Region : Manitoba
City : Winnipeg
Web site : www.ustboniface.ca
The Université de Saint-Boniface (USB) is a French language post-secondary institution located in the Saint Boniface neighbourhood of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. An affiliated institution of the University of Manitoba, USB offers general and specialized university degree programs as well as technical and professional training. Current enrollmentis 1,250 regular students and more than 5,000 enrolments in its Continuing Education Division, which includes a language school.
Université de Saint-Boniface offers both university and technical and professional programs as well as continuing education courses.
Université de Saint-Boniface’s Continuing Education Division offers a variety of courses in several areas. Its Language School (École de langues) has French and Spanish courses, and also produces innovative instructional material for teaching French as a first or additional language. The Continuing Education Division has an annual enrolment of over 5,000 students.
The research conducted at Université de Saint-Boniface garners international recognition and focuses especially on areas closely related to the university, such as health and Francophone and Métis identity.
Founded in 1985, USB’s Research Centre is home to the Centre d’études Franco-canadiennes de l’Ouest (CEFCO), Presses universitaires de Saint-Boniface (PUSB), the Canada Research Chair on Métis Identity (CRCMI) and the Community-University Research Alliance on Francophone Identities in Western Canada (ARUC-IFO).
Sources : Wikipedia, www.ustboniface.ca