Exploring the Factors Prompting British Columbia's First Integration Initiative: The Case of Port Essington Indian Day School
2011; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 51; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1111/j.1748-5959.2011.00356.x
ISSN1748-5959
Autores Tópico(s)Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights
ResumoOn June 2, 1947, British Columbia Indian Agent F. Earl Anfield requested that the Prince Rupert Board of Trustees allow the seventeen children of Port Essington Indian Day School to attend Port Essington Elementary at an annual cost to federal authorities of $65.00 per child. The trustees' approval of the request led to the permanent closure of the fifty-eight-year-old Methodist-established day school and marked British Columbia's first large-scale integration initiative. The event would not have been significant were it not for the fact it occurred two years before the passage of provincial legislation—and four years before federal legislation—that would enable it.
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