Séminaire Sainte-Marie is a French-speaking and Catholic private school based in

Shawinigan Shawinigan () is a city located on the Saint-Maurice River in the Mauricie area in Quebec, Canada. It had a population of 49,349 as of the 2016 Canadian census. Shawinigan is also a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) an ...

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History

The institution was founded in 1950 as an all-boy classical college. In the wake of the education reform implemented during the

Quiet Revolution The Quiet Revolution (french: Révolution tranquille) was a period of intense socio-political and socio-cultural change in French Canada which started in Quebec after the election of 1960, characterized by the effective secularization of govern ...

, the Séminaire became a secondary school (middle and high school levels) and opened its doors to female students. Well until the late 1980s, it offered compulsory Latin studies. The school has been hosting an

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since 1998.

Prominent alumni

The Séminaire's former students include:

Federal politics

Jean Chrétien Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien (; born January 11, 1934) is a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 20th prime minister of Canada from 1993 to 2003. Born and raised in Shawinigan Falls, Quebec, Chrétien is a law graduate from Uni ...

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from 1993 to 2003 * Gilles Grondin, former Member of the

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Provincial politics

Yves Duhaime Yves Duhaime (born May 27, 1939) is a former politician in Quebec, Canada. He served as Cabinet Member and Member of the National Assembly of Quebec. Early life Duhaime was born in Chicoutimi, and grew up in Shawinigan. In the 1960s, Duhaime ...

* Jean-Pierre Jolivet * Claude Pinard *

Luc Trudel Luc Trudel is a Canadian politician. He was a Parti Québécois member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Saint-Maurice from 2012 to 2014, first elected in the 2012 election This national electoral calendar for 2012 lists ...

Others

Martin Gélinas Martin Gélinas (; born June 5, 1970) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played 1,273 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Edmonton Oilers, Quebec Nordiques, Vancouver Canucks, Carolina Hurricanes, Calgary Flam ...

, professional

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player *

Éveline Gélinas Éveline Gélinas is a French-speaking Canadian actress who grew up in Saint-Boniface, Quebec, near Shawinigan. She was born in 1974 and graduated from Séminaire Sainte-Marie in 1991. She was nominated for a Genie Award for Best Supporting A ...

, actress

External links

Official websiteÉpisode, L'expertise québécoise en collecte de fonds: Fondation du Séminaire Sainte-Marie, Campagne majeure de financement 2008-2012
High schools in Quebec Catholic secondary schools in Quebec Educational institutions established in 1950 Private schools in Quebec Shawinigan Education in Mauricie International Baccalaureate schools in Quebec 1950 establishments in Quebec {{Quebec-school-stub