Search results
Results from the Go Local Guru Content Network
Higher education in Manitoba includes institutions and systems of higher or advanced education (including post-secondary/tertiary and vocational education) in the province of Manitoba. Manitoba was the first western territory to join confederation and the first to establish a university.
The University of Manitoba, founded by Alexander Morris, was established under the University of Manitoba Act as a “Provincial University” on 28 February 1877, becoming the first institution of higher education to be established in western Canada.
Manitoba Advanced Education and Training (formerly the Department of Advanced Education, Skills and Immigration) is the department of the Government of Manitoba responsible for supporting adult learning, post-secondary education, and vocational training in Manitoba.
Etymology The name Manitoba possibly derives from either Cree manitou-wapow or Ojibwe manidoobaa, both meaning ' straits of Manitou, the Great Spirit '. Alternatively, it may be from the Assiniboine minnetoba, meaning ' Lake of the Prairie ' (the lake was known to French explorers as Lac des Prairies). The name was chosen by Thomas Spence for the new republic he proposed for the area south of ...
The Manitoba Schools Question (French: La question des écoles du Manitoba) was a political crisis in the Canadian province of Manitoba that occurred late in the 19th century, attacking publicly-funded separate schools for Roman Catholics and Protestants. The crisis was precipitated by a series of provincial laws passed between 1890 and 1896 ...
Red River College Polytechnic (RRC Polytech) is a college located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is the province's largest institute of applied learning and applied research, with over 200 degree, diploma, and certificate programs, and more than 21,000 students annually.
This is a list of school divisions in Manitoba, and does not include locally-controlled Manitoba Band Operated Schools, which are funded and regulated by the federal Government of Canada. The province's school divisions and districts are generally categorized by region: Central, Northern /Remote, Parkland / Westman , Southeast/Interlake , and ...
www .brandonu .ca. Brandon University is a university located in the city of Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, with an enrolment of approximately 3,375 (2020) full-time and part-time undergraduate and graduate students. [2] The current location was founded on July 13, 1899, as Brandon College as a Baptist institution.
Post-secondary institutions. The provincial Department of Economic Development and Jobs is responsible for financial oversight, policy development, and accountability in Manitoba's post-secondary system, which includes post-secondary institutions in Winnipeg.
The Public Schools Act is the legislation that governs public education in Manitoba, Canada.