It has been announced by the administration of TAV College that the institution will be having a new structure built at 5995 Decarie Boulevard to expand the college’s campus. “With a consistently growing number of annual student enrolment, the board of directors of TAV College has decided to purchase land nearby and build more space for the college to grow for years to come.” said Eli Meroz, Director of Studies. The new building will finally have some very exciting features that students have been demanding for years.
The fifth floor will be entirely devoted to a gymnasium! The space will be perfect for many different sports, including: Basketball, floor hockey, badminton, soccer, volleyball, etc. The college will also eventually be looking in to forming college level sports teams that would compete with other Montreal colleges. The street level floor will be a state-of-the-art library and study hall with brand new computers and lavish interior de- sign, according to Meroz. The library will not necessarily be devoted to traditional stock, i.e. books and literature. Instead, it will take on a more contemporary style and depend on technology as the main highlight for the information space. The other floors will be devoted to brand new classrooms with the newest technologies and teaching equipment, as well as office space to accommodate more and more teaching and administrative staff.
“Although the building is planned to be completed and ready to use by the Fall of twenty-twenty, you never know which types of problems you will run into along the way,” said Meroz during an interview. TAV is now in the process of designing the new building, as well as negotiating the designs with city officials. Meroz states that the design for the building has already undergone four redesigns due to city regulations and engineering suggestions. Also, the current building sitting at 5995 Decarie had to undergo a “heritage site” investigation to determine if the structure was of any significance to Quebec/Cana- dian history. Luckily for the college, the site was not deemed a heritage site and could be therefore demolished, however, the city is insisting that the new building pay homage to the old and retain some of its features. The building currently at 5995 Decarie was, at once, a bank and eventually a police station, finally it will now be the new home of TAV College. Despite all the complications with the project, the director is confident that the new building will be ready to use by the expected completion date.
TAV currently has over nine hundred and fifty enrolled students and according to Meroz is expected to have well over one thousand two hundred by the time the new campus is ready. With that being said, the college is looking into expanding its programs to attract larger numbers of enrolment. “We currently have two new and very exciting programs at TAV: A social sciences program, as well as a cod- ing program in which students are guaranteed employment upon graduation,” states Meroz. The social sciences option is a two year DEC program geared towards students who are searching for a program that touch- es on many different fields of study, which prepares the students for many possible university paths. The coding program is a six month training intensive that has a partner- ship with a company entitled Shorify, which guarantees students (who have achieved a seventy five percent or more average) a job upon completion of the course. According to the director, the college will be eagerly looking into more partnerships with corporations for its students such as this program has done.
The future of TAV College is definitely an exciting one, however; it is full of unpredictability. The institution is in a constant state of change and innovation. The new building will not only create job opportunities for some twenty plus teachers and instructors, but will allow hundreds of new students to achieve their academic goals. It is inevitable that one day TAV will be competing against larger, reputable institutions such as Dawson College, or Vanier.
