George Brown College

Toronto, Canada

The George Brown College of Applied Arts and Technology is a public, fully accredited college of applied arts and technology with three campuses in downtown Toronto (Ontario, Canada). Like many other colleges in Ontario, George Brown College was chartered in 1966 by the government of Ontario and opened the next year.

In addition to programs in construction, early childhood education, dental services and the culinary arts — subjects they continue to teach — it once offered programs that might not be quite as relevant today, like signwriting and watchmaking. Believe it or not, they even prepared students for careers at sea through a marine engineering program.