page_title: Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
section_title: Education
hierarchical_section_title: Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario / Education
caption_attribution_description: English: Algoma University, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
context_page_description: Sault Ste. Marie is a city on the St. Marys River in Ontario, Canada, close to the Canada–US border. It is the seat of the Algoma District and the third largest city in Northern Ontario, after Sudbury and Thunder Bay.
  The Ojibwe, the indigenous Anishinaabe inhabitants of the area, call this area Baawitigong, meaning "place of the rapids." They used this as a regional meeting place during whitefish season in the St. Mary's Rapids.
  To the south, across the river, is the United States and the Michigan city of the same name. These two communities were one city until a new treaty after the War of 1812 established the border between Canada and the United States in this area at the St. Mary's River. In the 21st century, the two cities are joined by the International Bridge, which connects Interstate 75 on the Michigan side, and Huron Street on the Ontario side. Shipping traffic in the Great Lakes system bypasses the Saint Mary's Rapids via the American Soo Locks, the world's busiest canal in terms of tonnage that passes through it, while smaller recreational and tour boats use the Canadian Sault Ste. Marie Canal.
  French colonists referred to the rapids on the river as Les Saults de Ste.
context_section_description: The city is home to Sault College, a college of applied arts and technology, and to Algoma University. While the vast majority of programs at Algoma University and Sault College are delivered on the respective campuses, both institutions also offer joint programs with Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. On June 18, 2008, Algoma University became an independent university, ending its longtime affiliation with Laurentian University in Sudbury. A new school, Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig (University), is poised to launch as a federated school of Algoma University. It will offer courses in Anishinaabe culture and language.
  Sault Ste. Marie is home to the Algoma District School Board and to the Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board. It is part of the Conseil scolaire de district du Grand Nord de l'Ontario and the Conseil scolaire de district catholique du Nouvel-Ontario. It is also home to the following high schools:
  Korah Collegiate & Vocational School (English, public, offers the International Baccalaureate Programme)
  École Notre-Dame-du-Sault (French, Catholic)
  St. Mary's College (English with French Immersion Program, Catholic, offers Advanced Placement programs)
  Superior Heights Collegiate & Vocational School (English and French Immersion, public, offers Advanced Placement programs)
  White Pines Collegiate & Vocational School (English, public)
  Sault Ste. Marie is also home to the Ontario Forest Research Institute and the federal Great Lakes Forestry Centre.
  Sault Ste. Marie has over 30 elementary schools.
caption: Shingwauk Hall, Algoma University
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