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Post-Secondary Institutions of NL

For complete details and listings of Post-Secondary Institutions in the Province please contact the Department of Education or visit one of the links below:

Public Institutions:

http://www.aesl.gov.nl.ca/postsecondary/public.html

Memorial University
College of the North Atlantic

Private Institutions:

http://www.aesl.gov.nl.ca/postsecondary/privatedir.html

Academy Canada – Corner Brook and St. John’s
BAC Training Centre Inc / BAC Masonry College
Boilermakers Industrial Training Centre Inc.
Keyin College – Burin (formerly Centrac College), Carbonear, Gander, Grand Falls- Windsor, Marystown, St. John’s, and Western Campus.
Ironworkers Education & Training Co. Inc.
Eastern College
Operating Engineers College
Canadian Training Institute
Carpenters Millwrights College Inc.
Central Training Academy
DieTrac Technical Institute
Gander Flight Training
U.A. Training Centre
Woodford Training Centre Inc.

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Education and Childcare

St. John's offers a variety of educational options, from childcare to quality public and private schools, to award-winning post-secondary institutes.

There are multiple daycares and early childhood education facilities within St. John's that offer childcare services to children two years of age or older. Most childcare facilities in the City are government certified and regulated, but before enrolling a child you should ensure that the facility is regulated to government standards. For further information on child care, visit Education and Early Childhood and check out the Early Learning and Childcare Directory for a listing of child care centres, family child care providers, and family resource centres in Newfoundland and Labrador, including St. John's.

There is one French daycare centre in St. John's: the Centre de la Petite Enfance et Famille des Grands Vents, phone 709-757-2850.

If you are employed part-time or full-time and require child care, you may be eligible for the Child Care Subsidy Program . In order to qualify for the program, your child(ren) must be enrolled in a licensed daycare facility.

Family and Child Care Connections is a community-based, non-profit family resource centre located in St. John's. The Centre provides programs and services designed to support children, their families, and childcare providers. The Centre's website offers a Child Care Registry.

Grade schools (K-12)

The Newfoundland & Labrador English School District (ESD) operates the English public school system in the St. John's region. The ESD also offers classroom French and a full French immersion program to assist students in becoming fluent in a second language. An International Baccalaureate Diploma Program - an internationally recognized university preparation program - is offered at Holy Heart of Mary High .

Ecole des Grands-Vents is part of the province-wide Francophone public school district, Conseil Scolaire Francophone .

St. Bonaventure's College is an Independent Roman Catholic School in the Jesuit tradition dedicated to educational excellence in a Christian environment.

Lakecrest Independent School is an independent school offering an enriched international calibre education.

Brother T.I. Murphy Learning Resource Centre is a non-profit, charitable organization which provides alternative educational and learning opportunities to youth.

Post-secondary institutions

Memorial University is Atlantic Canada's largest university and one of the region's most important research facilities.

The Marine Institute of Memorial University is Canada's most comprehensive centre of education, training, applied research and industrial support for the ocean industries.

The College of the North Atlantic is Newfoundland and Labrador's public college. It is one of the largest post-secondary educational and skills training centers in Atlantic Canada offering nearly 100 full-time programs and more than 300 part-time courses.

Private colleges and institutes

Newfoundland and Labrador has numerous private colleges and training centres, many of which are located in St. John's.

Lifelong learning

In St. John's, there are many opportunities to participate in continuing educational programs. Below is a listing of some of the organizations that provide lifelong learning programs in St. John's.

Anna Templeton Centre , 278 Duckworth Street
College of the North Atlantic , Continuing Education
Craft Council of Newfoundland & Labrador , Clay Studio

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St. John’s is an ideal place for students to pursue their post-secondary education

Home to almost 19,000 students from over 127 countries, and with a diverse choice of what to study and where, Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN) students are learning, researching, creating and engaging at Atlantic Canada’s most affordable university.

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In 2022 alone, Memorial conferred 1,059 graduate degrees, including 120 PhD’s. That’s MUN’s highest numbers ever and an important milestone, “as graduate students are key to future regional prosperity and crucial in advancing knowledge, driving innovation, and making Canada more productive and globally competitive,” says Andrew Kim, Director, Graduate Enrolment Services for the School of Graduate Studies at Memorial University.

MUN also opened their new $350 million Core Science Facility in September 2021. Built to house both the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, the building is a centrepiece of MUN’s increased efforts to recruit both domestically and internationally.

MUN has recently announced new master of applied science in software engineering, master of artificial intelligence, and master of data science programs, to meet a growing demand across technology sectors in the province, particularly in the high-tech industry.

Their new mechatronics engineering program, the first of its kind in Atlantic Canada, provides students an opportunity to meet the demands of the growing high-tech sector in careers such as advanced manufacturing systems, robotics, autonomous driving, unmanned aerial vehicles and remotely operated underwater vehicles, among others.

With some 7,000 students, and nearly 100 full-time and 300 part-time courses at 17 campus locations throughout Newfoundland and Labrador, College of the North Atlantic (CNA) is one of the largest post-secondary education skills training centres in Atlantic Canada. With a history dating back 50 years, CNA continues to have the lowest tuition fees of any post-secondary institution in Atlantic Canada.

With an affordable cost of living and world-class education opportunities, St. John’s is the ideal place for dedicated students to pursue their post-secondary education. And the natural, majestic wonders combined with the unique, vibrant culture of our province make for the perfect ‘campus.’

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N.L. government announces education review, PCs dismiss 'another study'

Education accord is expected to be in by end of the year.

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The N.L. government has tapped two Memorial University professors to create a road map by the end of the year to modernize education.

The Education Accord advisory team chairs are Karen Goodnough and Anne Burke, who both teach in the education faculty.

"We're at a very pivotal time, we feel, here in this province, in terms of education. And it's a time where we want to take a step forward in modernizing and transforming education," Education Minister Krista Lynn Howell told reporters Thursday.

"So we've got some, some big plans and some lofty goals for these ladies, but know that they're up for the challenge."

The government says the accord will encompass early learning and childhood development; education engagement and transformation, health and well-being in education environments, and post-secondary education and learning across the life span.

Goodnough said it's an opportunity to take all the past reports and documents on education and act on them, while also working with other partners and stakeholders to improve both economic and social goals.

"This is a big task, we recognize that. But it's about creating a shared vision for K-12, post-secondary, formal learning and informal learning. It's very exciting, extremely exciting," said Goodnough.

Burke said the work will look at education from "birth to, say, 105," adding that it's important to include seniors and opportunities for continuing education.

Aggressive timeline

There have been past attempts by the government to reconfigure the education system — under former premier Dwight Ball there was an education action plan — and Howell said they have a lot of good information from that previous research.

"But I think now we're at a point where the ground has really shifted under us, over the last few years, during the pandemic and coming out of the pandemic," said Howell. "So we want to take that in consideration with all the information that we've been given before, take an evaluation of that and continue to see what opportunities there are to move forward."

Funding for the accord will be absorbed by the Department of Education, she said.

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The accord is due to be delivered to the government by Dec. 31.

"We've given these ladies a very aggressive timeline," she said.

More studies

PC education critic Paul Dinn wasn't impressed by the announcement, listing past initiatives like the public post-secondary education review report, the premier's task force on education, and the symposium on learning loss due to COVID 19.

"The minister's desk is full of announcements, studies and reports outlining the problems facing the education system in our province," said Dinn in a statement.

"Teachers, parents, child-care workers and other stakeholders have been calling for action for years. Yet the Liberal government wants to do another study and kick the can down the road."

Dinn said vision and action are needed but he doesn't see that in the Liberal government.

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John Harris, executive director of external affairs of Memorial University's students' union, also wasn't impressed with the plan.

"We don't need a yearlong study to tell us that this government has made education unaccessible for post-secondary students," he said, pointing to a recent tuition increase.

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The Association of Early Childhood Educators of Newfoundland and Labrador (AECENL) offers temporary non-renewable certification to post-secondary students who are looking for summer employment in a regulated child care centre.

Post-secondary students can complete the free online post-secondary student condensed course which is available each year from mid-April until mid-August.

Upon successful completion of the course, the post-secondary students will receive temporary non-renewable Child Care Centre - Trainee Level - Preschool and School Certification, which expires the Friday after Labour Day. It should be noted that Temporary Certification for Regulated Child Care Summer Employment is not considered part of Child Care Services Certification and as such does not receive a CCS certification number.

Completion of the course and obtaining the non-renewable certification does not guarantee employment in the field – the participant is responsible for applying to child care centres for employment.

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Print, complete, and hand sign the current Temporary Certification for Regulated Child Care Summer Employment for Post-Secondary Students Application Form.
Attach a photocopy of post-secondary student documentation to the application (acceptance letter from a post-secondary institution or a student ID card).
Submit the application package by email, mail, courier or in person to the AECENL office.
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Email the completion certificate to; [email protected]
Once the certificate of completion is submitted you will be issued a Temporary Certification for Regulated Child Care Summer Employment for Post-Secondary Students

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