They are French and have chosen Québec for its technical training sessions very targeted and promising in terms of employment. Four of them recount their experience.
Survive in extreme conditions
Florestan Baugier, 20-year – Cégep de Gaspé
The winter of 2014 was, of the memory of meteorologist, the coldest recorded in the last century. Florestan, he has passed out, learn the techniques of outdoor survival, snowshoeing and skiing off-piste! After a bac economic and social, Grenoble, france, who has also lived in Mayotte and Madagascar, has decided to combine his two passions: the sport in full nature and travel. It is at the cégep de Gaspé, at the tip of the gaspé peninsula, and more than 900 km from Montreal, he found his happiness. A vast mountainous territory where to learn the techniques of avalanche rescue, wilderness rivers to perfect his technique in white water rafting and access to the river Saint-Laurent in order to master the “eskimo roll” (rotation technique to get out of an accidental immersion) in a sea kayak. “It is safe, we live the winter in the bottom!”, recognizes Florestan.
The hands-on classes in the field, supplemented by expeditions of three to four days, aimed at strengthening the team spirit, in addition to general courses (French, English, philo, etc) and theoretical (maps and compass, astronomy, outdoor cooking, etc). “This training guide relies as much on technique as on the judgment and solidarity,” says Jasmine Lapointe, coordinator of the program. Students must also, under the guise of social integration, to complete volunteer hours to the community of Gaspé.” Florestan has quickly adapted to his new environment: “We are like a big family. And our teachers often have a lived experience of field very impressive and the clear desire to pass it on.” Once his training completed, he plans to apply for a work visa to become a hiking guide and nordic skiing across Canada. Before, perhaps, broaden his horizon.
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TECHNIQUES IN ADVENTURE TOURISM: diploma of college studies (pre-university) of a three-year international internship (2nd year) and stage of winter (3rd year). Bilingual training optional. Selection on folder, on psychological tests, and medical questionnaire (limited enrollment).
Married geo and computer science
Ronan Chastel, 21-year – Cégep Limoilou, Québec
“geomatics, it is the twinning of geography and computer science, a discipline with applications very vast, which is to develop and manage the territory according to a number of different purposes,” explains Ronan, who is passionate about mapping. It, therefore, puts the cap on the city of Quebec (where his sister already studying in engineering) because, as explained by Michel Côté, one of his professors at the cégep de Limoilou, “Canada is one of the undisputed leaders in the world in this discipline. The term geomatics has also been invented here”. The courses are theoretical but mostly practical (60%) with workshops on software, manipulation of satellite data and other surveying and geodesy.
“We can apply the geomatics including on the environment (forest management, hydrography, management of mineral resources, public transport), an area that is particularly abundant in Canada, but also in other sectors such as health,” says Michel Côté, with studies on the geographical dispersion of certain viruses, for example.” The placement rate of students is 100% after graduation and the opportunities in the high North, in particular, are enticing to a point of view of salaries. Enough to encourage Ronan to imagine continuing his life in Quebec after studies.
TECHNOLOGY GEOMATICS: Attestationd’college studies (AEC) in three years with internship of end of studies. The only cégep in the region to offer this training. Professional Applications: – technician in geomatics, a specialist in geo-reference, a technician in the public works. Admission fees: $ 150 per year. In 2014, all nominations were accepted. Opportunity of international internship.
Become an ace in the media
Maeve Cambier, 25 – Cégep de Jonquière
If Montreal is one of the world capitals of media, some students still choose a more “nature”, in the Saguenay region just to the north-west of the province. This is the case of Maeve, coming from very far away, closer to pedagogy, and the climate is rather mixed compared to its habits. Because the young woman is a native of the island of the Meeting. A French department with which the cégep de Jonquière has established special relations and that it sends each year a few students. Under an agreement, students from reunion island (like those from Guadeloupe and New Caledonia) are, in effect, a scholarship of 700 euros given by their native region. To conduct training in a sector where Quebec arose as a leader.
computer Graphics, sound, video, animation… Maeve, who dreams of working in an agency of communication or advertising, following a full course: “The visual identity ofes Web sites I am passionate about, ” she said, as well as the creation of advertising spots. In addition, the level of general courses French, English, philo is much more affordable than at The Meeting. Not to mention that the relationships with the teachers and the people of the region are really warm.” At the end of the training, each student must lead a project for a local company. Incredible but true: 83% of students are hired after their internship! Notice to lovers…
TECHNICAL INTEGRATION MULTIMEDIA: Three years with internship of end of studies. In 2014, 5 graduates, about 28 of which were French. Admission fees: $ 280 per year. Selection on folder both on the academic level as on the personal profile.
Fiddling with the software and networks
Aurélien Goux, 19-year – Cégep de Sherbrooke
Registered at the DUT electrical Engineering and industrial computing, Lyon, Aurélien, 19, has chosen Québec to follow a session of six months “to deepen,” he said, expertise is more technical, based on the manipulation of electronic modules”. During this training, he learns to develop programs on a PC, to configure software, and install and modify computer networks. A precision work that they feel passionate about. And he has not chosen the worst corner of Quebec: the eastern Townships, a region known for its nature and its sweetness of life. After six months of study, He is looking forward to his choice : the college has a “store” where students have access to material in electronic circuitry and computing means to practise their future profession. An approach that is decidedly less theoretical than that adopted by the French school. According to Marie-Eve Genest, educational consultant for internationalization, “the French students fit very well to this training because they show themselves to be generally open and curious”. On the eight students in this session, three are French.
Its adaptation to the life in quebec, He has lived much more easily that it was “sponsored” in any way by students from quebec who have initiated to poutine (specialty culinary staple in Quebec) and to the expressions of thought. And to integrate more to the local customs, Aurélien has chosen to live in community with 13 students in quebec in a big house in the city center of Sherbrooke. After an internship at the cégep of seven weeks, during which it will undertake a project supervised by a teacher, the young student plans to return to France to pick up his diploma. “And to join my girlfriend”, he says. His professional future, He sees it as the engineer in a design office, somewhere in France
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SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY computer engineering: college diploma three-year internship at the end of the 2nd year, and then completion of a project integrator in end-of-study. Selection on folder. Admission fees: 195 approximately$, including registration, and rights relating to the services and activities offered.