Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Technical University of Nova Scotia. Office of the President.
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- Technical University of Nova Scotia. Office of the President and Director of Tech Education.
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Description area
Dates of existence
History
The Technical Education Act of 1907 established the Nova Scotia Technical College and formalized a system of local technical education for Nova Scotia under the Director of Technical Education, reporting to the Council of Public Instruction (later the Minister of Education). Dr. Frederick H. Sexton held the dual posting of Director of Technical Education and Nova Scotia Technical College Principal. The post of Principal was re-named President in 1925. Evening classes held in industrial centres in the province provided workers with theoretical and scientific principles for their work. Classes included navigation, home nursing, Spanish language, auto mechanics, sewing, millinery, food preparation, printing and machine shop. Mining Schools and Engineering Schools were also held in colliery towns. These schools were funded by the province and the local municipality. The Director of Technical Education recommended where schools would be established and supervised the schools. The Department of Public Works and Mines under Dr. Gilpin had formerly administered the schools operating prior to 1907. In 1916 the federal Military Hospitals Commission requested provincial assistance in providing vocational training to wounded and disabled soldiers returning from the Great War. The Government of Nova Scotia assigned the Director of Technical Education to provide this re- training to discharged soldiers from Quebec and the Maritimes. In the 1930s the Technical Education Branch was instrumental in re-establishing apprenticeship programmes in Nova Scotia, bringing together local industries, unemployed workers and the College. At the retirement of Dr. Sexton in 1947, technical education was removed from the College administration. The Technical College Act of 1947 (Chap. 6-11 George VI) dealt only with the NSTC. The Technical Education Branch continued within the Council of Public Instruction under Director E.K. Ford. Presidents of NSTC/TUNS: Dr. F.H. Sexton 1907-1947 Dr. A.E. Cameron 1947-1957 J. Hoogstraten 1957-1960 Dr. G.H. Burchill 1960-1961 (Acting) Dr. George W. Holbrook 1961-1971 Dr. Allison Earl Steeves 1971-1977 Dr. J. Clair Callaghan 1977-1988 Dr. Peter F. Adams 1988-1992 Dr. Tom Traves 1992-1997 (became Principal of DalTech)