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About Niagara College
A Brief History of Niagara College Since opening its doors in 1967 in the City of Welland and expanding into St. Catharines, Niagara Falls, and Niagara-on-the-Lake, Niagara College has grown to become a leader in education and training and one of the most enterprising colleges in Canada. Today it offers more than 90 post-secondary diploma and graduate certificate programs, bachelor degree programs, and skills and apprenticeship training. In the 1990s, operations were consolidated at three campus locations. The Welland Campus is home to our programs in technology, communications, health and community, policing and public safety, and automotive. The NOTL Campus, which opened in 1998, provides state-of-the-art facilities and “living labs” for our environmental, horticulture, hospitality and tourism, and business programs. Glendale is also home to the Centre for Advanced Visualization, which applies virtual reality technology to projects from around the world, as well as the Niagara College Greenhouse and Teaching Winery – the first teaching winery in Canada. In March 2004, the School of Hospitality and Tourism and the Niagara Culinary Institute relocated from the Maid of the Mist Campus in Niagara Falls to a new facility at the NOTL Campus. The new facility features food preparation laboratories, a 100-seat dining room, wine tasting lab, classrooms and office space. In response to the rapid growth of Niagara’s tourism sector and the anticipated demand for thousands of new workers, the College established the Tourism Industry Development Centre (TIDC). Housed at the Maid of the Mist Campus in Niagara Falls, the TIDC serves as a dedicated industry development and training resource for the hospitality and tourism sector. Together, our specialty campuses, partnerships and outstanding programs combine to make Niagara College a growing and dynamic asset to the regional economy – vibrant, enterprising and focused on the future. |
