Claim: Marianopolis College was founded in 1908 by the Notre-Dame Congregation (a religious community for women founded in 1658), it initially offered degrees through Université Laval, the first being offered three years after the college's founding.
Evidence: The school was founded in 1908 by the Notre-Dame Congregation as the bilingual Notre Dame Ladies College, the first institution of higher learning for English-speaking Catholic women in Quebec. The Congrégation de Notre Dame (CND) is a religious community for women founded in 1658 in the colony of New France, now part of Canada. Initially, it offered degrees through Université Laval, the first being offered three years after the college's founding.