Coordinates: 42°58′49.89″N 82°20′54.91″W / 42.980525°N 82.3485861°W / 42.980525; -82.3485861

Lambton College is a Canadian College of Applied Arts and Technology in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada established during the formation of Ontario's college system in 1967. It is a smaller college, with 3,500 full-time and 6,000 part-time students.^[1]

Programs[link]

The college has a number of certificate and diploma programs from one to three years.^[2] The college also offers post-graduate certificates and specialized training.^[3] More recently, the college has begun offering three bachelor degree programs in conjunction with University of Windsor. These include the newly announced Graduate Early Childhood Education Program and The Bachelor of Arts Interdisciplinary Study Program and the Bachelor of Science in Nursing Programs.^[4] There are also a number of Continuing Education programs and courses available, both in class and online. Recently the College has introduced many Board of Governor Certificate Programs. Often these Programs provide individuals with training in fields like Information Technology Professional or Bookkeeping in a condensed flexible delivery format.

Buildings and Features[link]

Lambton College is noted for its strength in the Technology and Applied Science department due to its proximity to Ontario, Canada's Petrochemical & Industrial Manufacturing sector. Additionally, it is the only school to house an industry fire house in Canada.

In 1998, the RBC Centre (originally named the Sarnia Sports and Entertainment Centre) was built on the college's campus. It is currently the home arena to the Sarnia Sting of the Ontario Hockey League, and is primarily used as a hockey arena. However, there are numerous shows, concerts and events that happen throughout the year.is this

Student life[link]

Students have a variety of entertainment options, such as gathering in the student lounge during breaks, enjoying time with friends in the Lion's Den, finding a good book in the library, or going to the common room in the residence. The student council recently updated the furnishings with an outside deck theme.

Lion's Den[link]

The Lion’s den is the campus’ fully licensed pub and entertainment facility. There is plenty to do, with 3 pool tables, an air hockey table, video games, darts, TVs and music.^[5]

Residence[link]

The college's dormitory, The Lambton Inn, has 140 double rooms. Each room is equipped with a full bathroom, two desks, beds, armoires, microwave, fridge, and air conditioning.^[6] The residence, which used to be a hotel before being converted, is a short walk to the school, which includes the library, student centre and gym. The RBC Centre is on the same property as the college itself. Lambton College also boasts free cable and internet throughout the residence for students. Laundry facilities are available on both the upper and lower levels of the residence. Computers are available in the lobby and there is a kitchenette available for students.

Cineplex Entertainment Lambton 9 is located across the road, while Lambton Mall, restaurants, and grocery stores are all within easy walking distance.^[7]

History[link]

Lambton College's students have enjoyed a rich and diverse history. Opening in 1967 Lambton College was the second College in the system to officially open. At this time 45 students were enrolled in five programs at the College.

The Main Campus' cornerstone was dedicated on June 4, 1970. At that time sealed into the cornerstone were: a set of coins and low-denomination bills of the day, a set of stamps of the day, a calendar of the college for 1970-71, a copy of the charter incorporating the College, a seal of the College, a piece of cloth used to cover the stone prior to its unveiling (velvet, dark green and white), all newspaper clippings covering the ceremony, audio tapes of the ceremony, a television tape of the ceremony, audio tapes of the ceremony, a copy of the deed of the land for the College, a list of the community committees that had served the Board of the College up to this point in time, a list of the guests attending the ceremony, a list of the first students of the College up to this point in time, and a copy of this list.

The first president of Lambton College was Wolfgang Franke. He was selected from among 51 candidates, and did not start full time duties until January 1967 and his starting salary was $18 000. When campus staff went to give the first faculty tour, for the first original site, it had to be delayed because the building housing the actual classrooms was locked and no one had the key. Ron Lawrence, one of Lambton’s first faculty members discovered (much to his dismay) that his house key fit the lock.

International[link]

Lambton College has many international partnerships with around 5 000 students attending the college outside of Canada. Lambton College’s largest international partnerships are in China. These partnerships exist are with three prestigious schools in China, Jilin University,^[8] Qingdao University^[9] and Jiangnan University.^[10] Some of these partnerships go back over a decade. Currently at Jilin University, one of China’s top ranked state run universities, more than 2,000 students are enrolled.

Lambton College has also expanded to India and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In 2001, Lambton College opened a campus in Jeddah located on the western side of Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea. This campus is known as the Millennium Institute of Technology & Management.^[11]

In 2008, Lambton College entered into a partnership with the Canadian Institute of Vocational Courses in Chandigarh, India. Students from this campus may be able to transfer to Lambton College in the future to finish their program.

Scholarships[link]

The College joined Project Hero, a scholarship program cofounded by General (Ret'd) Rick Hillier, for the families of fallen Canadian Forces members.^[12]

List of Schools at Lambton College[link]

• School of Business, Hospitality and Creative Design
• School of Health Sciences
• School of Technology, Energy and Apprenticeship
• Fire Science and Public Safety
• School of Community Services & Liberal Studies

See also[link]

• Higher education in Ontario
• List of colleges in Ontario
• Canadian Interuniversity Sport
• Canadian government scientific research organizations
• Canadian university scientific research organizations
• Canadian industrial research and development organizations
• Homage Controversy

References[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Lambton College

External links[link]

• Lambton College

Rick Mercer
Rick Mercer, September 2007
Born	Richard Vincent Mercer (1969-10-17) October 17, 1969 (age 42) St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
Website
http://www.rickmercer.com/

Richard Vincent "Rick" Mercer (born October 17, 1969) is a Canadian comedian, television personality, political satirist, and blogger.

Mercer first came to national attention in 1990, when he premiered his one man show Show Me the Button, I'll Push It, or Charles Lynch Must Die at the Great Canadian Theatre Company in Ottawa. A pointed, satirical political commentary on Canadian life after Meech Lake, Show Me the Button made Mercer a national star as he toured the show across Canada.^{[citation needed]} Mercer came to greater attention for his role in the satirical news show This Hour Has 22 Minutes, and his spinoff special Talking To Americans was the highest-rated comedy special in the history of CBC Television, with 2.7 million viewers.

Television shows[link]

In 1992, he created and performed his second show, I've Killed Before, I'll Kill Again, which was also a popular touring show. Also in that year, he began to work with former CODCO members Cathy Jones, Mary Walsh, and with fellow Newfoundlander Greg Thomey, to create a new television series for CBC Television which became This Hour Has 22 Minutes.

In the first eight seasons of 22 Minutes, Mercer provided some of the show's signature moments, including an Internet petition (on the 22 Minutes website) to force Canadian Alliance leader Stockwell Day to change his first name to Doris.

Mercer's tightly scripted and performed two-minute "rants," in which he would speak directly to the camera about a current political issue, shot in a style similar to those Denis Leary used in MTV commercials, quickly became the show's signature segment. In 1998, he published a book, Streeters, which compiled many of his most famous 22 Minutes rants. It quickly became a national bestseller. In 2007 he published his second book, Rick Mercer Report: The Book.

In November 2010, Mercer contributed a rant he had previously recorded in 2007 on the subject of teen bullying in high schools to Dan Savage's It Gets Better Project.^[1]

[edit] Made in Canada

Mercer co-created the series Made in Canada, which ran for five seasons on CBC Television from 1998–2003. The show was a fast-paced situation comedy which self-referentially satirized the Canadian TV production industry, often drawing from details of its own production companies and including thinly veiled parodies of contemporary programs. It was syndicated abroad as The Industry and won several Gemini Awards (which were themselves satirized in subsequent episodes.)

[edit] Talking to Americans

One of Mercer's trademark comedy routines on 22 Minutes was Talking to Americans, in which he would travel to a major American city or institution and conduct on-the-street interviews with average Americans regarding Canadian politics, the weather, etc., often with hilarious results as the subject's ignorance about Canada was illustrated. One famous example saw Mercer asking Americans' opinion on whether Canada should change its "20 Hour Clock" to the 24 hour one used by the United States. He received approval from citizens and from the Governor of Iowa, Tom Vilsack. On another occasion he got the support of Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee in calling on Canadians to save the "National Igloo."

Mercer made international headlines in 2000 when he pulled a Talking to Americans stunt on then-presidential candidate George W. Bush. He successfully got Bush to answer questions about non-existent Canadian Prime Minister "Jean Poutine". Bush was not amused at the time, and thereafter refused to accept interviews from the CBC^{[citation needed]}. However, he did make a joking reference to this incident during his visit to Canada in 2004. In the same US election campaign, Mercer asked Democratic candidate Al Gore to promise to visit the "Canadian capital city" of Toronto after his election. Gore did not question Mercer's incorrect identification of the capital of Canada.

In 2001, Mercer co-produced a CBC special based on Talking to Americans, which attracted 2.7 million Canadian viewers—the highest-rated television special in Canadian history. Later, the respected ABC News program Nightline would devote a show to it. This was his last major project related to 22 Minutes—at the end of the 2000–2001 season, he announced his departure from that show. It was rumoured that he had decided to leave because of friction between Mercer and co-star Mary Walsh^{[citation needed]}, although other reasons include focusing on his other television show, Made in Canada. Talking to Americans was nominated for a Gemini Award, but following the 9/11 attacks, Mercer declined the nomination.

[edit] The Rick Mercer Report

In 2003, Made in Canada ended its run as well, and Mercer began to work on a new CBC series, Rick Mercer's Monday Report. Similar in format to 22 Minutes and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, the show debuted in January 2004. Also in 2003, Mercer went to Afghanistan to visit the Canadian troops stationed there (See: Operation Athena), resulting in the television special Christmas in Kabul.

Despite reports of a long-standing feud Mercer invited Walsh to appear on Monday Report as a special guest to promote her own series Hatching, Matching and Dispatching.

At the end of its second season, Monday Report was the highest rated arts and entertainment show on the CBC. Mercer has had a who's who from the world of Canadian entertainment and politics appear as guests on his show. Ex-Prime Minister Paul Martin gave him a private tour of 24 Sussex Drive and former New Democratic Party leader Ed Broadbent made snow angels with Mercer on Parliament Hill. Other prominent guests were NDP leader Jack Layton; Conservative Party leader Stephen Harper (now Prime Minister); Green Party leader Elizabeth May; then-Conservative MP Belinda Stronach; Conservative MP Peter MacKay; Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams; Olympic gold medallist Kyle Shewfelt; author Pierre Berton; recording artists Jann Arden, Bif Naked, Rush bassist Geddy Lee and drummer and lyricist Neil Peart, and Sarah McLachlan; publishing mogul Conrad Black; and former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. When Mercer hosted a relief benefit concert for the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, musical guests Barenaked Ladies appeared in a segment Mercer shot backstage completely naked.

Since Mercer launched his own show, he became a regular target of his old show 22 Minutes. Criticism of Mercer focused mostly on his ongoing support of the Canadian Forces and his personal wealth.^{[citation needed]}

In 2005, the CBC moved Monday Report to Tuesday nights, which caused the show's name to be changed to The Rick Mercer Report. On his blog, Mercer wrote of the time slot shift that "we ended the season as the highest rated comedy show on the network. Clearly some drastic changes were needed."

A book by Mercer, Rick Mercer Report: The Book, based on his television program, was published on September 25, 2007, by Doubleday Canada. This was Mercer's first book since his bestselling Streeters of 1998, and contained a collection of the best of Mercer's "rants" from the first four seasons of Rick Mercer Report, together with choice moments from interviews for the program and other writings by Mercer. On CBC Radio's Sounds Like Canada on September 21, Shelagh Rogers said of the book that "it's the most fun I've had in bed in a long time." The book entered the Globe and Mail books chart on October 6 at number three. A continuing commercial success, it was number one in the Globe bestseller list in the week before Christmas 2007, and has been reprinted eight times.

An expanded and updated paperback version of Rick Mercer Report: The Book, called Rick Mercer Report: The Paperback Book, was published by Anchor Canada on September 16, 2008 and immediately entered the top ten of the Globe and Mail bestseller list. It continues to sell well and has been reprinted several times.

Other film and television work[link]

Mercer has hosted It Seems Like Yesterday, which examines pop-culture from the 1950s to the 1980s. He has appeared in a few films, including Secret Nation, Understanding Bliss and Bon Cop, Bad Cop.

Awards[link]

Mercer has received more than 20 Gemini Awards for his television work. He has also been a winner of the prestigious Sir Peter Ustinov Comedy Award, presented to him at the 2003 Banff Television Festival. In 1993, Newfoundland premier Clyde Wells honoured Mercer with the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council's Artist of the Year award. In 2004, Mercer was presented with the Governor General's Performing Arts Award. He donated his $15,000 cash prize to the LSPU hall, the theatre in Newfoundland where Mercer performed his early work.

He holds honorary degrees from Laurentian University in Sudbury, Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John's, Brock University in St. Catharines, McMaster University in Hamilton, Bishop's University in Sherbrooke, and the University of British Columbia. He received an honorary high school diploma for his outstanding efforts and determination from Landmark East School in Wolfville, Nova Scotia in 1999.^[2]

Mercer was awarded the 30th Annual Bob Edwards Award in Calgary.^[3]

In 2007, he was named honorary colonel of the 423 Maritime Helicopter Squadron, based in Shearwater, Nova Scotia; the squadron flies the Sea King helicopters.^[4][5]

Spokesperson and endorsements[link]

Rick Mercer is co-chair, along with Belinda Stronach, in the Spread the Net campaign, partnered through UNICEF, which kicked off at Brock University on September 10, 2008. Spread the Net provides bed nets for $10 each to prevent the spread of malaria among children in Africa.

In December 2004 Mercer appeared on the commercials advertising the One-Tonne Challenge for the Government of Canada. Mercer also appeared as a model in a national ad for men's clothing store, Harry Rosen, wearing a Canali suit. All of Mercer's fees for the campaign went to Casey House, a hospice in Toronto for people living with AIDS. Casey House was founded by June Callwood, who appeared as a celebrity guest on Monday Report.

In September 2005, Mercer became the national spokesperson for the 2005 Walk For Life, a series of 132 fund-raising walks across Canada that raise money for people living with HIV and AIDS. The Walk for Life is a project of the Canadian AIDS Society.

Mercer has narrated an animated science video on climate change for Science North in Sudbury.

In November 2010, Mercer joined the It Gets Better campaign, a series of videos that aim to help gay and lesbian youth to overcome bullying.^[6]

Personal life[link]

Mercer was born in St. John's, Newfoundland. He dropped out of Prince of Wales High School in St. John's before completing his diploma requirements. However, in 2002 he was presented with an honorary doctor of letters by Laurentian University and in 2005 he was awarded an honorary doctorate degree by Memorial University of Newfoundland.^[7] He was a member of the Royal Canadian Sea Cadets when he was in his teen years.

Mercer's partner is television producer Gerald Lunz. Although the romantic relationship came first, Lunz is also Mercer's long-time partner in business, who discovered him, fostered his career, and is currently the executive producer of The Rick Mercer Report. He regards his personal life as private, and says little about it in public beyond acknowledging that he is gay;^[8][9][10] in a 2011 interview on CBC Radio One's The Current, he clarified that he doesn't specifically mention his sexuality on Rick Mercer Report because it's just "not what the show is about".^[11]

References[link]

Further reading[link]

• Mercer, Rick (2008), Rick Mercer Report: The Paperback Book, Anchor Canada, ISBN 9780385665193, http://books.google.ca/books?id=Ayhl-wbRqRIC&lpg=PA1&dq=Rick%20Mercer%20Report%3A&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=true 
• Mercer, Rick (2007), Rick Mercer Report: The Book, Doubleday Canada, ISBN 978-0-385-66518-6, http://books.google.ca/books?id=ltoAqCAEnCMC&lpg=PP1&dq=Rick%20Mercer%20Report%3A&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=true 

External links[link]

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College Fall is a pop band featuring Glenn Musto and Jodie Bartlett. Formed in Western Australia in 2005 out of the ashes of local bands Josivac, Showbag and The Nordeens.^[1]

Biography[link]

Glenn Musto was previously the main singer/songwriter in The Nordeens and Showbag. Jodie Bartlett joined Showbag in 2003, in time to record the band’s only album, The Town We Loved In.^[2] After Showbag’s disintegration, Musto relocated to England and travelled through Europe and USA performing solo.

The band played its first performance on 31 July 2005 at the Velvet Lounge in Perth. In March 2006 they toured the eastern states of Australia, playing in Adelaide and Melbourne. In June 2006 College Fall commenced their first tour of Europe, playing in the UK (Rock for Tibet, Eat the World festival), Denmark (Byfest, Skanderborg festival), Finland and France before returning to Western Australia in November that year. In 2007 the band undertook an extensive tour of their home state playing in Margaret River, Yallingup, Augusta, Bunbury, Geraldton, Broome and Kununurra before returning to Europe in July. College Fall performed in Italy (Rocca in Musica festival), UK, Denmark (Byfest festival) and Finland.

College Fall released their debut album Eleven Letters in September, 2007 on Hooked Up Records in the United Kingdom,^[3] Rhythm Barrel Records in Finland.^[4] In 2008 the album was released in Australia via Varsity Records, in March 2008 and in Japan on ThisTime Records, where it was featured as 'Powerpop Of The Month'.^[5][6] It is a concept album telling an autobiographical story of eleven letters written between two lovers.^[2]

The band has spent much of their career touring Australia, the UK and western Europe,^[7] either as a duo or four piece. Touring has led to critical acclaim in small pockets of the world including Finland, Denmark, the south-west of the United Kingdom and Western Australia.^[2] The band has been often referenced to artists such as Jimmy Eat World, Death Cab For Cutie and Stars.

College Fall has received radio airplay in Australia including high rotation of the track "Gravity" syndicated nationwide on Nova FM, on government youth radio network Triple J ^[8] and on many community radio stations. The band's music has also been heard on BBC in the UK and Radio Helsinki in Finland.

College Fall received the $10,000 grant for the release of their album Keep Your Promises (since changed to The Curse Of Us) from the Department of Culture and Arts of the Government of Western Australia. They will record with renowned Sydney producer Michael Carpenter (Youth Group, The Vines, 78 Saab).^[9]

College Fall has just completed the recording of their sophomore record The Curse Of Us which is scheduled for release in 2010.^[10]

The band will be touring Europe in June and July 2009 with shows including the Sculpture by the Sea cultural exhibition in Aarhus, Denmark at the request of her royal highness Princess Mary. They will also be returning to Finland for the third time to play in Turku and Helsinki.^[11] They will then be performing at the Kansai Music Festival in Japan in September and releasing their new album The Curse of Us in July 2010 through Varsity Records in Australia.

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

• Eleven Letters - Hooked Up (September, 2007), Rhythm Barrel (September 2007) Varsity (March, 2008) Vent (August 2009)
• The Curse of Us - Varsity (July, 2010)

EPs[link]

• Demonstration (2005)
• Built An Empty Home (2006)
• Gravity - Ride (2007)
• European Tour EP (2009)

References[link]

External links[link]

• College Fall @ Discogs
• College Fall @ MusicBrainz