IRSHDC : School : Churchill (MB) [18707]

Aerial view of Fort Churchill (1958). Source: Gordon Goldsborough, the Manitoba Society.

Churchill (MB)

Dates of Operation

September 9, 1964 - June 30, 1973

Description

The Churchill Vocational School was established at an abandoned military base in Churchill, Manitoba in 1964 for Inuit students from the Eastern Arctic who were seeking post-secondary training. While the school was non-denominational, the hostel associated with the school employed Roman Catholic and Anglican staff and the students were segregated on the basis of denomination. Some of the students also took classes at the local Duke of Edinburgh School. Because it was always considered a temporary facility, school administrators had ongoing difficulties in getting the federal government to make needed upgrades to the building. (National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation)

Denomination

None

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Alternate Name(s)

Churchill Federal School
Churchill Vocational Centre
D.N.A. Residential School Hostel
Eskimo Residential School
Fort Churchill Federal School

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Map Information

Location

"Point is on the site of the Churchill Vocational Centre (CVC) building. The CVC was the school that was attended by the students living in the hostel. The hostel was located 50 metres to the east at 58.755906000 -94.0722990000. The school buildings and hostel buildings were located in a former military complex on the north side of the Churchill Airport. The buildings no longer exist" (Orlandini, 2019).

Location Credit

Rosa Orlandini. The school/hostel location data was collected by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission / National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, Morgan Hite (Atlas of Indian Residential Schools of Canada), Stephanie Pyne (Residential Schools Land Memory Mapping Project) and Rosa Orlandini (Map and GIS Librarian, York University Libraries). The location data and associated attribute data was enhanced, revised and updated by Rosa Orlandini, in consultation with the Archivists at the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation.

Location Source

Orlandini, Rosa, 2019, "Residential Schools Locations Dataset (Shapefile format)", https://doi.org/10.5683/SP2/FJG5TG, Borealis, V3, UNF:6:TTc1mMvx2BlBqBgIN05xVw== [fileUNF]