty and alumni

Arms

Arms of Université de Moncton
File:Université de Moncton Escutcheon.png
Notes
Granted 20 September 1999
Crest
An apple tree Or fructed Vert.
Escutcheon
Azure above three annulets interlaced in fess Argent enclosing in centre a fleur-de-lys a mullet in chief and on a chief Or an open book Proper bound Gules between two Latin crosses Sable.
Supporters
Issuing from three fleurs-de-lis in fess Azure a demi-lion Argent armed langued and crowned with an antique crown Or holding in the dexter paw a parchment scroll Argent bound Azure.
Motto
Surge Illuminare (Arise And Be Enlightened)

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See also

References

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  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Université de Moncton. Rectorat. Biographie du recteur et vice-chancelier
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  5. ↑ About U de M
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  7. ↑ Alan Beddoe collection at Library and Archives Canada[permanent dead link]
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ Moncton university says LaPierre won't harm reputation, cbc.ca, Sep 23, 2013
  10. ↑ Teresa Fishman, the director of the International centre for Academic Integrity at Clemson University in South Carolina, said the University of Moncton must explain what happened when it accepted LaPierre's credentials. "It appears someone dropped the ball in checking his credentials," she said.: Alward government downplays impact of LaPierre resignation, cbc.ca, Sep 19, 2013
  11. ↑ Léopold-Taillon Building Registry of Historic Places of Canada
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ Canadian Engineering Memorial Foundation – University List Archived 24 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine
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Further reading

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External links

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