Dominican University College
Higher education institute in Canada
The Dominican University College (DUC; French: Collège universitaire dominicain) was a bilingual university located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. From 2012 to its closure in 2024, Dominican University College was an affiliated college of Carleton University.
Founded in 1900 and granted a civil university charter in 1967, Dominican University College was modelled on the houses of studies of the Order of Preachers and was originally the centre of graduate studies for Canadian Dominicans. The Dominican University College offered civil and pontifical bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in philosophy and theology.
History
The Saint-Jean-Baptiste church was completed in November 1872 at the corner of Primrose and Victoria Avenue (now Empress) in Ottawa. The adjoining Dominican convent and house of studies opened in 1899, modelled after the medieval studium generale specializing in Philosophy and Theology. In 1900, the Dominicans brought their School of Theology to Ottawa, followed shortly thereafter by courses in Philosophy in 1902, and granted ecclesiastical degrees at the level of licentiate. The first regent of the university, from 1900 to 1920, was Raymond-Marie Rouleau, who would later become Archbishop of Quebec and then a Cardinal.
In 1930, the Institut d'Etudes Medievales d'Ottawa was established at the convent as the French-speaking equivalent to the Institute of Mediaeval Studies at St. Michael's College of the University of Toronto, founded in 1929.
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