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Item consists of a mount of one photograph on card of unidentified women and men posed in front of an unidentified high school. "S.J. Thompson Photo" is printed in the bottom right of the photograph. Numerals "50" printed on paper have been adhered to the bottom left of the card. "Education dept 2 oak 4117 bank 1/2 [?] rd 285" is written in pencil and "Ed office" is written in blue on the verso.

The item is a copy of a thesis by Jean Barman titled "Growing up British in British Columbia: Boys in Private School, 1900-1950." 1982. xii, 474: tables. Thesis (D.Ed.) University of British Columbia, 1982. Bibliography: leaves 475-505. Appendices: leaves 506-522.

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Educational. Students at Vancouver's John Oliver High School produce a black and white film entitled "Effort 1".

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Hilda Cecil Collins RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1984-05-08 SUMMARY: In an interview with Indiana Matters, Hilda Collins discusses her life, her career as a governess, pioneering on Vancouver Island in 1913, family life, and women's societies.;

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Hilda Cecil Collins RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1984-05-07 SUMMARY: Hilda Collins discusses her life, her career as a governess, pioneering on Vancouver Island in 1913, family life and women's societies.;

The file contains a photocopy of a typescript of an article by Home Economics Branch director, Jessie L. McLenaghen, giving brief survey of the development of Home Economics in B.C. schools from 1895 to 1941. The article was intended for publication in "The School".

Radio speech made a week after the opening of the 1st session of the 23rd B.C. Legislature [03-Feb-1953], Education Minister Tilly Rolston (Social Credit MLA for Vancouver-Point Grey) discusses t;he recent political history of B.C., the results of the June 1952 election, W.A.C. Bennett, and Social Credit policies with regard to school financing, taxes, automobile license fees, hospital insuran;ce, the economy, natural resources, parks, highways, tourism, freight rates, inequalities faced by women, etc.;

Minutes of annual, semi-annual, and executive meetings, 1927-1968. Includes statements of accounts and brief submitted to British Columbia Royal Commission on Education (1959).

Presented by Douglas Harker, Pender Island, 1980.

The records consist of correspondence, agendas, minutes, reports, statistics and discussion papers maintained by John (Jack) Reyland Fleming during his tenure as Assistant Deputy Ministry of Education. The records date between 1984 and 1986 and detail proposed changes to educational policy and curricula across the province. The records provide details of discussions regarding the integration of new technology in BC classrooms and action plans to encourage a greater number of women to enter the sciences. The series also consists of records that detail the workings of the Ministry of Education’s Executive Committee, including committee minutes and facility maintenance directives. The series consists of a number of updates to various projects across the province, including the “Program Effectiveness Branch,” the “Small Secondary Schools project,” the “Fund for Excellence in Education,” the “Capital project report,” the “Implication of the capital system” project and the “Special Education Program Evaluation.” The series also consists of a number of files relating to French immersion and First Nations educational issues.

The series also consists of a number of school district files. These are arranged numerically by school district number and contain records that deal with a variety of district-specific issues. Examples include personnel issues, facility maintenance and upgrading issues, and relevant correspondence.

Fleming taught in many school districts across the province and was a founding member of the Knowledge Network of BC. His lengthy tenure spent at the Ministry of Education began with an appointment to the position of Associate Deputy Minister of Finance and Education in 1973. After a brief stint as the Deputy Minister of Education, he served as the Assistant Deputy Minister of Education from 1976 until the 1990s.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Jean Garman RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-03 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Jean Garman discusses her family background and childhood in New Brunswick. Her father's homestead in Saskatchewan. Childhood memories of Mildon and Saskatoon. Other members of her family. First job teaching. Travel east. Work in Minneapolis. Move to Victoria. Return to Saskatchewan to be librarian at the University of Saskatchewan. Work with B.C. government in occupational training and education. More about teaching experience in Saskatchewan. TRACK 2: More on experiences in Saskatchewan. Her parents' retirement in Victoria. Marriage to Eric Garman. Travel. Community activities. Her ;aunt's 100th birthday and some stories about her life. More about her grandparents.;

This series consists of correspondence, minutes, reports, memoranda, etc. relative to the operation of the Jericho Hill School for the Deaf and the Blind, Vancouver, B.C. The collection includes the daily diary and staff attendance book, 1918-1919; minutes of meetings and related materials from the Management Committee and its successor, the Advisory Committee (established February, 1954); building specifications; and miscellaneous reports.

Educational. Fifth and final broadcast of Occupational Training Council series on careers; panel discussion of a Statistics Canada report by Warren Clark and Zolten Zsigmond on employment opportunities for secondary graduates two years after graduation.

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RECORDED: [location unknown], 1975 SUMMARY: John Young tells about his experience as an educator and his efforts to innovate and humanize education at Campbell River Senior Secondary School. Current and future needs for change in education.;

The development of public and higher education in British Columbia. 1849 to 1975. Unpublished manuscript, 1975.

The fonds consists of minutes, membership lists, resolutions and clippings of the Jordan River Parent-Teacher Association.

CALL NUMBER: T0133:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Kathleen Sally Creighton : U.B.C. - a viewpoint RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1973-01-24 SUMMARY: Kathleen Sally Creighton answers questions on Fairview Campus; the Great Trek; and early social activities at U.B.C.;

CALL NUMBER: T0133:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Kathleen Sally Creighton : U.B.C. - a viewpoint RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1973-01-24 SUMMARY: Kathleen Sally Creighton answers questions on early social activities at U.B.C. and faculty. Concluding remarks.;

This series contains correspondence, minutes and reports of Language Arts Committees for the years 1972 and 1975.

Public access. News with Lynda Weber. Nicole Cadorette interviews Gislaine Templeman of the Education Committee of the Club Canadien-francais, who talks about French immersion programs in B.C. schools.

Public access. The development and growth of French immersion programs in British Columbia schools since 1978. More than 22 school districts offer such programs. Courses offered. There is a library open to all teachers. The program parallels those existing in Quebec's French schools, as well as those in British Columbia's English-language schools. High school programs are being prepared. Guest Monique Roy (of L'ecole Anne Hebert) also comments.

This series contains legal opinions offered by Attorney General on a wide range of subjects. For more information on the subjects covered, please consult the attached finding aid.

North Gabriola School Trustees' letterbook (1883-1895), minute books and accounts (1884-1932). Also includes Register of Pupils attending (South) Gabriola School, 1877-1878. Gabriola School District was established in 1872. In 1883 the District Boundaries were altered and two separate schools, South Gabriola and North Gabriola, were opened.

This series contains records from the Provincial Normal School (Vancouver). The records include a letterbook, consisting of correspondence from William Burns, principal, to Alexander Robinson, Superintendent of Education.

SUMMARY: Reports by Jim Nesbitt about: health, education and liquor consumption.;

List of schools in British Columbia, with names and addresses of school principals (city and municipal schools), of teachers (rural schools), and school board secretaries: 1934-1935; 1936-1937; 1937-1938; 1944-1945; & 1945-1946.

Instructional film

Correspondence inward while attending boarding school in Victoria from family members, March - June, 1909; correspondence inward from a soldier in France, March, 1916. Exercise book for French lessons, no date. Photographs transferred to Visual Records accession 198401-8.

Purchased at auction, 1984.

The series reflects the development and activities of the Vernon Preparatory School for boys and the lives of its proprietors, Augustine (1879-1965) and Hugh (1882-1971) Mackie.

The records include a list of pupils, a copy of the school register, sample pupil reports, an account book, clipping books, and miscellaneous notebooks. It also includes numerous notebooks filled with sermons and talks to the boys by Augustine Mackie. Some of the sermons were from his period as a priest in England prior to emigrating to Canada. School materials include complete runs of the Old Boys' News Letter (1951-1961) and the Chronicle of the Vernon Preparatory School (1918-1950). There is also considerable private material relating to Mackie family members, both those in Canada and in England. This includes correspondence, genealogical material, a marriage contract (1871), diaries, journals, scrapbooks and clipping books. Augustine was a devoted conservationist and fish and game enthusiast and there are copies of several articles written by him on the topic.