Edmonton (Alberta)

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53.5461° N, 113.4938° W Map of Edmonton (Alberta)

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  • Post-colonization and prior to 1870, the Hudson's Bay Company governed the West, which included Fort Edmonton (established in 1754). Education of children in the Northwest Territories was provided by church missions and private religious schools. In 1881, a public school was built in the Edmonton settlement. In 1882, Edmonton became part of the District of Alberta, one of the four districts of the Northwest Territories. In 1883, the Edmonton riding of the North-West Legislative Assembly was established through a royal proclamation. In 1905, the province of Alberta was established, and the district continued as Edmonton (Alberta).

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1286 Archival description results for Edmonton (Alberta)

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Record of Corporal Punishment

Item is a notebook from Donald Ross School which record corporal punishments. It includes the date, name of student, reason for punishment, and signature or initials of teacher. Some entries include a brief description of punishment.

Donald Ross School

Eastwood Gazette

Item is a newspaper written by students at Eastwood High School and includes reports of school activities, humorous columns and advertising by local businesses.

Eastwood School

How Soil is Formed

Item is a film about the importance of soil preservation. Item was produced in association with the Conservation Foundation.

Encyclopaedia Brittanica Films Inc.

Hardisty Junior High History of Music Department 1963 - 1969

Item is a scrapbook pertaining to the music program at Hardisty School. It includes newsletters, programmes, adjudication reports from the Alberta Musical Competition Festival, posters, newspaper clippings, award ribbons, lists of students and notices to parents. It also includes photographs of Mr. R. B. Cockell, Mr. W.A. Bell and a teacher conducting a band class. An article dated 02 Feb 1976 is tucked into back cover.

Hardisty School

Resource Allocation Guide 1981-82

Item is a booklet to be used in the financial management of each school within Edmonton Public Schools. It is divided into Financial Planning Information, Budget Document, School Organization and Operation, and Staffing. Resource allocation falls under Financial Planning Information. It also includes sections entitled Underlying Considerations and Special Emphases for 1981-82. - Transferred to Archives and Museum from the Centre for Education in Feb 1985.

Instructional Process

New Goals in Staff Development

Item is a booklet produced by Edmonton Public Schools. Its purpose is to assist elementary school administrators in determining the responsibilities and duties of various personnel. It is to be used to make the teacher’s job more manageable and effective.

Instructional Process

Viewpoints of Elementary Administrators

Item is a compilation of studies made by the Elementary Administrators’ Association, Edmonton Public Schools. The reports are entitled: Cooperative or Team Teaching; Staff Utilization; The Role of the Assistant Principal; Making Better Use of Non-Professional Personnel; All That Modern Equipment; Pupil Utilization; Evaluating and Reporting; Making Effective Use of the School Secretary; Comments on “The Elementary Principal” in “The New Goals in Staff Development”.

Instructional Process

The Information Systems Branch : Past - Present - Future

Item is a report pertaining to the organization, operation and management of computer facilities in Edmonton Public Schools. It consists of loose pages in a duo tang. The report covers the years 1961-1973. Included are a detailed list of services provided by the Information Systems Branch, a critical assessment of the branch, and future plans.

Information Services

Flag Raising Ceremonies

Item pertains to the new Canadian Flag and associated flag raising ceremonies. Programmes are included from the Ross Sheppard School Official Flag Raising Ceremony at which Governor General Georges Vanier and Madame Vanier were present.

Instructional Services Division

Provincial Flowers [s] / Walter Coucill

Item consists of 12 prints of paintings depicting the official flowers of Canada’s provinces and territories in their natural settings. The paintings were commissioned by the National Trust Company as a contribution to Canada’s Centennial Year celebrations.

Instructional Services Division

L. Y. Cairns Vocational School

Item is a prospectus for L. Y. Cairns School. It describes the school, the selection of students, the school program, work experience, and school services. It contains a chart showing where students are coming from and where they will go after leaving L. Y. Cairns School.

L.Y. Cairns School

Laurier Heights School

Item is a newsletter for parents from the principal of Laurier Heights School, W. H. Coull. It outlines changes for the following year. It also includes the Laurier Heights School Boundaries for 1965-66.

Laurier Heights School

McQueen Home and School Association fonds

  • 0084.McQ.16.1
  • Fonds
  • 1956 - 1976

The fonds consists of minutes and treasurer's reports of the McQueen Home and School Association. The McQueen Home and School Association was founded in Edmonton in 1956. With a membership consisting of parents of students attending McQueen School, the association raised funds for the school and served as an advocacy group for school-related issues.

McQueen Home and School Association

The Earth as a Planet

Item is a filmstrip about the Earth’s neighbors, the formation of the continents and the oceans,the motions of the Earth and the Moon, and the geometrical divisions of the Earth.

National Film Board of Canada

Iron Ore

Item is a film presented by the Department of Mines and Technical Surveys about the exploration for and production of Iron Ore in Canada.

National Film Board of Canada

Our Land Part Two : Maritimes

tem is a film presented by the Canadian Citizenship Branch, the Department of Citizenship and Immigration about the Maritime Provinces.

National Film Board of Canada

The Grasshopper

Item is a film about the lifecycle of grasshoppers, presented with assistance by the Division of Entomology, Dominion Department Agriculture.

National Film Board of Canada

Administration

Item contains documents pertaining to administrative activities of North Edmonton School District No. 2305. Most documents are correspondence relating to the building and outfitting of the North Edmonton school.

North Edmonton School District No. 2305

1975 Research Bulletin : Research and Evaluation

Item is a summary of research and evaluation projects which involve Edmonton Public Schools staff, students and schools and were conducted by or coordinated through the Research, Evaluation or Pupil Assessment Branches in the Edmonton Public School System.

Program Review, Research and Liason

Educational Planning by the Systems Approach : EPSA / Edmonton Public Schools

Item is a progress report for a project, developed by Edmonton Public Schools Department of Research, Development and Information, under the Provincial Government’s Innovative Project Fund. The project was to develop a planning model for a decision-making process that would relate and create accountability for educational objectives to allocated resources. The project was intended to run from 1971-1975, but at the 27 Nov 1973 Board meeting a motion was adopted to terminate it on 31 Dec 1973.

Program Review, Research and Liason

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