Sunday April 28 – New this year!
JACF Spring Fling 5K or 2K Run/Walk

The 2019 SPRING FLING is our inaugural walk/run for all ages that promises to be a lot of fun.

Funds raised at this event will go to support the JAC Foundation’s Athletic Fund which sponsors team uniforms, equipment and transportation costs.

John Abbott College is extremely proud of its Islanders Intercollegiate teams and their dedicated student athletes.

This event is open to the public, students, staff, families, alumni, the Macdonald/McGill University community, local municipalities, businesses and beyond! Run or walk either 5 k or 2k through our beautiful John Abbott College campus grounds – rain, snow or shine in support of our student athletes.

In conjunction with the activities of la semaine de la francophonie, John Abbott College highlighted the grant made by the Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF) to a project that focuses on training and integration of non-Francophone students in workplaces in Québec, particularly in high-tech sectors.

John Abbott College is the only English-language CEGEP in the province to receive such a grant from the OQLF.

Present at the roundtable event held on campus March 21, Julie Létourneau, OQLF Director of Communications, along with several members of the Abbott Career and Continuing Education programs, administrators and students, discussed major issues facing students in Career programs as they enter the workforce.

Fluency in French constitutes a major challenge for some non-Francophones, who are more likely to leave the province after their education.

The objective of the OQLF-funded project is to prepare non-Francophone (or those not perfectly bilingual) students born in Québec or from immigrant families, to integrate into Francophone workplaces. Through context-specific, activity-specific learning, the project aims to establish bilateral links, exchanges and dialogues between workplaces and graduates, as well as to overcome socio-cultural and linguistic barriers that have a deleterious effect on integration and retention.

Click here to view the Revised final exam schedule for the Winter 2019 semester.

The third annual exhibition of Engineering Technology student projects took place February 21.

During the event, EngTech Expo students had the opportunity to present their projects and answer visitors’ questions about the design, construction and operation of their devices, all the while applying the knowledge they have acquired in the program and refining their communication skills.

The projects on hand displayed different levels of complexity. They included an aquaponics garden, a video game console, a wooden ukulele connected to an amplifier powered by solar energy, an electric go-kart, a helicopter flight simulator and more.

“Participation at EngTech Expo is by invitation only. Students who have demonstrated leadership and initiative in developing their projects are invited to present. At the end of the event, participating students receive a certificate in recognition of their efforts. Prizes are awarded to the best and most original designs,” Liliya Nikolova, teacher in charge of the event.

Changes to the Academic Calendar due to school closure of February 13

Click here to view the revised calendar. 

For the first time in the history of John Abbott College, an alumnus has taken home the highest honour in Canadian university football. In his third year with the University of Calgary Dinos, quarterback Adam Sinagra (JAC ’15) was honoured with the Hec Crighton Trophy as the most outstanding player in U SPORTS football Thursday, at the Vanier Cup gala.

HEC CRIGHTON TROPHY: Adam Sinagra, Calgary

After learning from CFL greats Dave Dickenson and Bo Levi Mitchell during his time in Calgary Stampeders camp this spring, Adam Sinagra, an arts student from Pointe Claire, Québec, proceeded to have one of the best seasons in Canada West football history.

His 3,233 passing yards set a new U SPORTS record, as he led the Dinos to a perfect 8-0 season, and the most potent offence in the nation, averaging 570.9 yards per game. Sinagra ranked second in the nation in passing touchdowns this season with 23, and led the conference with a passer rating of 126.

After learning from the likes of former Hec Crighton-winning quarterbacks Erik Glavic (2007) and Andrew Buckley (2014 and 2015) – who are now coaching with the Dinos – Sinagra has now joined his mentors as a Hec Crighton winner, marking the fifth consecutive season a CW player has taken home Canadian university’s biggest individual prize.

John Abbott College Islanders Head Coach Patrick Gregory says of Sinagra: “We are all very proud of Adam’s accomplishments. He was a game changer for us, a tremendous competitor who made everyone around him better.”

Stan Gendron, Sinagra’s QB coach while at Abbott mirrors that same sentiment saying that he is “an exceptional competitor.”

It is no surprise, that Adam was also named all-Canadian.

About John Abbott College
John Abbott College is a public Anglophone college serving students since 1971. Today, the increasingly diverse student body includes 6700 fulltime day students per semester and an additional 2000 continuing education students per year. John Abbott is situated on the western tip of the Island of Montreal.

About U SPORTS

U SPORTS is the national brand for university sports in Canada. Every year, close to 20,000 student-athletes and 700 coaches from 56 universities vie for 21 national championships in 12 different sports. U SPORTS also provides higher performance international opportunities for Canadian student-athletes at Winter and Summer Universiades, as well as numerous World University Championships. For further information, visit USPORTS.ca or follow us on:

Twitter/Instagram/YouTube: @USPORTSca
Facebook: @USPORTSCanada

For further information, please contact:

Ken Saint-Eloy
Senior Manager,
Marketing and Communications
U SPORTS
Cell: 647-871-7595
ksainteloy@usports.ca

Alan Hudes
Coordinator, Communications
U SPORTS
Off: 905-508-3000 ext. 242
Cell: 647-991-5343
ahudes@usports.ca