Historic Sites of Manitoba: Westwood Collegiate (360 Rouge Road, Winnipeg)

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Principals | Vice-Principals | Teachers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

Westwood Collegiate opened for classes in September 1960 with about 180 students. Within four years, enrollment had risen to 750 students so, in October 1963, local voters voted on a proposal to build John Taylor Collegiate.

Principals

Period

Principal

1960-1970

Frank Alywin “Andy” Anderson (1907-1972)

1970-1972

George Bruno Buchholz

1972-1979

Emile R. Dupas

1979-1987

Lincoln Leslie Lautermilch

1987-1988

?

1988-1993

Roger Ernest Mitchell Cathcart (1937-2020)

1993-1998

John Arnold “Jack” Elliott

1998-2005

?

2005-2006

Scott Lockhart

2006-2015

?

2015-2016

Kevin Dueck

Vice-Principals

Period

Vice-Principal

1963-1964

Douglas Ernest Bridge (1921-2015)

1964-1967

?

1967-1969

George Bruno Buchholz

1969-1972

John Charles Proudfoot (?-2013)

1972-1973

John Charles Proudfoot (?-2013)
Barron Rogers

1973-1974

George Derenchuk
Barron Rogers

1974-1975

George Derenchuk
Nicholas Metoda “Nick” Yacheson

1975-1977

Edward Langley Green
Gordon Charles “Gord” Tovell (1939-2021)

1977-1978

Gordon Charles “Gord” Tovell (1939-2021)
Mr. A. Reimer

1978-1979

Mr. A. Reimer
Raymond Henry “Ray” Magel

1980-1981

Mr. A. Reimer
Barron Rogers

1981-1983

Laurence B. Friesen
Barron Rogers

1983-1984

Laurence B. Friesen

1984-1989

George Robson Dyker
E. Baydock

1989-1990

Peter Mingo

1990-1996

?

1996-1998

Scott Lockhart

1998-2005

?

2005-2006

Darren Dererranno
Barry Wiess

Teachers

School Year

Teachers

1960-1961

?

1961-1962

?

1962-1963

George Rhodes Tallin, ?

1963-1964

George Rhodes Tallin, ?

1964-1965

George Rhodes Tallin, ?

1965-1966

George Rhodes Tallin, ?

1966-1967

George Rhodes Tallin, ?

1967-1968

George Rhodes Tallin, ?

1968-1969

George Rhodes Tallin, ?

1969-1970

George Rhodes Tallin, ?

1970-1971

George Rhodes Tallin, ?

1971-1972

George Rhodes Tallin, ?

1972-1973

George Rhodes Tallin, ?

1973-1974

George Rhodes Tallin, ?

1974-1975

George Rhodes Tallin, ?

1975-1976

George Rhodes Tallin, ?

1976-1977

Gladys Jane Bodnarus, George Rhodes Tallin, ?

1977-1978

Gladys Jane Bodnarus, George Rhodes Tallin, ?

1978-1979

Gladys Jane Bodnarus, George Rhodes Tallin, ?

1979-1980

Gladys Jane Bodnarus, George Rhodes Tallin, ?

1980-1981

Gladys Jane Bodnarus, George Rhodes Tallin, ?

1981-1982

Gladys Jane Bodnarus, ?

1982-1983

Gladys Jane Bodnarus, ?

1983-1984

?

1984-1985

?

1985-1986

?

1986-1987

?

1987-1988

?

1988-1989

?

1989-1990

?

1990-1991

?

1991-1992

?

1992-1993

?

1993-1994

?

1994-1995

?

1995-1996

?

1996-1997

Dr. Victoria McMahon, ?

1997-1998

Dr. Victoria McMahon, ?

1998-1999

Dr. Victoria McMahon, ?

1999-2000

Dr. Victoria McMahon, ?

2000-2001

Dr. Victoria McMahon, ?

2001-2002

Dr. Victoria McMahon, ?

2002-2003

?

2003-2004

?

2004-2005

?

2005-2006

Lyall Allan, Allan Allison, Carla Bennett, Heather Bush, Corinne Doerksen, Jennifer Douglas, Greg Edwards, Gary Fewer, Greg Johnson, Joanna Krecsy, Ward Lockhart, Chad Mackay, Mary McCormick, Deborah McLeod, Rosa Militano, Dorian Miller, Joanne Nemetchek, Warren Nickerson, Andrea Overby, Robert Patterson, Steven Pauls, Arthur Penning, Janis Pickell, Corey Picknicki, Tom Poole, John Ross, Brian Schmeichel, Tracy Schneider, David Shoesmith, Catherine Smith, Henry Soulatzkoff, John Stairs, Catharine Teichroew, George Valentim, Shannon Walterson, Debbie Wasilewski-Wake, Richard Wheeler, Sandy White

Among the teachers of Westwood Collegiate were David J. McDowell and James Norman Houck (25 years).

Photos & Coordinates

Westwood Collegiate

Westwood Collegiate (May 2020)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Westwood Collegiate

Westwood Collegiate (September 2021)
Source: Nathan Kramer

Westwood Collegiate

Westwood Collegiate (September 2021)
Source: Nathan Kramer

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.87596, W97.29988
denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Westwood School No. 1308 (Municipality of Riverdale)

Sources:

Westwood Collegiate, 1960-1974: A History by Westwood Collegiate, St. James Assiniboia School Division, 1974.

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

“St. James - Assiniboine School Board,” Winnipeg Free Press, 15 May 1993, page A11.

Obituary [George Rhodes Tallin], Winnipeg Free Press, 1 October 1994, page 41.

Obituary [Gladys Jane Bodnarus], Winnipeg Free Press, 11 June 2022.

School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.

We thank the St. James Assiniboia School Division, Nathan Kramer, Dorothy Young, and Victoria McMahon for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 11 October 2024

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