Collège de l'Île (formerly Collège Acadie Île-du-Prince-Édouard) is a

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post-secondary

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in the

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with headquarters in the community of

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. It was originally a campus of

Collège de l'Acadie Collège de l'Acadie was a Francophone post-secondary community college in the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island with headquarters in the community of Tusket. Its Nova Scotia operations are now part of Université Sainte-An ...

which served

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and Prince Edward Island. When the Nova Scotia operations became part of

Université Sainte-Anne Université Sainte-Anne is a French-language university in Pointe-de-l'Église, Nova Scotia, Canada. It and the Université de Moncton in New Brunswick are the only French-language universities in the Maritime Provinces. History It was found ...

, its operations in Prince Edward Island were renamed Collège Acadie Î.-P.-É and subsequently Collège de l'Île.

Programmes

Currently, Collège de l'Île offers college level programmes in Accounting Clerk, Business administration, Bilingual Administrative Assistant, Early Childhood Assistant/Educator, Human Services, Practical Nursing, Resident Care Worker, and Youth Worker. Students may also take French courses at various levels, both face to face or online. There are part-time programmes and classes for adults preparing for higher education or who need basic literacy skills. As part of extra funding for English and French minority education initiatives, Collège de l'Île has received federal funding for health care training, in collaboration with the Consortium national de formation en santé (CNFS). Collège de l'Île has recently signed articulation agreements with the

University of Prince Edward Island The University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) is a public university in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, and the only university in the province. Founded in 1969, the enabling legislation is the ''University Act, R.S.P.E.I 2000.'' ...

(UPEI), similar in nature to the agreements between

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and UPEI.

Student body

The students are both Canadian and international. The majority of international students are from Spanish-speaking Latin American countries such as Mexico and Peru. Following a difficult recruitment cycle during the COVID pandemic period, the student population is expected to grow significantly with recruitment efforts in French speaking countries of Africa and Europe.

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