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Coordinates: 43°46′53.88″N 79°14′4.42″W / 43.7816333, -79.2345611
Centennial HP Science and Technology Centre
Centennial College of Applied Arts and Technology is the oldest community college in Ontario, founded in 1966.[1] It is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; its four campuses are situated to serve the eastern portion of the Greater Toronto Area.[1] In 2007, the college opened a satellite in the west end.[2]
Centennial College is recognized as one of the most culturally diverse post-secondary institutions in Ontario.[1] Almost 100 ethno-cultural groups are represented and 80 languages are spoken on campus.[1] It offers more than 100 applied degree, diploma and certificate programs on a full- and part-time basis in business, communication arts, community and consumer services, engineering technology, health and transportation.[1] A publicly funded college, Centennial supports enrollments of 12,000 full-time students and 28,000 part-time learners annually.[3]
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Its first campus, in the Warden Woods neighbourhood, closed in autumn of 2004. A new campus, known as the Centennial HP Science and Technology Centre, opened in its place in the Morningside Avenue-Ellesmere Road area. Existing campuses are located near Markham Road and Highway 401 (Progress); the Warden Avenue-Eglinton Avenue area (Ashtonbee); and in the Danforth neighbourhood on Carlaw Avenue (The Centre for Creative Communications). Ashtonbee is the heart of the largest training school for transportation in Canada.[1] Progress campus is to host the new Athletic and Wellness Centre, expected to open in 2010.[4]
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Centennial College Pikes Peak
The Centre for Creative Communications is the college's home for its award-winning school of Communications, Media and Design,[5][6] a "premiere media and visual arts learning centre" in the region according to The East York Foundation.[7] In 2007, the Centre for Creative Communications expanded to include Centennial College @ Wallace Studios.[2]
Television buffs may know The Centre for Creative Communications doubled as the location of the Canadian TV teen drama Degrassi High in the early 1990s.[8]
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