Cape Breton University (CBU)

Cape Breton University (CBU)
HE Institution
Year of foundation: 
1982
Member since: 
20/07/2009
Cape Breton University

Contact

Institutional postal address: 
P.O. Box 5300, 1250 Grand Lake Road, Sydney Nova Scotia, B1P 6L2
Region: 
North America
Country: 
Canada
City: 
Sydney (Nova Scotia)
Institutional e-mail: 
Institutional phone: 
902 539 5300

Mission / Vision

To provide leadership and employ partnerships that assist learners and their communities to meet their educational, cultural, and economic needs.

Goals

To be Canada's best University, understood and respected for its uniqueness, sense of purpose, creativity in learning, and the capabilities of its learners and the quality of its educational, training and discovery models. These put learners first in a community-based educational environment that identifies and celebrates humanistic values while embracing creativity and innovation for the common good.

Main activities

Providing the learner with access to high quality learning programs and experiences which reflect, integrate, and develop knowledge traditions of the liberal arts, sciences, technologies, and trades; 
Ensuring the continued pursuit of excellence in education, scholarship, service, and innovation, while recognizing the diversity of learners and celebrating the contribution of all learners to the community of scholars; and 
Emphasizing partnerships with the people, cultures, and communities of Cape Breton and expanding connections to the wider global community, its peoples and cultures. 

Partners

  • UNESCO. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
  • The Catalan Association of Public Universities (ACUP)

Sponsored by

  • Generalitat de Catalunya. Ministry of Business and Employment. Department of Research and Universities
  • Generalitat de Catalunya. Ministry for Foreign Action and Open Government