Collège Stanislas in Sainte-Foy and Collège Stanislas de Montréal ( FR)

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are two campuses of an exclusive French language

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institution for boys and girls aged 4 to 18 years which is accredited by the

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(part of the Ministry of Education of France).

History

The school was founded in 1938 by

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and other wealthy

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as a

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subsidiary of the renowned

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, France. Architect Jean Julien Perrault designed the campus on Dollard Boulevard in Outremont in 1941. The second location in Ste.-Foy opened in 1989.

Programs

The college offers the equivalent of a provincial Secondary School Graduation Diploma (DES),

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(DEC), and the

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. The college offers three pre-university programs. These pre-university programs, which take two years to complete, cover the subject matters which roughly correspond to the additional year of high school given elsewhere in Canada in preparation for a chosen field in university.

Campuses

* 1605 chemin Ste-Foy, Québec City * 780 boulevard Dollard, Outremont

Notable alumni

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, former

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, professional hockey player *

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, Quebec Minister of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade * Jerome Choquette, lawyer and politician * André D'Allemagne, teacher, political commentator, essayist *

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, actor and politician * Alain Dubuc, journalist and economist *

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, former Justice of the

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* Cleo Paskal, geopolitical analyst and author *

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, filmmaker *

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, filmmaker * Patrick Gemayel, member of

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* David Macklovitch, member of

* :fr: Antoine de Vial, priest, poet and essayist also as Vim Karénine * Jean-Louis Baudouin, lawyer and Officer of the Order of Canada *

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, actress, film director, and screenwriter *

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, politician * :fr: Claude Poissant, actor * Claude Poissant, economist and journalist *

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, lawyer and politician *

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, filmmaker * :fr: Nicolas Duvernois, entrepreneur, Pur Vodka * Rami Atallah, CEO & Founder of SSENSE

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