Challenging the status quo: an examination of the history of Catholic education in British Columbia.

From: Historical Studies | Date: January 1, 1999| Author: Vincent J. McNally | Copyright information

British Columbia is unique among Canadian provinces in that it has always been and remains the most unchurched region of the country, a fact that has greatly impacted the development of Catholic education there. Even before 1871, when British Columbia entered Confederation, it had rejected the notion of establishing a separate school system. Nevertheless, church leaders, especially Catholics and Anglicans, would continue to fight to obtain such a system, arguing that they were only ...

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