Sprott-Shaw Community College

Infobox University
name = Sprott-Shaw Community College


image_size = 130px
motto = since 1903
established = 1903
type = Private Career Training Institution
students = 4,500 ("annually")
president = Dean Duperron
city = Port Coquitlam
state = British Columbia
country = Canada
nickname = SSCC
affiliations = College of LPN of BC
website = http://www.sprott-shaw.com/

Sprott-Shaw Community College (SSCC) is a British Columbia, Canada Private Career Training Institution under the "Private Career Training Institutions Act", SBC 2003, c.79.

History

When Robert James Sprott ("RJ") became partners with William Henry Shaw of Shaw Colleges in 1903, they opened the first Sprott-Shaw school, called Vancouver Business Institute. Their development plan included four schools in Vancouver, one in Nanaimo and one in Victoria, British Columbia. In 1913, Robert James Sprott and James Beatty opened Sprott-Shaw College in Victoria, which has been in continuous operation since its opening. The college survived economic recessions, two World Wars and the Great Depression.

Sprott-Shaw designed programs to retrain military personnel after World War II. The training included Morse Code, radio broadcasting and aviation. The college established a broadcast station for the school with a signal being picked up all the way in Hawaii. The station was known as CKMO, which is now 1410 CFUN. The legendary broadcasters Jack Cullen and Ernie Rose were graduated of the school. Many well-known students including world renowned artist Emily Carr spent time with Sprott-Shaw.

In 1964, Ernie Henderson, of Henderson Colleges, bought Sprott-Shaw and was the owner until his death in 1974. The Victoria school was then bought by Commander Robert N.G. Smith ("Bud"), who operated it until 1988 when Terry Hackett purchased the school. In 1991, the school was taken over by Dean Duperron and Sherri Duperron. The college has grown to 20 locations across the province of British Columbia.

References

* [http://pctia.bc.ca/search/182_prg.htm List of registered programs]

External links

* [http://www.sprott-shaw.com corporate website]