College of the North Atlantic

1963 District Vocational Schools (DVS) open around the province. Over the next few years DVS open in: • Labrador City • Happy Valley-Goose Bay • St. Anthony • Corner Brook • Stephenville Crossing • Port aux Basques • Baie Verte • Springdale • Grand Falls - Windsor • Lewisporte • Gander • Bonavista • Clarenville • Burin • Placentia • Carbonear • Seal Cove College of Trades and Technology opens in St. John's. Heavy Equipment School opens in Stephenville. 1967 Adult Upgrading Centre opens in Stephenville. 1977 Bay St. George Community College established in Stephenville encompassing the District Vocational School in Stephenville Crossing, the Adult Upgrading Centre and the Heavy Equipment School. 1987 Two Institutes and five Community Colleges are formed from the former District Vocational Schools, the College of Trades and Technology and the Bay St. George Community College. These Colleges are: • Cabot Institute • Fisher Technical College • Avalon Community College • Eastern Community College • Central Newfoundland Community College • Labrador Community College • Western Community College 1991 The Fisher Technical College is renamed the Fisher Institute of Applied Arts and Technology. Western Community College is renamed Western College of Applied Arts and Technology. 1992 Five Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology and Continuing Education are formed from the two Institutes and five Community Colleges. These Colleges are: • Cabot College • Eastern College • Central Newfoundland Community College • Westviking College • Labrador College 1997 College of the North Atlantic is formed from the five previous Colleges. ==Campuses==

College of the North Atlantic has 17 campus locations throughout Newfoundland and Labrador. In 2022, CNA divested itself of the Qatar campus. In alphabetical order, CNA campus locations are in the following locations: ==Facilities==

In addition to primary campus buildings, the Bay St. George campus includes the Centre for Heavy Equipment and Transportation Technology (CHETT). The Prince Philip Drive campus includes the Paul L. Pope Centre for TV & Film as well as the Topsail Road Office. The latter houses CNA’s Office of Applied Research and Innovation (OARI), including its Innovative Product Development Lab and Reality Capture and Digitization Technology Access Centre. OARI also operates a mobile Hyperspectral Scanning Unit. ==See also==