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===Canada=== ====Alberta==== The [[Calgary Normal School]] in [[Calgary]] was initially located at 412 – 7 Street SW in Calgary in what is called the McDougall School founded shortly after Alberta became a province in 1905. Its history is part of the founding of the [[University of Calgary]] in 1966. Another Normal school was founded at Camrose (also called Rosehaven Normal school) in 1912. The [[Edmonton Normal School]] was opened in 1920 in Edmonton, Alberta. In 1945 all normal schools in Alberta were merged into the [[University of Alberta]]'s Faculty of Education. ====British Columbia==== In 1901, the first Provincial Normal School in [[British Columbia]] was opened in [[Vancouver]]. Classes commenced on 9 January 1901. In January 1909, the Provincial Normal school moved into a new facility and its own building located at 11th and Cambie (now part of City Square Mall). In 1915 a second Provincial Normal School opened in Victoria. Trainee teachers from greater Vancouver and the lower Mainland attended the Normal School in Vancouver. Students from [[Vancouver Island]] and students outside the [[Lower Mainland]], that is, from the Upper Fraser Valley and communities in the interior of the province – enrolled in the Normal School in Victoria. That school was originally located in [[Victoria High School (British Columbia)|Victoria High School]] and later in its own building which is now part of [[Camosun College]]. In 1956 the responsibility for provincial teacher training was transferred to The [[University of British Columbia]]. ====Manitoba==== [[File:ST. BONIFACE NORMAL SCHOOL.jpg|thumb|right|250px|St. Boniface Normal School, designed by [[Henry Sandham Griffith]] in 1902]] Central Normal School was founded in 1882 in [[Winnipeg]]. In 1905–06 a new building was constructed at 442 William Avenue. It was one of six Normal Schools in Manitoba, along with Brandon Normal School (1129 Queens Street, Brandon), Dauphin, Manitou, Portage la Prairie, and St. Boniface. Central Normal School moved to a facility in southwest Winnipeg in 1947. In the autumn of 1958, it was renamed the Manitoba Teachers' College. It was moved to the [[University of Manitoba]] in 1965, becoming its Faculty of Education. ====New Brunswick==== The [[New Brunswick Teachers' College]] was a normal school in Fredericton, New Brunswick which granted teaching certificates. It was founded on February 10, 1848, as the Provincial Normal School with Joseph Marshall de Brett Maréchal, Baron d'Avray as the first principal. In 1947, the institution changed its name to the New Brunswick Teachers' College. It closed in 1973, and its staff were integrated into the faculties of education at the [[Université de Moncton]] and the [[University of New Brunswick]]. ====Newfoundland and Labrador==== The Wesleyan Normal Day School was founded in 1852 by the [[Wesleyans]] under the Newfoundland School Society. This institution continued until 1901. In 1910, a normal school was established in [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]] by the Church of England which continued for a number of years. In 1921 the first non-denominational normal school was initiated and was discontinued in 1932. It was reorganized in 1934 as a department of the Memorial University College. In 1949, the institution's name was changed to [[Memorial University of Newfoundland]]. ====Nova Scotia==== The [[Nova Scotia Teachers College]] in [[Truro, Nova Scotia|Truro]] began in 1855 as the Provincial Nova Scotia Normal School opened in Truro, Nova Scotia. The school was closed in 1997 and the program essentially consolidated with other provincial universities including [[Acadia University]], [[Mount Saint Vincent University|Mount St. Vincent]], [[St. Francis Xavier University|St. Francis Xavier]], and [[Université Sainte-Anne|Sainte-Anne]]. ====Ontario==== Thanks largely in part to the effort of education reformer [[Egerton Ryerson]], the Ontario Normal School system came into being beginning in Toronto in 1847. The [[London Normal School]] was located at 165 Elmwood Avenue in [[London, Ontario]], and commenced classes on February 1, 1900. By 1958, the building was no longer adequate and was moved to a new location on Western Rd. In 1973, London Teachers' College (as it was then called) (Elborn) merged with Althouse College to form the Faculty of Education at the [[University of Western Ontario]].<ref>Kymlicka, B. B. (1992). {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070227040759/http://www.societyforqualityeducation.org/teachers/kymlicka.pdf The faculty of education: An interpretation of history and purposes.]}} Retrieved on 2008-12-29.</ref> The building is now a prominent area landmark.<ref>{{Cite web|title=HistoricPlaces.ca – HistoricPlaces.ca|url=https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=8871|access-date=2021-05-12|website=www.historicplaces.ca}}</ref> The [[North Bay Normal School]], a teacher training school, was established in 1909 in North Bay Ontario to meet the needs of teacher education in Ontario's North. The school was renamed North Bay Teachers' College in 1953, and became Nipissing University College's faculty of education in August 1973. After the university received a prestigious award in 2010, the Faculty of Education was renamed the Schulich School of Education. See [[Nipissing University]]. A school of pedagogy was formed in association with [[Toronto Normal School]], offering advanced level courses suitable for high-school teachers. In 1897, the school was moved to Hamilton and renamed Ontario Normal College. The college closed in 1906 and the training was taken over by the faculties of education at the [[University of Toronto]] and [[Queen's University at Kingston|Queen's University]] in Kingston.<ref>Dundurn (2011), ''Education and Ontario Family History'', Marian Press, p. 102,</ref> The [[Ottawa Normal School]] was built in 1874 and opened in 1875. It was located at 195 Elgin Street. It was renamed the Ottawa Teachers' College in 1953, and was subsequently merged into the Faculty of Education of the [[University of Ottawa]] in 1974. The Peterborough Normal School in [[Peterborough, Ontario|Peterborough]] was officially opened on September 15, 1908, and operated until the late 1960s. The Stratford Normal School was founded at 270 Water Street in 1908 in [[Stratford, Ontario]]. Its emphasis was primarily for training teachers for rural conditions. Its name was changed to Stratford Teachers' College in 1953 and closed its doors in 1973 having trained close to 14,000 teachers. The site was maintained, and was home to the Stratford Perth Museum for a number of years, being renamed the Discovery Centre. The museum moved to another location, however, and the building is now leased by the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, and has been named once again the Normal School Building.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stratfordbeaconherald.com/2013/03/14/city-council-being-asked-to-change-discovery-centre-name|title=Return to Normal School name in works|last=nurun.com|date=2013-03-14}}</ref> ====Prince Edward Island==== The Prince Edward Island Normal School has its origin in 1856 on the grounds of [[Prince of Wales College]] in Charlottetown, P.E.I. Both it and [[Saint Dunstan's University|St. Dunstan's University]] merged to form the present-day [[University of Prince Edward Island]] in 1969. ====Quebec==== The first three ''Écoles normales'' were established in 1857, two for French speakers in [[Montréal]] and [[Quebec City|Québec]], and a third one in Montréal for English speakers. More institutions were added in the following century. Religious communities were responsible for around 110 private normal schools, most of which were for girls, and universities had schools of education. Between 1963 and 1974, the system was ultimately phased out to be integrated into universities' Faculty of Education departments, specifically with new [[Université du Québec]] branches.{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}} ====Saskatchewan==== The Saskatchewan Normal School, also once known as the Regina Normal School, was founded as early as 1890 in Regina moving into its first permanent structure in January, 1914. In 1964 it was transferred to [[University of Saskatchewan]] Regina Campus and in 1974 becoming part of the [[University of Regina]]. Another normal school was founded in the early 1920s in Moose Jaw and was later transferred into the Regina campus in 1959. The [[Saskatoon Normal School]] in [[Saskatoon]] was founded in 1912 and served until 1953. It has now been integrated with the Faculty of Education at [[University of Saskatchewan]].
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