A copy of this 47 pp. typescript by Elizabeth Berry Lightfoot and Margaret Maynard will also be found in GR-1030.

The school primers and the political culture of British Columbia, 1880-1980. vi, 71 p: ill., tables. Thesis (M.A.), University of British Columbia, 1984. Vita. Bibliography: pages 70-71.

Purchased from the National Library, 1987.

The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Alan Clifford Nicholls titled "The significance of judicial decisions for the British Columbia public school system." vii, 229 p. Thesis (M.A.), University of Victoria, 1981. Vita. Bibliography: p 135-137. Canadian theses on microfiche, 58629.

The item is a copy of a thesis on microfiche by Patrick Sean Clarke, titled "The social studies in British Columbia schools: education or alienation?" v, 95 p. Thesis (M.A.), University of British Columbia, 1982. Vita. Bibliography: p 94-95.

The item consists of an educational video created in 1972.
Summary: Within the context that a sound academic background is vital to all students, this segment asks students to visualize effective employment as the result of the type of education they are now receiving or plan to follow. The many types of education and training in the Province are examined, including various schools and training centres, and the knowledge and skills students can expect to learn there.

The item consists of an educational video created in 1972.
Summary: Explores six of the types of jobs which offer good "growth potential" -- that is, jobs which have been identified as providing job satisfaction, attractive salaries, and perhaps most important, continuing demand. The occupations vignetted are: Secretary; Broadcaster; Plumber; Receptionist; Judge; Chokerman.

The item consists of an educational video made in 1972.
Summary: Explores ten of the types of jobs which offer good "growth potential" -- that is, jobs which have been identified as providing job satisfaction, attractive salaries, and perhaps most important, continuing demand. The occupations vignetted are: Recreational Leader; Structural Draftsman; Inhalation Therapist; Salesman; Electronic Technician -- Telephone; Passenger Agents; Systems Analyst -- Programmer; Aircraft Maintenance Personnel; Air Traffic Controller/pilots.

The item consists of an educational video from the World of Work series.
Summary: This programme on the labour force examines what it is, how it has grown, and why it changes. The programme reflects the nation's human resources as the core of the national economy. It also depicts the working world of the 1970s as dramatically different in nature from earlier decades, demanding a high degree of flexibility and adaptability to social and technological change.

The item consists of an educational video from the World of Work series.
Summary: There are some 20,000 different kinds of jobs in Canada, and the list continues to grow. Superimposed on the multitude of vocational choices is fast-paced technological change, which eliminates some jobs and creates many new ones. In this segment, the importance of setting a general vocational goal is examined.

The item consists of an informational video about handicapped children and the school system. It was produced in 1980 for the School Boards of BC by the British Columbia School Trustees Association.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): What should we expect of our universities? SUMMARY: Town Meeting in Canada (Arthur Helps moderator) discusses the topic "What should we expect of our universities?" Discussants: Harry Appleton, businessman; Robert Wenman, Social Credit MLA; Mary Southin, lawyer.

"Peace River School Directory, May-June 1934." A bound, typescript volume compiled by School Inspector William Plenderleith. It was compiled to assist J.L. Watson, Department of Education Registrar, in making appointments to schools in the Peace River Educational Administrative Area. The volume includes photographs and descriptions of sixty-four schools, with notes and general comments on settlers and the countryside in the various school districts. Plenderleith also provided information on boarding facilities for teachers and suggestions as to the most suitable type of teachers for individual schools. Several of the photographs feature pupils and interior views of the mainly rural, one-room schools.

The series consists of records documenting the activities of the Universities Council of British Columbia while promoting the systematic development of university education and creating public accountability for university expenditures. Series include council minutes, agenda material, sub-committee minutes, notices of motions, correspondence inward, registers of correspondence inward, correspondence outward, register of correspondence outward, and miscellaneous reports.

The fonds consists of minutes of meetings, account books, reports and a lease.

The fonds consists of minutes of the executive committee, subcommittees, general meetings, and annual general meetings of the Vancouver Secondary Teachers' Association.

The item is an audio recording of an interview with Victor Nancollas. Nancollas was involved in local Salmon Arm politics for 27 years. He traces the history of incorporation from the separate city and municipality to the amalgamation of the present day district. The topics of public works, emphasizing water and treatment of sewage are discussed, as are the community services such as the library and old age and youth centres. Mill rate with relation to industry is discussed, as is the development of the industries themselves. The one time fruit industry and the present (1977), sawmill and machine shops are all mentioned. He also gives personal views on the value of Regional Districts with special relation to city planning and agricultural land use. The size of the school district, the number of schools and special education facilities (such as schools for the mentally handicapped) are mentioned. He describes the B.C. and Confederation Centennial celebrations that took place in his district.

This series contains a bound volume of minutes of meetings of the Victoria School Board, along with receipts of payments made by the Board. The series includes minutes of meetings of school board electors (showing votes cast by individual electors for particular candidates) and contains copies of provincial government circulars relating to education and copies of schools-related bills, by-laws, rules and regulations.

CALL NUMBER: T1675:0030 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): The 'Five-Regions' idea and Canada's future RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-11-06 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: W.A.C. Bennett discusses the origin and background of the five-regions concept. Recollection of the federal-provincial conference on the constitution, 1969, when Bennett first publicly advocated the idea. Reaction to the five-regions idea. Comments on how each region of Canada would benefit if Canada was restructured according to Bennett's plan. The Canadian north and the five-regions plan. The five-regions idea and the decentralization of the Canadian federal system. TRACK 2: Comments on Brian Brown's book, "The New Confederation". Bennett's views on British Columbia's place within Canadian confederation and the trend towards North American continentalism. Political alliances versus economic common markets. Bennett values Canadian independence and British political institutions. Anecdote about Rene Levesque asking Bennett to lead British Columbia out of Canadian confederation. CALL NUMBER: T1675:0031 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): British Columbia politics and the BCR (part 1) RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-11-14 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: W.A.C. Bennett discusses his involvement with service clubs. His fierce patriotism for British Columbia. Cooperation with the federal government on several projects. Medicare. Construction of; the Trans-Canada Highway in B.C. The genesis of Roberts Bank. Cost-sharing with the federal government. Bennett's submission to the Royal Commission investigating the British Columbia Railway (BCR). Criticism of the post-1972 administration of BCR. TRACK 2: The BCR as a political railway. Reasons for changing its name from PGE to BCR. The intention to sell the PGE by some early B.C. Socreds. The railway should be operated as a public enterprise for the benefit of private businesses in the province. The railway should be run like a business. The role of Joe Broadbent, the manager of the BCR. The role of the president and board of directors of the railway. The issue of under-estimating construction costs on the Dease Lake extension of the BCR. Reasons for the extension of the BCR into the Canadian north and through to Alaska. Bennett's attitude towards environmentalism. CALL NUMBER: T1675:0032 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): British Columbia politics and the BCR (part 2) RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-11-14 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: W.A.C. Bennett discusses the future of the BCR. The current plight of the railway is due to mismanagement by the NDP during the years it formed the provincial government. Bennett describes how, in his view, it would be possible to rejuvenate the BCR and prepare it for great future development. [TRACK 2: blank.] CALL NUMBER: T1675:0033 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Government pension funds and labour policies, 1952-1972 PERIOD COVERED: 1952-1972 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-11-15 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: W.A.C. Bennett discusses his government's use of public service pension funds. The issue of pension fund shortfalls. Bennett's method of securing the future value of pension funds. The indexing of pensions. The problem of inflation and its effect on pension funds. The issue of pension fund socialism. TRACK 2: W.A.C. Bennett discusses the labour policies of his government, 1952-1972. The role of organized labour in the B.C. economy. Theory of labour-management relations. The character of the labour movement in B.C. The effect of government policies in labour-management relations. The NDP and organized labour. The issue of strikes in essential services. Evaluation of Bennett's Ministers of Labour: Lyle Wicks, Leslie Peterson, James Chabot. The government as referee in labour-manage;ment relations. CALL NUMBER: T1675:0034 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Personal nicknames and Saltspring Island hideaway RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-11-25 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: W.A.C. Bennett discusses his relationship with close personal friends. Commencement of the use of the initials W.A.C. after moving to Kelowna, 1930. Origin of the nickname "Wacky". Bennett's hideaway on Saltspring Island. Spending weekends on Saltspring Island while Premier. Description of Saltspring cottage. [TRACK 2: blank.] CALL NUMBER: T1675:0035 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): The budgetary process, treasury board and cabinet PERIOD COVERED: 1952-1972 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-02-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: W.A.C. Bennett discusses playing cards with friends and the importance of relaxation. Anecdote about a story told at a Christmas family occasion by Bennett's son R.J. Description of the budgetary processes of Bennett's government. TRACK 2: The role and function of little treasury board. The process of treasury board. Bennett's role as Chairman of the treasury board. The effect of Bennett's style of budgeting on his government's policies. The budget as an instrument of government policy. Serving simultaneously as Premier and Minister of Finance. The operation of Bennett's cabinet. The; virtual absence of cabinet committees. Travelling cabinet meetings. Plebiscites. CALL NUMBER: T1675:0036 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Wenner-Gren and plans for the development of British Columbia PERIOD COVERED: 1952-1978 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-02-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: W.A.C. Bennett discusses maintenance of the legislative precinct during the period he was Premier. British Columbia's development and the growing world economy during the years of his government. The background to the Wenner-Gren plan to develop the interior of the province. Bennett's meeting in London, England, with Sir Andrew McTaggart and Dal Grauer which presaged the takeover of the B.C. Electric Company. TRACK 2: The genesis of the two rivers policy. The development of hydro-electric power on the Peace River and its effect on negotiations for the Columbia River Treaty. The effect of the Wenner-Gren plan. The memorandum of intent which was signed between the government and the Wenner-Gren B.C. Development Corporation. The aborted plans for the Pacific Northern Railway. The role of Einar Gunderson in the Wenner-Gren plan. Bennett responds to charges that BCR losses were hidden during the years of his government. CALL NUMBER: T1675:0037 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Education policies of the Social Credit government, 1952-1972 PERIOD COVERED: 1952-1972 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-02-14 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: W.A.C. Bennett discusses his attitudes towards higher education. Anecdote about persuading his son, Bill, to consider going to university. Construction of Simon Fraser University and the University of Victoria. Relations with UBC. Relations with the academic community in general. Government funding for education. TRACK 2: Bennett recalls addressing a large student audience at UBC at which the university president, Norman McKenzie, was heckled. Evaluation of Bennett's successive Ministers of Education: Tilly Rolston, Robert Bonner, Ray Williston, Leslie Peterson, Donald Brothers. Dual cabinet portfolios. The role of the teachers in the defeat of the Social Credit government, 1972. Anecdote about Bert Price voting against the Socred minority government, 1953. CALL NUMBER: T1675:0038 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Relationship with John Diefenbaker and the federal Conservative Party PERIOD COVERED: 1948-1963 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-03-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: W.A.C. Bennett recalls the days when he was a Conservative in British Columbia and memories of John Diefenbaker. The 1948 Yale by-election. Reasons for lack of success in the by-election. Efforts by the federal Conservatives to have Social Credit join their party. Relationship with the Diefenbaker government. The Columbia River Treaty. Meeting President Kennedy at a banquet in Seattle. The 1963 provincial election campaign and Davie Fulton's challenge in British Columbia. TRACK 2: Reasons for Fulton's challenge to Social Credit in British Columbia. Factors contributing to Fulton's failure in the 1963 election. Diefenbaker and the opening of the Trans-Canada highway in British Columbia. W.A.C. Bennett as a British Columbia nationalist.

Public affairs. Jack Webster’s popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Webster comments on the November 9th announcement of Chief Justice John Farris’s impending resignation and Webster's exclusive interview with alleged prostitute Wendy King and her lawyer Robert Gardner about the scandal. Interviews Pat McGeer, Minister of Education; ICBC and higher rates for bad drivers; rate removal of penalties for men under 25 years old; bonuses for women drivers; strike notice from ICBC employees. Associate producer Linda Dutka talks about next day’s guests.

Public affairs. Jack Webster’s popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Brian Coxford visits William Head Medium Security Prison on Vancouver Island, or the William Head Country Club, as inmates refer to it. Interview with Arlie Bender, Director of William Head Prison. Inmate Bob Chamberland plays guitar and sings. Interview with the Birdman of William Head, inmate Frank Schlosse, as well as inmate Ted Walker. Camosun College programmes; training and education at the prison. Pierre Berton, discusses his 25th book “The Wild Frontier”. Other topics include; importance of archives; research on BC history; Cariboo Cameron from Barkerville; the Nootka and Captain Cook’s 200th anniversary. Webster takes calls about the previous day's show regarding the West Kootenay school dispute and interview with Pat McGeer, Minister of Education. Associate producer Linda Dutka talks about next day’s guests.

Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Webster talks on the phone with Education Minister Dr. Pat McGeer about a five-week school strike in West Kootenay and then questions Fred Pike, Chief Negotiator for Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Phil Brooks, Citizen Association for Educational Rights, and Laura Lehman, a student and member of a Student Action Committee on the strike. NDP MP for New Westminster, Stu Leggatt, gives his opinion on the allegations of misconduct facing Chief Justice John Farris.

Public affairs. Jack Webster’s popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Note: Start and end of programme missing. Brian Coxford with a live report from Nelson regarding a strike and lockout action at West Kootenay schools. Brian speaks with Tara Melnechuk, President, Students' Council, L.V. Rogers Secondary School, Nelson, and Gwyneth De Vries, President, Students' Council, Trafalgar Junior Secondary School, Nelson. Footage of a news conference held November 30, 1978 by Marc Lalonde, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, regarding Judge John Lauchlan Farris and allegations after a police investigation, including wire taps and photographs, indicated he consorted with prostitutes. Vic Stephens, lawyer and BC Tory leader discusses the Judge Farris and the Judge Benrod cases.

Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Jack interviews Dave O'Connor, president of the Truck Loggers Association, and Jack Munro, president of IWA for Western Canada, about logging companies doing a large-scale undercut of their lumber quota over the last six years without being penalized. Other issues are loss of jobs and revenue, mills being underused, allocating unused cuts to smaller timber companies, and the new Forest Act. Al Crawford, president of the Vancouver Elementary School Association and Tom Hanson, president of the Vancouver Secondary School Association, talk about the effects of cuts in the education system imposed by the Social Credit government. Issues covered are teacher/student ratios, teacher sabbaticals, school boards, and student needs. Show concludes with a tour of Mountain Prison and in-studio interview with reporter.

Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Issues facing BC in the upcoming election are discussed by Jack Davis, Social Credit incumbent in North Vancouver-Seymour, and then David Schreck, New Democratic Party candidate. Panel of four education experts including Elsie McMurphy, president of British Columbia Teachers’ Federation; John Waters, president of College Institute Educators’ Association; Marg Fartaczek, chairman of Canadian Federation of Students (Pacific Region); and Sidney Mindess, president of the Confederation of University Faculty Associations.

Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Jack talks with David Strangway, President of UBC, and Dr. William Saywell, President of Simon Fraser University. They discuss funding cuts; student aid; falling enrollment from students outside Victoria and Vancouver; changes in curriculum. Jack speaks with Jim Mercier, a local small employer, about a Human Rights challenge made by a woman who was not hired because she was pregnant. Jack speaks with Michael Hunter, President of the Fisheries Council of BC, about a boycott of Canadian fish in retaliation for the seal kill. Reporter Brian Rutledge on the disposition of the giant Expo ’86 hockey stick.

The fonds consists of the records of the Western Council of Arts in Education Associations (which also operated as Arts in Education Council of B.C.). The Council advocated for fine arts instruction in schools, sponsored programs and activities for teachers and students, and prepared reports and publications for submission to government and commissions. These activities are documented in the records, which consist of board minutes, publications and newsletters, reports, surveys, projects, and correspondence.

The fonds consists of records created by the Yale School District as required by the Public Schools Act. The records include a minute book of the Board of School Trustees (1887-1929), which also includes correspondence and accounts.