Editing Normal school (section)

====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>