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Department of Education reports, notes and ministerial speech material

  • GR-0149
  • Series
  • 1951-1969

The series consists of miscellaneous documents gathered together by the Dept. of Education library:
(1) Report, Frontier College - Promoting Citizenship Among Migratory Workers in British Columbia, 1951 (includes photographs)
(2) Receipts, by schools, for B.C. Centennial Commemorative Project, 1958
(3) Centennial Commission Provincial Survey Federal - Provincial Youth Travel Program, 1966
(4) "The History Makers," seventeen films presented to the Hon Leslie Peterson, Minister of Education by the National Film Board of Canada, 1966
(5) Malaspina College - Opening and notes re. background of name, 1969
(6) Speech materials for minister, 1954-1968.

British Columbia. Dept. of Education

Department of Education correspondence files

  • GR-0151
  • Series
  • 1962-1968

This record series was maintained by the Administrative Services Branch of the Department of Education and relates to almost every facet of the Department's work. It includes correspondence of the Minister and department staff with the public and associations such as the B.C. Parent Teacher Federation, B.C. School Trustee's Association, B.C. Teachers' Federation and Canadian Association for Adult Education as well as correspondence with educational institutions including private schools, colleges and universities.

There are also 12 architectural drawings of schools, removed and given map registration numbers 24231C - 24242C.

The results of school trustee elections in B.C., 1962-1966, are also included in this collection in box 30.

British Columbia. Dept. of Education

Department of Education executive records

  • GR-0152
  • Series
  • 1960-1963

This record series is composed of the 1960-1963 files of the then Minister of Education, the Hon. Leslie Peterson. The files contain his ministerial correspondence and briefs that he received as a member of the cabinet. The filing system is not consistent over the four years.

The files contain material on almost all types of education activity in the province including home economics, correspondence schools, curriculum, community programs, private schools, technical and vocational education, text books, tests, standards and measurements, religious education, teacher recruitment, the school attendance of Doukhobor children and other subjects. They also contain correspondence with the B.C. Parent Teacher Federation, the B.C. School Trustees Association, the B.C. Teacher's Federation, the Canadian Education Association, the University of British Columbia, the University of Victoria, Simon Fraser University, Jericho Hill School for the deaf and blind and other interest groups and educational institutions.

British Columbia. Dept. of Education

Speeches on education

  • GR-0292
  • Series
  • 1967; 1969

The series consists of speeches given by S.N.F. Chant (Dean of Arts at the University of British Columbia between 1949 and 1964): On university freedom, 1967, and The future of higher education in British Columbia, 1969.

British Columbia. Dept. of Education

Task Force on the Community College records

  • GR-0682
  • Series
  • 1974

This series consists of records of the Task Force on the Community College, 1974 under Chairperson, Hazel L'Estrange. Records include reports, memos, agendas, minutes, public submissions, briefs, and hearing records. The series includes submissions from Academic Board of British Columbia, Douglas College, Capliano College, Cariboo College, Okanagan College, Vancouver City College, Camosun College, and others. It also includes a sound recording of a submission from Malaspina College.

British Columbia. Dept. of Education. Task Force on the Community College

Records relating to the establishment of the Marine Training Centre

  • GR-0751
  • Series
  • 1965-1977

This series consists of records relating to the establishment of the Marine Training Centre. Records include correspondence, briefs, reports, minutes of meetings, memoranda, etc. relative to the establishment of the British Columbia Marine Training Centre in 1976. The marine college was developed by expanding on existing marine training facilities at Vancouver Community College and Vancouver Vocational Institute, but was established as an independent institution.

The bulk of this collection covers the period 1973-1977 although some files extend as far back as 1965. The series includes the following subseries: Marine Training Programmes and Facilities Advisory Committee, Marine College Development, Marine Training Advisory Council, Marine Training Centre - Miscellaneous, Committees, Navigation Training, Marine Training Conferences, Ottawa, Vancouver Vocational Institute, Courses and Programmes, Proposed Courses, and Miscellaneous.

British Columbia. Dept. of Education

Records of the Academic Council

  • GR-1524
  • Series
  • 1964-1983

This series consists of the records of the Academic Council and its predecessor, the Academic Board for Higher Education as well as board minutes from the various regional colleges and provincial institutes. This series also includes copies of correspondence outward of the chairman and director of the council, policy papers, research reports, and data books showing funding and enrollment levels in provincial post-secondary institutions.

In 1964 an Academic Board for Higher Education was established by an amendment to the Universities Act (S.B.C. 1963, c. 52). The board was empowered to set academic standards for regional (community) colleges, to assist colleges in securing adequate staff and facilities, and to approve funding for college programs. The board was conducted by a chairman, appointed by cabinet, and functioned under the auspices of the Department of Education. The Academic Board was replaced in 1978 by the Academic Council of British Columbia, a crown corporation which derived its authority from the Colleges and Provincial Institutes Act (S.B.C. 1977, C. 67). The new council was established to coordinate academic, technical, and career programs in community colleges and in other provincially funded training institutes. As well, the council monitored admission and transfer arrangements between colleges, institutes, and universities.

"Colleges", as defined by the 1977 Act, were institutions whose objects were to provide (a) comprehensive courses of study equivalent to those given by a university at the first and second year postsecondary level, (b) postsecondary education or training, and (c) continuing education. "Provincial institutes", though not specifically defined by the Act, referred to institutions which provided occupational or vocational training and which offered programs for continuing education. The Academic Council was abolished in 1983, at which time many of its duties were assumed by the Academic Technical Programs Branch of the Ministry of Education.

Academic Council of British Columbia

Universities Council of British Columbia records

  • GR-1701
  • Series
  • 1974-1987

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.

Universities Council of British Columbia

Public business files of the Minister of Education

  • GR-1791
  • Series
  • 1983

Includes correspondence from other sections and offices of the Ministry; school districts; colleges; universities; associations and miscellaneous material. This unit may be used in conjunction with GR-1788.

British Columbia. Ministry of Education (1979-1996)

Program Coordinating Committee records

  • GR-3519
  • Series
  • 1977 - 1987

The series consists of records of the Program Coordinating Committee of the Universities Council of British Columbia. One of four standing committees, the legislated purpose of the committee was to advise and make recommendations to the Council on all matters pertaining to university programs. The role of the committee was to review and make recommendations on proposals for new programs of study at the public universities; to review existing university programs to identify special areas of interest and expertise at each university and to reduce unnecessary duplication; to identify areas for inter-university cooperation; to assist in the coordination of the delivery of distance education; and, to examine the role of the universities in the development of in-service training and re-training for the professions.

The records document the committee’s function of evaluating proposals for new undergraduate and graduate programs at the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, the University of Victoria, and the Open Learning Institute. The committee numbered each proposal, and these original codes were maintained by the archivist.

Record types include correspondence, memoranda, press releases and clippings, committee resolutions, course/program descriptions, reports, and discussion papers. The records typically include the wording of motions concerning new programs which the Program Coordinating Committee sent to Council. Correspondence typically is to and from the committee, the council, university presidents and vice presidents, and faculty heads and members.

The subject matter of the records reflects the criteria the committee used in weighing the merits of each specific proposed new program of study. For this reason, the records reflect information on the credentials to be awarded to graduates; a description of each new university program; discussion of the need for and objectives of the proposed program; enrolment projections; institutional resources and need (new faculty or administrative staff required); budget required (indirect and direct costs); employment prospects for graduates of the new program; the relationship with other existing programs at BC universities (including duplication); and the results of consultation with the other BC universities and non-university groups, including letters of support for the new program proposals.

Universities Council of British Columbia

Division of Vocational Curriculum photographs

  • GR-4179
  • Series
  • [ca. 1958-1966]

The series consists of photographic negatives, possibly produced by PEMC, and predecessor agencies including the Division of School of Radio Broadcasts, Division of Visual Education, Division of Audio-Visual Services and Audio-Visual Services Branch. These agencies were responsible for providing media services to public education institutions. The records document school sites and educational programs for vocational program students in British Columbia.

Photographs are arranged alphabetically by subject and show students participating in various vocational programs located throughout the province. Locations are often provided in photograph annotations. Photographs are generally ordered within subject using a system of abbreviations and numbers ie) AE stands for aeronautics, and AU stands for automotive.

British Columbia. Provincial Educational Media Centre

Okanagan College

Assorted material from Okanagan Baptist College, Summerland, including register of pupils, 1907-1908; calendar of studies, 1913-1914; three copies of "Okanagan Lyceum", March 1909 and May and December 1912; "The Western Outlook", June 15, 1913; and "The Summerland Review", Vol. 1 No. 1 (Aug. 8, 1908).

Loaned for copying by Ruth Dale, Summerland, Muriel Mclanty, Penticton and Mrs. J.H. Stapleton, Penticton, 1979.

Okanagan Baptist College

W. E. Arthur Mercer papers

Minutes (volumes 1-3); correspondence, memoranda and reports (volumes 6-9); financial records (vol. 4), printed material (vol. 5) and clippings accumulated while a member of the Douglas College Council.