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Student Life

An education with the Ursulines is more than just time spent in school. It's also the whole range of social, cultural and sports activities that makes it possible for girls to develop their abilities as fully as possible. The management of boarding school life, the time set aside for rest and recreation, the availability of religious or social clubs – these and other aspects of student life foster a sense of belonging to the school community. Students, teachers and administrators are all called upon to use their talents to participate in, organize or supervise these activities.

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Boarder during the years 1950-1960
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Collège Marie-de-l'Incarnation, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
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Boarder during the years 1950-1960

When I was a boarder, there were only a few holidays during the year when we could go home. We had permission to go out on Sunday from 11:45 in the morning to 4:45 in the afternoon. We had to be back in time for vespers. There was a weekend off each month, when we'd leave Friday evening and come back Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock. These were good times, and my memories of them are happy ones. I liked being a boarder. I was always glad to go home, but I liked coming back too because the boarding school was our whole life.

Hélène Bourassa
Student at CMI from 1958 to 1962

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The semi-boarders
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Collège Marie-de-l'Incarnation, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
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The semi-boarders

I was a semi-boarder. Unlike the day school students, the semi-boarders ate lunch at the school. And unlike the regular boarders, they went home at the end of the day. In my time there was no school bus. We were responsible for getting to school on our own. Our parents drove us, or else we took the bus or just walked.

Louise Gabias
Student at CMI from 1961 to 1971

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Three-Quarter Boarders
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Collège Marie-de-l'Incarnation, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
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The "three-quarter" boarders

When I was going to CMI, there were "three-quarter" boarders. They used to go home for lunch. But they ate breakfast and supper and slept at the school.

Louise Gabias
Student at CMI from 1961 to 1971

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Dorm
1947
The Sacré-Coeur boarding school, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada

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Dorm
1933

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Evolution of the Dorm
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Collège Marie-de-l'Incarnation, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
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Evolution of the Dorm

I arrived at the boarding school when I was in sixth grade. At that time, we slept in the dorm. There were poles between the beds to hang curtains every morning while we got dressed. We used to go fill our basins with water for washing up. At night, everyone had to go to bed at the same time, but there was a period for reading before the lights went off. The nun in charge of the dormitory would read us a story like "Little Women." This was a moment of relaxation. There were forty of us in the same room, and we slept in iron beds that creaked a little. It was hard to sleep if anybody had the flu or a bad cough. I put up with this for two years. Then, I was transferred to a new section where there were alcoves in the dorm. Our beds were surrounded by three walls and a curtain. This was different, we had more privacy. Then in the third year of secondary school, we had the right to a bedroom.

Lucie Morinville
Student at CMI from 1965 to 1975

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Dorm
1933
Grand-Mère, Québec, Canada

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Dorm
1947