From November 21st to the 23rd, 2012, CEGEP Marie-Victorin hosted a Chinese delegation in the context of a training program promoting partnerships between colleges in the province of Shandong (China) and those in Quebec. The delegation also visited three other CEGEP partners in this project: Vanier, John Abbot and André-Laurendeau
During their stay, CEGEP Marie-Victorin’s UNESCO Chair in applied research for education in prison presented to these visitors a communication on college education in the prison environment. Through its achievements and its unique expertise developed in partnership with the Correctional Service of Canada and the Ministry of Education, Recreation and Sport in the province of Quebec for the past 40 years, CEGEP Marie-Victorin is a leader in education in prison and this has been recognized through the granting of a UNESCO chair in 2010. The CEGEP mandated Mr. Jean-Pierre Simoneau for this occasion.
The delegation was able to learn more about the CEGEP’s educational experience in prison and in the community, as regards the development of professional skills and citizens. It also discovered the four axes of the Chair, which are: applied research, a documentation centre, the creation of a community of international interest, and its contribution to improving services and training in addition to raising the awareness of decision-makers as to the advantages of education in prison.
