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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 49,620 as of the 2021 Canadian census. Shawinigan is also a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) ...
,
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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 () was a period of socio-political and socio-cultural transformation in French Canada, particularly in Quebec, following the 1960 Quebec general election. This period was marked by the secularization of the government, the ...
, 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
IB Diploma Programme The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) is a two-year educational programme primarily aimed at 16-to-19-year-olds in 140 countries around the world. The programme provides an internationally accepted qualification for entry int ...
since 1998.


Prominent alumni

The Séminaire's former students include:


Federal politics

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Jean Chrétien Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien (; born January 11, 1934) is a retired Canadian politician, statesman, and lawyer who served as the 20th prime minister of Canada from 1993 to 2003. He served as Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, leader of t ...
,
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from 1993 to 2003 *
Gilles Grondin Gilles Grondin (3 February 1943 – 18 July 2005) was an educator and a politician from Quebec, Canada. He was a Member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1986 to 1988. Background He was born in Shawinigan-Sud, Quebec. He attended Sa ...
, former Member of the
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Provincial politics

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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 Claude Pinard (born June 15, 1949) is a politician in Quebec, Canada. He serves as Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Saint-Maurice in the Mauricie region from 1994 to 2007 and since the 2008 provincial elections. Ba ...
* Luc Trudel


Others

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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 Fla ...
, professional
ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...
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Éveline Gélinas Éveline Gélinas is a 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 Actress for her rol ...
, actress


References


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