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The Cornelius-Brotherton Foundation awards $25,000 for projects at Cégep de la Gaspésie et des Îles

The Cornélius-Brotherton Foundation is pleased to grant $25,000 for the realization of initiatives that will revitalize the daily life of the student community at Cégep de la Gaspésie et des Îles. Responding to a call for projects launched last spring, the staff members of the four campuses of the Cégep de la Gaspésie et des Îles presented 44 dynamic and quality proposals. The 33 projects selected will contribute to innovation in study programs, the improvement of student life on campus and student mobility. The proposals submitted to the analysis committee fall into various areas of intervention: the outdoors, sports, programs of study, international and provincial internships, and the improvement of student life on campus. The following table presents the selected projects by campus. 

CAMPUS

Project

Component

Amount awarded

Program of study concerned

 

CARLETON-SUR-MER

Hockey league Eastern Quebec

Student life

$750 

All students

 

Visit to legal envrionments

Student mobility

$800

Techniques Juridiques

 

Regional final animation Cégeps en spectacle

Student life

$500

All students

 

Inter-campus Humanities Games

Student mobility

$1000

Social science

 

Entrepreneurship week

Student mobility

$300

Techniques de comptabilité et de gestion

 

Stock market Club

Student life

$300

All students

 

Industrial tours in Quebec

Student mobility

$700

Techniques de comptabilité et de gestion

 

ÉCOLE DES PÊCHES ET DE L’AQUACULTURE DE GRANDE-RIVIÈRE (ÉPAQ)

Science popularization workshop

Student life

$350

All students and staff

 

ÉPAQ outdoor Club

Student life

$850

All students

 

Extracurricular in flight

Student life

$750

All students

 

Frigidaire for soft celery

Student life

$500

All students

 

Educational visit to a shipyard

Student mobility

$350

Mécanique Marine

 

 

 

GASPÉ

Maple production in the teaching forest

Program of study

$600

Forestry

 

Women’s outdoor Group (WOG) in ATT

Program of study

$950

Adventure tourism

 

Humanity and society week, 2022-2023 edition

Program of study

$950

Social science and philosophy

 

OCLaRE (Online Collaborative Laboratory Reporting, Environment)

Program of study

$1250

 

 

Chemistry and physics students

 

College comic book Club

Student life

$250

All students

 

College dance troupe

Student life

$500

All students

 

Volleyball D2 Navy Blue

Student life

$700

All students

 

Navy Blue collegial futsal

Student life

$600

All students

 

Archery

Student life

$150

All students

 

Horizon Outdoor Health Service

Innovation in the study program

$450

All students

 

Chess Club

Student life

$250

All students

 

Inter-campus Humanities Games

Student mobility

$900

Social science

 

Training in manual falling for WPF(Women and Proud in Forestry)

Student life

$500

Students in forestry

 

Collective kitchens

Student life

$250

All students

 

Forest cleaning chore

Student life

$250

All students

 

LGBTQ+ conferences and other activities

Student life

$550

All students

 

Mooring Lines and Sails abroad (Costa Rica)

Student mobility

$3500

Students in TSI, TES et TTS

 

Magdalen Islands

We move on the Islands

Student life

$1000

All students

 

Student entrepreneur Club in Drummondville

Student life

$450

All students

 

Inter-campus Humanities Games

Program of study

$1800

Humanities

 

Women’s volleyball

Student life

$2000

All students

 

 

The Cornelius-Brotherton Foundation is pleased to provide financial support for the realization of these projects, which will make the daily lives of Cégep de la Gaspésie et des Îles students more dynamic. This is the fifteenth consecutive year that funding for such projects has been provided and, to date, $485,597 has been injected to support 266 projects on the four campuses of the Cégep de la Gaspésie et des Îles.

 

In addition to allowing the realization of a greater number of educational, sports and cultural activities, this initiative makes it possible to diversify the current offer by offering a wide range of possibilities. More details at www.fondationcb.ca.