Sixteen biographical sketches of leaders in Canadian adult education taken from 'Food for thought,' journal of the Canadian Association for Adult Education
Report to the Secretary of State, Canada and the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada on the National Forum on Post-Secondary Education, Saskatoon, October, 1987
Janet Louisa May More was born on the family homestead south of Hartney, Manitoba in 1896. She attended Chain Lakes School and Hartney High School prior to completing Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education degrees at the University of Manitoba. Following her graduation, More taught in various Manitoba schools for fifty years. In addition, she was a member of the Manitoba Education Association, the Manitoba Library Association, the Turtle Mountain Teachers' Association (of which she was the first President), and the Manitoba Teachers' Society, which nominated her for a Life Mmembership. Janet Louisa May More retired in 1967, and resided in Winnipeg, Manitoba until her death.
Additional biographical information for Janet Louisa May More can be found in her profile as a "Memorable Manitoban" on the Manitoba Historical Society website (http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/more_jlm.shtml).
Custodial History
Materials passed into the hands of Gerald Brown who donated them to the McKee Archives.
Scope and Content
Collection contains curriculum materials related to the study and teaching of Chemistry, Algebra, Geometry, Mathematics, English and French language studies in Manitoba dating mostly from the 1940s. Collection also contains Christmas concert and dramatic materials; notes from the Manitoba Fine Arts Committee (April 1939); and notes concerning the Manitoba Camera Club, the Manitoba Drama League, Manitoba Society of Artists, Manitoba Adult Education Association, Winnipeg Sketch Club and the Manitoba Handicraft Guild.
Co-operative finance : an American method for the American people, to encourage business, farming, home-owning, individual and corporate success, social justice and national prosperity
Halifax, N.S : Institute for Research on Public Policy
Physical Description
1 v. (various pagings) : ill ; 23 cm
Notes
Publisher's name in French: Institut de recherches politiques
"Companion volume to the official 'Proceedings' of the National Forum on Post-Secondary Education which took place on October 25-28, 1987, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan."--Foreword
Cooperative democracy through voluntary association of the people as consumers : a discussion of the cooperative movement, its philosophy, methods, accomplishments, and possibilities, and its relation to the state, to science, art, and commerce, and to other systems of economic organization
Quebec : Quebec Federation of Regional Unions of Caisses populaires Desjardins
Physical Description
73 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
Notes
"This publication is dedicated to the founders and leaders of the Federation of Quebec of Regional Unions of Caisses populaires Desjardins and to all the volunteer workers in the Caisses populaires and Regional Unions who have worked tirelessly for the development of Caisses populaires Desjardins until the Desjardins Cooperative Movement is now the finest economic and social success in French Canada"
