Editing Mississauga (section)

==Education==
[[File:UTM-Library.jpg|thumb|Hazel McCallion Academic Learning Centre at U of T Mississauga]]
Mississauga is the home to the [[University of Toronto Mississauga]], one of three campuses of the [[University of Toronto]]. UTM has an enrollment of approximately 13,200 students. It is growing at a rate of about 1,000 students per year since 2002, following a major expansion. U of T Mississauga has 15 academic departments, 143 programs and 87 areas of study, and includes Institutes for Management and Innovation, and Communication, Culture, Information and Technology. The [[Mississauga Academy of Medicine]] is located on campus in the [[Terrence Donnelly Health Sciences Complex]]. The campus employs over 2,000 full- and part-time employees (including 800 permanent faculty and staff), and has more than 47,000 alumni, including astronaut [[Roberta Bondar]], filmmaker [[Richie Mehta]], actor [[Zaib Shaikh]] and writer/poet [[Dionne Brand]]. The $35-million Innovation Complex, which opened in September 2014, houses the Institute for Management and Innovation, a new model for business education combining management studies with key industry sectors, and the first phase of the multi-phase North Building reconstruction, known as Deerfield Hall, opened in September 2014.

[[File:Sheridan mississauga.jpg|thumb|right|Sheridan College Business education facility in downtown Mississauga]]
[[Sheridan College]] opened a new $46 million facility in Mississauga in 2011. The school has two main concentrations: business education, and programs to accelerate the movement of new Canadians into the workforce. The {{convert|150000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} campus will be located on an {{convert|8.5|acre|m2|adj=on}} parcel of land in City Centre just north of the Living Arts Centre. The campus accommodated 1,700 students upon completion of phase one of construction in Fall 2011. Phase two of construction after 2011 increased capacity by 3,740 students to a combined total of 5,000; it also included construction of a 10-level municipal parking garage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mississauga.com/news/local/article/247251--college-contract-awarded |title=College contract awarded |publisher=Mississauga News |date=24 December 2009 |access-date=2010-07-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mississauga.com/news/local/article/244665--ground-broken-for-college-campus |title=Ground broken for college campus |publisher=Mississauga News |date=15 December 2009 |access-date=2010-07-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mississauga.com/news/article/159280--city-approves-sheridan-lease |title=City approves Sheridan lease |publisher=Mississauga News |date=29 October 2009 |access-date=2010-07-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mississauga.com/news/article/28496--city-to-get-sheridan-college-campus |title=City to get Sheridan College campus |publisher=Mississauga News |date=25 May 2009 |access-date=2010-07-27}}</ref>

Mississauga is served by the [[Peel District School Board]], which operates the secular Anglophone public schools, the [[Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board]], which operates Catholic Anglophone public schools, the ''[[Conseil scolaire Viamonde]]'', which operates secular Francophone schools, and the ''[[Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud]]'', which operates Catholic Francophone schools. Within the city, the four boards run a total of more than 150 schools.

Multiple schools in Mississauga also offer specialized programs:
* [[French immersion]] schools in multiple locations across the city such as [[Applewood Heights Secondary School]], [[Clarkson Secondary School]] and [[Streetsville Secondary School]]
* Extended French Program at St. Thomas More School, [[Lorne Park Secondary School]], [[Philip Pocock Catholic Secondary School]] and [[St. Aloysius Gonzaga Secondary School]]
* Regional Arts Program at Queen Elizabeth Senior Public School, [[Cawthra Park Secondary School]] and [[Iona Catholic Secondary School]]
* International Business and Technology Program at [[Allan A. Martin Senior Public School]] and [[Gordon Graydon Memorial Secondary School]]
* [[International Baccalaureate]] Program at [[St. Francis Xavier High School, Mississauga, Ontario|St. Francis Xavier Secondary School]], [[Glenforest Secondary School]], [[Bronte College]] and [[Erindale Secondary School]].
* Sci Tech Program at [[Tomken Road Middle School]] and [[Port Credit Secondary School]]
* [[Regional Enhanced Program]] at [[Glenforest Secondary School]], [[The Woodlands School (Mississauga)|The Woodlands School]] and [[Lorne Park Secondary School]].
* Regional Sports Program at [[Applewood Heights Secondary School]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.peelschools.org/Pages/default.aspx|title=Peel District School Board|website=Peelschools.org|access-date=7 June 2022}}</ref>
* International and Executive Leadership Academy at [[Thomas L. Kennedy Secondary School|TL Kennedy Secondary School]]