Walk through the award winning structures of Champlain College! - this west bank community of learning shows off the vision of Master Canadian Architect Ron Thom.
Named in honour of the French explorer Samuel de Champlain, the college is situated right on the bank of the Otonabee River. The intimacy of the river provides an awe-inspiring place for both learning and living.
At the centre of the college is the impressive Great Hall, which serves as the college's gathering place for formal dinners and events, as well as a daily dining and study hall. Near the great hall are a Junior Common Room for student recreation and study, The Seasoned Spoon, an independent cooperatively run café serving healthy, organic, locally grown, affordable food, and the newly renovated Champlain Living Learning Commons. The Commons serves as a formal meeting space, an art gallery, a dining room, and the venue for regular college functions like co-curricular workshops and guest speakers. Both residential students and students living off-campus have access to college facilities.
The college residences are divided into two quads. From the air, these buildings appear as interlocking C's, standing for Champlain College. Within the residences are three special areas designated as "Living Learning Communities". These include the Trent Global Living Community, for students interested in developing their global citizenship; the Active Living Community, for those with a spirit of adventure who want to live health and active lives; and the new "La Maison Française", a tradition of the college named after the father of New France (the beginnings of Canada).
Champlain classrooms, for both seminars and lectures, are located throughout the college, mixed in with faculty and department offices. Moreover, the Trent International Program, the Careers Centre and the Academic Skills Center all find their home in Champlain; along with student run organizations like Absynthe Magazine, AIESEC International Internships organization, and Frontier literacy volunteers, they add to the character and vitality of college life.
Students at Champlain will be exposed to a plethora of events involving guest speakers and fellows in residence, and visitors. These guests are invited to speak to Trent students and remain on campus for a time, interacting with students to inspire intellectual exchange supplementing the academic life of this community of learning.
Feel like relaxing by the river with a good book? Champlain College offers space outside its atrium where students can enjoy the outside, play games, or watch Trent rowers on the Otonabee River! Every Tuesday afternoon (weather-permitting) is a Tuesday on the Water, when the Head of Champlain (Dr. Mike Allcott) and the Residence Life Coordinator (Molly Raffan) welcome students to join them for canoeing on the Otonabee.
The Living Learning communities here at Champlain are available to students interested in global citizenship and modern issues, as well as living healthy and active lives. Don't be afraid to checkout the Cellie, the licensed pub and games room open and run by students, playing host to a variety of Champlain functions.
New CLLC room:
The Champlain Living Learning Commons has been renovated to be at the heart of our college community of learning. University departments and programs, as well as student groups, may book the space through the college office for co-curricular activities. It will be a community-affirming space for guest speakers, group meetings, reading groups and dialogues; it can also be used as a private dining room. The three Living Learning Communities of Champlain, TGLC (the Trent Global Living Community), Active Living Community, and La Maison Francaise, will use the space as an anchor location for their programming.
Champlain Living and Learning Commons is located on the second floor of Champlain College, just above the Great Hall. The Commons can be booked by calling the College Office, 705-748-1237
Theatre Style Board Room Style
Booking Form for CLLC Room.
