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View west from the roof of Yukon College in Whitehorse, 2007; the institution later became Yukon University.
CA-K1143Institutions

Yukon University, from training centre to university

Yukon University traces its history to the Whitehorse Vocational and Technical Training Centre, founded in 1963. It became Yukon College in 1983, moved to its present Whitehorse campus in 1988 and was granted university status in 2020. Elder Angela Sidney named the campus Ayamdigut, a Tlingit name meaning “she got up and went.”

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The UPEI campus in Charlottetown, photographed in 2008.
CA-K1137Institutions

University of Prince Edward Island, founded 1969

The University of Prince Edward Island welcomed its first students in September 1969, following the provincial University Act. Its founding institutions were Prince of Wales College and Saint Dunstan’s University, both represented in UPEI’s coat of arms.

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Photo: Martin Cathrae from Charlottetown, PE, Canada · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 2.0 · Credit & context
Upper campus, St. Thomas University, Fredericton.
CA-K1136Institutions

St. Thomas University in Fredericton

St. Thomas University dates back to 1910, when the Basilian Fathers took charge of St. Thomas College in Chatham, New Brunswick, a high school and junior college. It received a university charter in 1934 and was renamed St. Thomas University in 1960. Under a 1963 agreement it moved to the University of New Brunswick campus in Fredericton, while continuing to grant its own degrees in arts and education.

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Purdy Crawford Centre for the Arts, Mount Allison University.
CA-K1135Institutions

Mount Allison University in Sackville

Mount Allison University traces its beginnings to Charles Frederick Allison’s 1839 proposal for a school offering elementary and higher education in Sackville, New Brunswick. The university provides a liberal arts and sciences education near the Tantramar marshes.

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The Shannon School of Business, Cape Breton University.
CA-K1133Institutions

Cape Breton University, from Xavier College to university

Cape Breton University traces its origins to Xavier Junior College, founded in 1951 under St. Francis Xavier University. A merger in 1974 created the College of Cape Breton; it became the University College of Cape Breton in 1982 and adopted its present name in 2005.

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University Hall, Acadia University.
CA-K1131Institutions

Acadia University, founded 1838

Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, was founded in 1838 by local Baptists who wanted a university for the region that would not require religious tests of its faculty or students. Clara Belle Marshall became its first woman graduate in 1884, and University Hall, completed in 1925, is a landmark of the campus.

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Dame Cindy Kiro, Governor-General of New Zealand, meets Mary Simon during the Platinum Jubilee, June 3, 2022.
CA-K1102History

Mary Simon at the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, 2022

From June 2 to 6, 2022, Governor General Mary Simon represented Canada in London at the official events marking the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, and met the Governors General of Australia, Belize and New Zealand.

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George W. Bush walks with Paul Martin and Vicente Fox in Crawford, Texas, March 23, 2005.
CA-K1075History

Paul Martin meets George W. Bush in Texas, 2005

On March 23, 2005, Prime Minister Paul Martin met President George W. Bush in Crawford and Waco, Texas.

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Photo: Series: Photographs Related to the George W. Bush Administration, 1/20/2001 - 1/20/2009 Collection: Records of the White House Photo Office (George W. Bush Administration), 1/20/2001 - 1/20/2009 · Photo licence: Public domain · Credit & context