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The Vancouver School of Art – A Brief History

January 3, 2018

Looking south from Victory Square towards Block 37. During 1925 – 1980, the Vancouver School of Art occupied several different sites here. Timeline: 1925: The Vancouver School of Decorative and Applied Arts opens on the top floor of the Vancouver School Board (VSB) building at 590 Hamilton Street. 1926: Charles [...]

The Early Years of the Vancouver Vocational Institute – BUILDINGS AND PROGRAMS

December 28, 2017

THE EARLY YEARS OF THE VANCOUVER VOCATIONAL INSTITUTE The following passages are taken from PART IV of a history of the Vancouver Vocational Institute written by Hans W. Rerup, former Principal of the Vancouver Vocational Institute and published in 1993. The photos are from the Vancouver School Board Photo Archives. (Summary: The reasons why the [...]

The Early Years of the Vancouver Vocational Institute – THE SITE AND ITS HISTORY

December 28, 2017

The following passages are taken from PART III of a history of the Vancouver Vocational Institute written by Hans W. Rerup, former Principal of the Vancouver Vocational Institute, and published in 1993. The photos are from the Vancouver School Board Photo Archives. Summary: The location, surroundings, and legal history of the site (Block 37). [...]

History of the VSB Workshop, written by Pat Ellis (1978)

December 11, 2017

THE WORKSHOP STORY The old Workshop – looking into its history – its people – its growing pains – that are what this story is all about. Many people throughout the years have spent a large part of their lives working in and out of the big, not too handsome, grey building. As you look [...]

The Yoshio Hinatsu Mystery

May 23, 2017

Posted with the permission of the author. The Yoshio [...]

Dawson Annex School

January 13, 2016

By Greg Wasko Back in the day if you were growing up in the west end of Vancouver you were either a Roberts kid or a Dawson kid depending on which elementary school you attended, Lord Roberts or Sir William Dawson. I was a Dawson kid and started kindergarten at Dawson Annex School located at the corner of Burrard and Barclay in September of 1957. [...]

The Inner City Project – Student Initiated Research Into Problems of the Inner City

June 1, 2015

The Inner City Project (1970 – 1974) was the brainchild of John Minichiello, Social Studies Department Head at Britannia Secondary School. It was one of 14 projects involving teams of Social Studies teachers from the four western provinces. These teams worked together as part of an organization called Project Canada West. Project Canada [...]