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ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL [6 records]

Record 1 2016-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Educational Institutions
DEF

A school financed and controlled by, or otherwise associated with, any religious body and providing religious instruction ... to some or all of its pupils.

OBS

confessional school : term used particularly in Canada for a denominational school, usually one associated with the Roman Catholic Church.

OBS

parochial school: a school maintained by a religious body usually for elementary instruction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Établissements d'enseignement
DEF

École qui donne un enseignement religieux, en plus d'offrir un programme d'études complet.

CONT

En plus d'offrir des écoles françaises et anglaises, le système scolaire québécois offre à la population un réseau d'écoles élémentaires et secondaires confessionnelles.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Establecimientos de enseñanza
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Record 2 2008-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Educational Institutions
OBS

Kuper Island has a rather dark side, with a sobering history of oppression at the hand of church and state in Canada. For almost a century, hundreds of Coast Salish children were sent to the Kuper Island Indian Residential School. The School opened in 1890, operated by Roman Catholic missionaries and funded by the Department of Indian Affairs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Établissements d'enseignement

Spanish

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Record 3 2008-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Logic (Philosophy)
OBS

Also known as : Norway House Roman Catholic Indian Residential School. Opened 1915; closed 1942.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Logique (Philosophie)
OBS

Aussi connu sous : Pensionnat indien catholique romain de Norway House.

Spanish

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Record 4 1990-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Programs and Courses
OBS

A program of the Carleton Board of Education, the Carleton Roman Catholic School Board, the Ottawa Board of Education and the Ottawa Roman Catholic Separate School Board. Information confirmed with the Carleton Board of Education.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes et de cours
OBS

Un programme du Conseil d'éducation de Carleton, le Conseil des écoles séparées catholiques d'Ottawa, le Conseil scolaire d'Ottawa, et le Conseil des écoles catholiques romaines de Carleton. Renseignement confirmé par le Conseil d'éducation de Carleton.

Spanish

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Record 5 1984-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • School and School-Related Administration
  • Educational Institutions
DEF

(Ont., Alberta, Sask., Atlantic Region) A type of publicly supported school established and supported by the Roman Catholic or Protestant minority in a school district(under the jurisdiction of an elected separate school board).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration scolaire et parascolaire
  • Établissements d'enseignement
DEF

(Ont., Alberta, Sask., région Atlantique) Toute école publique dispensant un enseignement à une minorité confessionnelle, catholique ou protestante.

Spanish

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Record 6 1979-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Religion (General)
DEF

a school of general study for those preparing for membership in a Roman Catholic religious order.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Religion (Généralités)
DEF

Dans la plupart des ordres religieux, maison où les jeunes religieux, après leur noviciat, achèvent leurs études.

Spanish

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