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Creet, Mario – 1981
Henry Marshall Tory's role in influencing the establishment of provincial universities in Western Canada is traced. The following periods are discussed: Tory and McGill University in the 1890's, the University of Toronto Act in 1906, Tory and University of Alberta from 1906, and Tory in Ottawa in 1928 and 1938. In following the development of…
Descriptors: Church Related Colleges, College Presidents, College Role, Educational Change
Schools, Religion and Language among German Catholics of St. Peter's Colony, Saskatchewan 1903-1918.
White, Clinton O. – 1983
Flaws in the literature regarding the use of schools by German Roman Catholics in Western Canada as vehicles to perpetuate the German language and Catholic religion are pointed out and corrected. The educational system in St. Peter's colony was not uniform, as portrayed by many scholars, but pluralistic. Three types of schools were in use--two…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Catholic Schools, Catholics, Comparative Education
Smyth, D. McCormack – 1981
Recent Canadian English language literature on the history and philosophy of higher education in Canada is reviewed to assess the prospects for survival for Canadian universities. Additionally, suggestions for revitalizing higher learning in Canada are offered. Among the topics that are addressed are the following: McMaster University and the…
Descriptors: College Role, Educational Change, Educational Finance, Educational History
Johnston, Basil H. – 1989
This autobiography relates the experiences of a young Ojibway boy who was taken from his family in 1939 at age 10 and placed in a Jesuit boarding school in northern Ontario, Canada. St. Peter Claver (later Garnier) or "Spanish," as the Indian school was known, was home to approximately 135 boys. Most of the students, who ranged in age…
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Indian Education, Autobiographies, Boarding Schools
Tkach, Nicholas – 1983
The purposes of this book are to trace the influence of major social forces on the Alberta, Canada, public and Catholic school systems and to detail the evolution of these two systems. Beginning with a review of "The First People" of the Northwest Territories, chapter I examines political, economic, and sociocultural developments and…
Descriptors: Catholic Educators, Catholic Schools, Curriculum, Educational History
Download full textUnited States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1900
Volume 2 of the Commissioner's report includes a chapter on education and crime, which considers the relationship between crime and education with statistics included. The Canadian education chapter discusses the public education system, universities, current issues, technical and industrial education, and a section on Ontario education. Chapter…
Descriptors: Crime, Education, Statistical Data, Public Education
