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Historic Sites of Manitoba: John Taylor Collegiate (470 Hamilton Avenue, Winnipeg)

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In October 1963, local voters approved a proposal to construct a new high school, named in commemoration of local settler John Taylor, in this area of Winnipeg to alleviate overcrowding at Westwood Collegiate. The proposal had a budget of $984,000 and called for a structure containing 24 classrooms, four science laboratories, three commercial rooms, three home economics rooms, three industrial arts rooms, a library and guidance rooms, two music and audio-visual rooms, an art room, and an auditorium. The architectural firm of Herman and St. Lawrence was hired and the Winnipeg Construction Company commenced construction in March 1964.

Teachers at Westwood Collegiate were given the option of transferring to the new John Taylor Collegiate, along with Vice-Principal Doug Bridge, for the fall of 1964. Five teachers accepted the offer along with eleven new teachers. The first year of operation had five grade 9 classes, four grade 10 classes, and one grade 11 commercial class.

Principals

Period	Principal
1964-1981	Douglas Ernest Bridge (1921-2015)
1981-1990	John Walter Atamanchuk (1930-2009)
1990-1994	Christopher Shaughnessy O’Grady (1939-2017)
1994-1996	?
1996-1998	Elizabeth Kozak
1998-2004	?
2004-2006	Glen Bennett
2006-2015	?
2015-2016	Scott Lockhart

Vice-Principals

Period	Vice-Principal
1969-1970	Mr. N. Maxwell
1970-1971	Jack Carnegie Roseanne Keyes
1971-1972	Jack Carnegie
1972-1973	Wally Linton
1973-1977	Abram William “Abe” Krahn (1923-2016)
1977-1978	Wally Linton Abram William “Abe” Krahn (1923-2016)
1978-1979	Wally Linton William “Bill” Moore
1979-1980	William “Bill” Moore Don Loadman
1980-1983	William “Bill” Moore John Carlyle
1983-1985	Ross Narick Glen Bennett
1985-1986	Glen Bennett
1986-1987	Gary C. Hamilton Thaddeus Edward “Ted” Witoski (1932-2014)
1987-1988	?
1988-1989	Fred Bilous William “Bill” Cann Gary C. Hamilton
1989-1990	William “Bill” Cann George Dyker Gary C. Hamilton
1990-1991	William “Bill” Cann
1991-1996	?
1996-1998	Dick Monk

Teachers

School Year	Teachers
1964-1965	Claude Desrosiers, Paul Granovsky, Norm Houck, Gerry Moore, John Proudfoot

Among the other teachers of John Taylor Collegiate were David J. McDowell and James Norman Houck.

Photos & Coordinates

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.89088, W97.31280 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

A History of John Taylor Collegiate, 1964-1975, St. James Assiniboia School Division.

Obituary [James Norman Houck], Winnipeg Free Press, 20 February 2010.

We thank Mari-Jean Nachtigall for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 12 February 2020

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