Sprott-Shaw Community College

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Sprott-Shaw Community College
Motto	Since 1903
Established	1903
Type	Private career training institution
President	Dean Duperron
Students	4,500 (annually)
Location	Port Coquitlam, B.C.
Nickname	SSCC
Affiliations	College of LPN of BC
Website	http://sprottshaw.com/

Sprott-Shaw Community College (SSCC) is a private Canadian career training institution, headquartered in British Columbia.^[1]

[edit] History

When Robert James Sprott 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. 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 CFTE. Broadcasters Jack Cullen and Ernie Rose were graduates of the school. Many well-known students including world renowned artist Emily Carr spent time with Sprott-Shaw.^{[citation needed]}

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, who operated it until 1988 when Terry Hackett purchased the school. In 1991, the school was taken over by Dean and Sherri Duperron. The college has grown to 20 locations across the province of British Columbia.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website
• List of registered programs

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