Robertson College is a private Canadian career training institution headquartered in Winnipeg, Canada. Robertson has campus locations in

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in Manitoba and

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and

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in Alberta. Robertson offers diploma and certificate programs.

Campuses

Robertson College has three physical campuses in Canada, located in

, and

. Robertson College also has an online campus which offers much of the same programming.

History

Founding

Founded in 1911, Robertson College evolved when Mary Irvine Robertson initiated plans to begin a court-reporting business with her sister who at the time was already living in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. In

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Mrs. Robertson had worked as a shorthand stenographer and reporter in the

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. She and her young daughter emigrated to Canada in 1912. 1913 saw the start of Mrs. Robertson and her sister's

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business, the Dominion Stenographic Service. In 1919, the judicial courts began to hire their own

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stenographers which then helped evolve the business into a shorthand school. By 1921, the Saskatoon Henderson Directory had begun to advertise the business as the Dominion Business College. By 1923, the school was being advertised as the Robertson Shorthand and Secretarial School. Mr. Don Thomas purchased the school in 1986, rebranding the business to that of the Robertson Career College, establishing additional campuses in Winnipeg, Brandon and Regina. The school, now college, was then taken into post-secondary technology and education along with updated curricula and expanded program offerings. In 1990, Mr. Thomas restructured the college with the sole campus becoming that of the

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campus.

Robertson Today

In 1993, the Robertson Career College was formally renamed to its present name, Robertson College as it continued to diversify its program offerings. The college was purchased in 2001 by the Midwestern School of Business and Technology in Winnipeg; it now has since become a multi-campus college with campuses added in Calgary (2004) and in Edmonton. In 2009, an

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division for Robertson College was created
Robertson Online
offers flexible learning with an expanding catalog of diploma and certificate programs as well a
micro courses
The College now focuses o
BusinessTechnologyHealthcare
an
Community Services

Further Information

The College is registered as a Private Vocational Institution with the Government of Manitoba as well as the Government of Alberta Advanced Education – Private Career Colleges Branch. Robertson is also a member of: *Long Term & Continuing Care Association of Manitoba *CCAPP (Canadian Council for Accreditation of Pharmacy Programs) *Massage Therapy Association of Manitoba (MTAM) *Canadian Council of Massage Therapy Schools *Canadian Payroll Association (CPA) *Calgary Chamber of Commerce *Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce *Edmonton Chamber of Commerce

References

External links

Robertson College website
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