A History of the University of Alberta

A History of the University of Alberta

Author: Walter H. Johns

Publisher: University of Alberta

Published: 1981

Total Pages: 632

ISBN-13: 9780888640253

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Walter H. Johns, president of the University of Alberta during the most hectic years of growth, 1959 to 1969, tells a story of great human interest as well as documenting for posterity the academic and administrative functions of this Canadian university and the covering provincial legislation.


I Was There

I Was There

Author: Ellen Schoeck

Publisher: University of Alberta

Published: 2006-10

Total Pages: 777

ISBN-13: 0888644647

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First-person stories and period photographs present a unique insight into university lore from the vantage point of students and alumni.


Edmonton In Our Own Words

Edmonton In Our Own Words

Author: Linda Goyette

Publisher: University of Alberta

Published: 2005-04-18

Total Pages: 512

ISBN-13: 9780888644497

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Linda Goyette and Carolina Roemmich have tapped Edmonton's collective memoir, through the written record, the spoken stories and the vast silences. All of the people who ever lived at this bend in the North Saskatchewan took part in creating the city we know as Edmonton. Through traditional Indigenous stories about the earliest travellers along the bend in the river, diaries, archival records and letters of 19th century inhabitants and the recollections of living residents who talk about the emerging city, Edmonton's history is told using the words and stories of the people who have called this city home. Citizens with diverse viewpoints speak for themselves, describing important events in Edmonton's social, political and economic development. The official publication of the City of Edmonton's Centennial, Edmonton In Our Own Words includes many never seen before photographs from private collections, historic maps and a timeline of Edmonton's history. Imagine a conversation between Edmonton's past inhabitants and its living citizens. What would we tell the rest of the world about our place on the map? What stories would we tell with tears in our eyes, or laughter, or pride? In Edmonton In Our Own Words, experience the personal stories of eyewitnesses and descendants explaining, arguing, crying, scolding, laughing and interrupting one another in a city's evolving conversation with itself as Edmonton celebrates its past and future.


Institutions of Higher Education

Institutions of Higher Education

Author: Linda Sparks

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 1990-01-24

Total Pages: 489

ISBN-13: 0313387788

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This bibliography brings together in one comprehensive volume citations of books, dissertations, theses, and ERIC microfiche relating to the history of specific institutions of higher education worldwide. All types of postsecondary institutions--two years colleges, liberal arts colleges, seminaries, specialized institutions, and universities--are included. Entries include the following elements when available: author/editor, title, place of publication, publisher, publication date, and number of pages. Citations from 85 countries are included. Entries are by country, dependency, and territory. The United States has been further divided by state. Names of institutions are in English. References are in the language in which they were written. The majority of the citations should be available in a library somewhere in the United States. Obscure sources that may be difficult to obtain have been included because they are often the only citation. All editions of a title as well as older works are included because of their potential value to a researcher. The book should be a part of all college, university, and large public library collections. College of Education faculty members specializing in higher or comparative education will find much of value here.


Creating Complicated Lives

Creating Complicated Lives

Author: Marianne Gosztonyi Ainley

Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 213

ISBN-13: 0773540679

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The nearly forgotten history and complex career paths of the first Canadian women scientists.


A History of Higher Education in Canada 1663-1960

A History of Higher Education in Canada 1663-1960

Author: Robin S. Harris

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 1976-12-15

Total Pages: 733

ISBN-13: 1487589808

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This book traces the development of higher education in Canada, through a detailed description and analysis of what was being taught and of the research opportunities available to professors in the years from 1860 to 1960. Background is provided in the opening chapters of Part I, which outline the origins of post-secondary education in both French and English Canada from 1635 to 1860, and in the parallel chapters of Parts II to V which describe the establishment of new and the growth of existing institutions during the period 1861-90, 1891-1920, 1921-40, and 1941-60. The remaining chapters of each of the book's main divisions present an examination of the curricula in arts and science, professional education, and graduate studies in 1860, 1890, 1920, 1940, and 1960, as well as the conditions pertaining to scholarship and research in these years. The concluding chapter identifies the characteristics which differentiate Canadian higher education from that of other countries. The book includes a full bibliography, an extensive index, and statistical appendices providing data on enrolment and degrees granted. A History of Higher Education in Canada 1663-1960 will be the definitive work in its field, valuable both for the wealth of information and the historical insights it contains.


Making a Middle Class

Making a Middle Class

Author: Paul Axelrod

Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 9780773507531

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Universities of the 1930s, declared one observer, were "loafing places for rich men's sons." In Making a Middle Class Paul Axelrod challenges this popular perception, arguing that while students who attended university during the Great Depression were relatively privileged, the majority were neither terribly affluent nor completely sheltered from hard economic times. Nor were they all men.


Cultures, Communities, and Conflict

Cultures, Communities, and Conflict

Author: Euthalia Lisa Panayotidis

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2012-01-01

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 1442645431

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Contributing to the social, intellectual, and academic history of universities, the collection provides rich approaches to integral issues at the intersection of higher education and wartime, including academic freedom, gender, peace and activism on campus, and the challenges of ethnic diversity. The contributors place the historical university in several contexts, not the least of which is the university's substantial power to construct and transform intellectual discourse and promote efforts for change both on- and off-campus.