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When Saskatchewan was created in 1905, there were over five thousand school districts in Saskatchewan operating one room school houses. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In the 1940s, the provincial government instituted an amalgamation process resulting in larger school units, which greatly reduced the number of school divisions. [ 3 ]
The Muscowequan Indian Residential School was a school within the Canadian Indian residential school system that operated on the lands of the Muskowekwan First Nation and in Lestock, Saskatchewan, from 1889 to 1997. [1]: 354 As of 2021, the school building is the last-standing residential school in Saskatchewan.
Gordon's Indian Residential School was a boarding school for George Gordon First Nation students in Punnichy, Saskatchewan, and was the last federally-funded residential school in Canada. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was located adjacent to the George Gordon Reserve .
Saskatoon Public Schools (SPS) or Saskatoon S.D. No. 13 is the largest school division in Saskatchewan serving 28,246 [3] students as of September 2023. Saskatoon Public Schools operates 48 elementary schools and 10 secondary schools in Saskatoon. [4] The offices of the Saskatoon School Board are housed in the Eaton's Building.
Historically, Saskatchewan's higher education system has been "significantly shaped" by demographics. [1] In 1901, six years prior to the 1907 founding of a university in Saskatchewan, the urban population in Saskatchewan was 14,266 (16%) while the rural population was 77,013 (84%).
Located in Saskatoon in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, the College of Law was established in 1912 and is the oldest law school in Western Canada, a distinction it shares with the University of Alberta. Approximately 126 students are admitted to the College of Law each year. [2] In the fall term of 2011/2012, the college had 375 students.
On 14 November 2022, the Ford government introduced Bill 35, "Keeping Students in Class Repeal Act". The bill passed the same day with all MPP's voting in favour. The new bill repealed Bill 28 ab initio by declaring: 1. The Keeping Students in Class Act, 2022 is repealed and is deemed for all purposes never to have been in force. 2.
Thomas Clement Douglas, PC, CC, SOM, MA, LL.D (October 20, 1904 – February 24, 1986) was a leader of the Saskatchewan Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) from 1942 and the seventh Premier of Saskatchewan from 1944 to 1961, who led the first socialist government in North America and introduced universal public medicare to Canada.