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Champlain College nursing program helps anglophone students
CBC News
Posted: Mar 6, 2013 10:19 AM ET
Last Updated: Mar 6, 2013 10:40 AM ET
Some soon-to-be graduates of Champlain College's nursing program college took advantage of the program that helps prepare anglophones for the mostly French-language health care system. (CBC)
A new English-language nursing program is helping prepare anglophone students to work in Quebec's largely French-language health care system.
Champlain College in Lennoxville launched its nursing program three years ago, with a goal to offer English-speaking students a venue to learn but also to help fill gaps in the region's health care system.
Sarah Rogers visited the college to speak to some of its soon-to-be graduates. Click here to hear her conversation with Quebec AM host Ainslie Maclellan.
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