George Brown College is a public, fully accredited college of applied arts and technology with three campuses in downtown Toronto .
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12 Facts About George Brown College
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George Brown offers more than 160 full-time programs in art and design, business, community services, early childhood education, construction and engineering technologies, health sciences, hospitality and culinary arts, preparatory studies, as well as specialized programs and services for recent immigrants and international students.
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George Brown College offers diploma programs, advanced diploma programs as well as degree programs, two in conjunction with Toronto Metropolitan University.
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George Brown was named one of the Greater Toronto's Top Employers for 2022.
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In 2022, George Brown College was ranked among the top 10 research colleges in the country, ranking 8th for overall research income, and ranking 4th for both the number of paid students and for the number of completed projects.
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George Brown College was established during the formation of Ontario's community college system in 1967.
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The college is named after George Brown, who was an important 19th-century politician and newspaper publisher and was one of the Fathers of Confederation.
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When George Brown College was formed in 1967, it absorbed both the PIT and PITO and opened its Kensington and Casa Loma campuses at the two institutes' former facilities.
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George Brown College went on to absorb, in 1969, four former Toronto Board of Education Adult Education Centres in a third campus at 507 College Street and, in 1973, five Toronto-area Schools of Nursing in 1973, including: St Joseph's, St Michael's, Toronto General, Atkinson and Nightingale.
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In September 2012, George Brown opened the Waterfront Campus located at 51 Dockside Dr, south of Queen's Quay between Jarvis and Parliament Streets .
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George Brown has classes from the Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Assistant and Activation Coordinator Gerontology programs at the Sally Horsfall Eaton Building at TMU .
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Dialog is the student newspaper on campus and is a service provided by the Student Association of George Brown College, The Dialog is a member of CUP.
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