Algonquin College: 2000s
Posted on Wednesday, December 2nd, 2015
In 2000, Algonquin entered the new millennium by continuing its progress on several fronts.
Construction has boomed in this decade. Highlights include: the opening of the Police and Public Safety Institute in partnership with the Ottawa Police Service; the Transportation Technology Centre; the Simulation Centre for Health Studies; a soccer facility built by the SA; the Animal Health Care Facility; the state-of-the-art SA Fitness Zone; and the completion of the Advanced Technology Centre.
The Rideau Campus closed in August of 2002 and programs were moved to the Advanced Technology Centre on the Woodroffe Campus. By August 2003, two more residences had opened on the Woodroffe Campus, providing enough space to house 1,050 students.
Each year of this decade has seen the launch of many exciting new programs such as Photonics Engineering Technology, Sport Business Management, Game Development, and Green Architecture on the Woodroffe Campus, and the environmentally minded Construction Carpentry – Advanced Housing program on the Perth Campus.
Bachelor Degrees in Applied Studies were also introduced and full-time enrolment on all three campuses continues to grow – now standing at approximately 16,000.
The College moved to a hybrid model for program delivery where portions of programs and courses are provided in a technology-mediated (e-learning) format to complement traditional methods.