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Woodstock Collegiate Institute
Woodstock Collegiate Institute is a school in Woodstock, Ontario, Canada. It is part of the Thames Valley District School Board. The school was founded in 1841 by an Act of Parliament as Woodstock's first grammar school. Its growth forced a series of physical moves; the school relocated in 1851, 1881, and to its present site in 1939. The school faced possible closing at the end of the 20th century. It underwent major faculty improvements, including renovating science classrooms, that were completed in 2001. Notable alumni *Alfred Apps, lawyer *Isabel Ecclestone Mackay, novelist * John Millar, member of Parliament *Clark Murray Clark Murray (born 1938) is an American sculptor who is best known for his large outdoor constructions of welded and painted steel pipes. Sculptures by Clark Murray include: * ''White Mountains'', a 1977 three-ton welded steel pipe sculpture w ..., member of Parliament * Beatrice Nasmyth, suffragette * Wally Nesbitt, member of Parliament * George Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art School
An art school is an educational institution with a primary focus on the visual arts, including fine art – especially illustration, painting, photography, sculpture, and graphic design. Art schools can offer elementary, secondary, post-secondary, or undergraduate programs, and can also offer a broad-based range of programs (such as the liberal arts and sciences). There have been six major periods of art school curricula,Houghton, Nicholas. “Six into One: The Contradictory Art School Curriculum and How It Came About.” ''International Journal of Art & Design Education'', vol. 35, no. 1, Feb. 2016, pp. 107–120. and each one has had its own hand in developing modern institutions worldwide throughout all levels of education. Art schools also teach a variety of non-academic skills to many students. History There have been six definitive curricula throughout the history of art schools. These are "apprentice, academic, formalist, expressive, conceptual, and professional". Each ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodstock, Ontario
Woodstock is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. The city has a population of 40,902 according to the 2016 Canadian census. Woodstock is the seat of Oxford County, at the head of the non-navigable Thames River, approximately 128 km from Toronto, and 43 km from London, Ontario. The city is known as the Dairy Capital of Canada and promotes itself as "The Friendly City". Woodstock was first settled by European-colonists and United Empire Loyalists in 1800, starting with Zacharias Burtch and Levi Luddington, and was incorporated as a town in 1851. Since then, Woodstock has maintained steady growth, and is now a small city in Southwestern Ontario. As a small historic city, Woodstock is one of the few cities in Ontario to still have all of its original administration buildings. The city has developed a strong economic focus towards manufacturing and tourism. It is also a market city for the surrounding agricultural industry. Woodstock is home to a campus of Fanshawe Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ontario
Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Canada, it is Canada's most populous province, with 38.3 percent of the country's population, and is the second-largest province by total area (after Quebec). Ontario is Canada's fourth-largest jurisdiction in total area when the territories of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut are included. It is home to the nation's capital city, Ottawa, and the nation's most populous city, Toronto, which is Ontario's provincial capital. Ontario is bordered by the province of Manitoba to the west, Hudson Bay and James Bay to the north, and Quebec to the east and northeast, and to the south by the U.S. states of (from west to east) Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York. Almost all of Ontario's border with the United St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thames Valley District School Board
The Thames Valley District School Board (TVDSB; known as English-language Public District School Board No. 11 prior to 1999) is a public school board in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It was created on January 1, 1998, by the amalgamation of the Elgin County Board of Education, The Board of Education for the City of London, Middlesex County Board of Education, and Oxford County Board of Education. The TVDSB serves an area over 7,000 square kilometres which includes urban, suburban and rural communities. It spans three counties and includes the cities of London, St. Thomas, and Woodstock, plus the towns of Ingersoll, Tillsonburg, and Strathroy-Caradoc, as well as several smaller towns and villages. In 2006, the Board administered 184 schools (154 elementary and 30 secondary schools). They also provide alternative education programs for approximately 40,000 students through adult day school, continuing education, general interest, night school and summer school courses. Four ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Act Of Parliament
Acts of Parliament, sometimes referred to as primary legislation, are texts of law passed by the Legislature, legislative body of a jurisdiction (often a parliament or council). In most countries with a parliamentary system of government, acts of parliament begin as a Bill (law), bill, which the legislature votes on. Depending on the structure of government, this text may then be subject to assent or approval from the Executive (government), executive branch. Bills A draft act of parliament is known as a Bill (proposed law), bill. In other words, a bill is a proposed law that needs to be discussed in the parliament before it can become a law. In territories with a Westminster system, most bills that have any possibility of becoming law are introduced into parliament by the government. This will usually happen following the publication of a "white paper", setting out the issues and the way in which the proposed new law is intended to deal with them. A bill may also be introduced in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grammar School
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching Latin, but more recently an academically oriented secondary school, differentiated in recent years from less academic secondary modern schools. The main difference is that a grammar school may select pupils based on academic achievement whereas a secondary modern may not. The original purpose of medieval grammar schools was the teaching of Latin. Over time the curriculum was broadened, first to include Ancient Greek, and later English and other European languages, natural sciences, mathematics, history, geography, art and other subjects. In the late Victorian era grammar schools were reorganised to provide secondary education throughout England and Wales; Scotland had developed a different system. Grammar schools of these types were also established in British territories overseas, where they hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Apps
William Alfred Apps (born 1957) is a Canadian lawyer, businessman and prominent activist in both the Liberal Party of Canada and the Ontario Liberal Party. Apps is associated with a number of philanthropic and charitable causes and is currently based in Toronto. Education Alfred Apps was born in Brantford, Ontario, in 1957, the son of Arthur Carlyle Apps (1933 - 2022) and Margaret Imogene (Gracey) Apps (1932–2005), the eldest of seven children. He spent his formative years in Woodstock, Ontario and attended high school at Woodstock Collegiate Institute. In 1979, he obtained his BA (Hons) in philosophy and economics from Huron University College at the University of Western Ontario. He graduated in law from the University of Toronto in 1984 and was called to the Ontario bar in 1987. Apps served as Prime Minister of his high school students' council in 1974–75 and as President of both the Huron College Student's Council in 1978–1979. and of the University Students' Council i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabel Ecclestone Mackay
Isabel Ecclestone Mackay (''née'' MacPherson) (November 25, 1875 – August 15, 1928) was a Canadian novelist and poet. Biography Born in Woodstock, Ontario, she was the daughter of Donald McLeod MacPherson, an early Scottish settler of Oxford County, Ontario, Oxford County, and Priscilla Ecclestone of England. She was educated at the Woodstock Collegiate Institute. At the age of 15 she started writing for Canadian newspapers and magazines. From 1890 to 1909 she contributed to the ''Woodstock Daily Express'' using the pseudonym "Heather". In 1895, she married Peter John Mackay, a court stenographer. Together they had three daughters: Phyllis, Margaret, and Janet Priscilla. The family moved to Vancouver in 1909, after Peter landed a position with the British Columbia Supreme Court. The couple would remain in Vancouver until their deaths, with Mackay making her mark as a prominent member of the literary community. Among her close friends were E. Pauline Johnson and Marjorie Pickt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Millar (Canadian Politician)
John Millar (19 March 1866 – 15 May 1950) was a Progressive party and Liberal Progressive member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Woodstock, Canada West and became a farmer and teacher. Millar attended high school at Woodstock Collegiate Institute. He received a second-class teachers' certificate and became a schoolteacher in Ontario for three years and in Saskatchewan for five years. From 1901 to 1908, he was the first secretary of the Saskatchewan Grain Growers Association and in 1906 chaired the Royal Grain Commission. Millar served as reeve of Indian Head, Saskatchewan from 1910 to 1913, then as its mayor in 1914. He was first elected to Parliament under the Progressive Party banner in Qu'Appelle riding during the 1921 general election then re-elected in 1925. In the 1926 election, Millar was re-elected under the Liberal-Progressive party label. After this term, he was defeated by Ernest Perley of the Liberal party The Liberal Party is any of many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clark Murray (politician)
Alexander Clark Murray (24 July 1900 – 28 November 1983) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in West Zorra Township, Ontario, and became a pharmacist after graduating from high school (Woodstock Collegiate Institute) then the College of Pharmacy affiliated with the University of Toronto. He operated Clark Murray Pharmacy in Woodstock, Ontario. He was first elected to Parliament at the Oxford Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the ... riding in the 1949 general election and served for one term. Murray was defeated by Wally Nesbitt of the Progressive Conservative party in the 1953 federal election. He died on 28 November 1983.DEATHS, ''The Globe and Mail'' (1936-current); 29 November 1983, p. S5. References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beatrice Nasmyth
Beatrice Sifton Nasmyth (August 12, 1885 – October 23, 1977), later Beatrice Sifton Nasmyth Furniss was a Canadian suffragette and war correspondent during the First World War. She was a reporter for the '' Daily Province'' in Vancouver from 1910 to 1919, which took her to Europe to cover the war and the subsequent peace treaty. Early life and family Nasmyth was born to Deborah (nee Dignam) and James Nasmyth on August 12, 1885 in Stratford, Ontario. Her father was a pharmacist. She was the third child born out of five and the only daughter. Her aunt was Mary Dignam, a painter and the founder of the Women's Art Association of Canada. Dignam would later influence Nasmyth in her suffragist and feminist views. Nasmyth graduated from Woodstock Collegiate Institute and then attended finishing school at Alma College in St. Thomas, Ontario. After graduation, she studied at the University of Toronto before leaving in 1907. Her first journalist job was at the Woodstock Sentinel-Revie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wally Nesbitt
Wallace Bickford Nesbitt (7 August 1918 – 21 December 1973) was a Progressive Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Woodstock, Ontario and became a barrister and lawyer by career. During World War II, Nesbitt served with the Royal Canadian Navy between 1941 and 1945. After studies at Woodstock Collegiate Institute, the University of Western Ontario and Osgoode Hall Law School, he formally became a lawyer in 1947, then in 1954 was appointed Queen's Counsel. He was first elected at Ontario's Oxford riding in the 1953 general election and was re-elected there for eight successive terms. He attended the 12th General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) as the head of the Canadian delegation and in 1959 became first vice-president of that Assembly. Until 1968, Nesbitt continued to represent Canada at the UN. After a heart attack on 2 December 1973, Nesbitt was treated at Woodstock General Hospital where he died 19 days later, cutting short his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
