Regina, Saskatchewan Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Education== ===Primary and secondary schooling=== {{Main|List of schools in Regina, Saskatchewan}} [[File:CampbellCollegiate09.jpg|thumb|[[Campbell Collegiate]] is one of eight secondary schools operated by the secular English-language [[Regina Board of Education]].]] The [[Regina Public School Board]] currently operates 45 elementary schools and 9 high schools with approximately 21,000 students enrolled throughout the city. The publicly funded [[Regina Catholic Schools]] [[Separate School]] Board operates 25 elementary schools and 4 high schools, and has a current enrollment of approximately 10,000 students. Public and separate schools are amply equipped with state-of-the-art science labs, gymnasia, drama and arts facilities: already by the 1960s, Regina high schools had television studios, swimming pools, ice rinks and drama facilities. Francophone public schools are operated by the [[Conseil des écoles fransaskoises]]. A small number of parents choose to opt out of the public and separate school systems for home-schooling under the guidance of the Regina Public School Board. Luther College (affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada) is a historical, independent high school; the Regina Huda School offers Islamic education; Harvest City Christian Academy is a private school (occupying the former Sister McGuigan High School site); and the Regina Christian School (in the former Campion College premises) operates as an Associate school of the Regina Public School Division. Historically there were eminent private schools long since closed: Regina College, now the University of Regina but originally a private high school of the Methodist Church of Canada (since 1925 the United Church); the Anglican St Chad's School; the Roman Catholic Campion College, Sacred Heart Academy and Marian High School. ===University of Regina=== {{Main|University of Regina}} [[File:John Archer Library, University of Regina.jpg|thumb|John Archer Library at the [[University of Regina]]. Established in 1911, the institution is the oldest university located in the city.]] In the years prior to the establishment of the [[University of Saskatchewan]], there was continued debate as to which Saskatchewan city would be awarded the provincial university: ultimately Saskatoon won out over Regina and in immediate reaction the [[Methodist Church of Canada]] established Regina College in 1911. Regina College was initially a denominational high school and junior college affiliated with the University of Saskatchewan – the later-established [[Campion College, Regina|Campion]] and [[Luther College (Saskatchewan)|Luther]] Colleges, operated by the Roman Catholic [[Jesuit Order]] and [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada|Lutheran Church]] respectively, operated on the same basis. The [[Anglican Church of Canada|Church of England]] concurrently established St Chad's College, an Anglican theological training facility, and the Qu'Appelle Diocesan School on the Anglican diocesan property immediately to the east of Regina College on College Avenue. All were quasi-tertiary institutions. Ultimately, the financially hard-pressed [[United Church of Canada]] (the successor to the Methodist Church), which in any case had ideological difficulties with the concept of fee-paying private schooling given its longstanding espousal of universal free education from the time of its early father [[Egerton Ryerson]], could no longer maintain Regina College during the [[Great Depression]] of the 1930s, and Regina College was disaffiliated from the Church and surrendered to the University of Saskatchewan; it became the Regina Campus of the [[University of Saskatchewan]] in 1961. After a protracted contretemps over the siting of several faculties in Saskatoon which had been promised to the Regina campus, Regina Campus sought and obtained a separate charter as the [[University of Regina]] in 1974. [[Campion College, Regina|Campion College]] and [[Luther College (Saskatchewan)|Luther College]] now have [[federated college]] status in the University of Regina, as does the [[First Nations University of Canada]];<ref>*[http://www.firstnationsuniversity.ca/ First Nations University of Canada] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080829224800/http://www.firstnationsuniversity.ca/ |date=29 August 2008 }}. Retrieved 17 July 2007.</ref> The United Church's Regina College has entirely consolidated with the University of Saskatchewan and identified with St Andrew's College there: despite the considerable historical involvement by the Methodist, Presbyterian and Anglican churches in antecedent institutions of the University of Regina. The [[Regina Research Park]] is located immediately adjacent to the main campus and many of its initiatives in information technology, petroleum and environmental sciences are conducted in conjunction with university departments. A member in the research park is Canada's Petroleum Technology Research facility, a world leader in [[Petroleum extraction|oil recovery]] and geological storage of CO<sub >2</sub>. ===Saskatchewan Polytechnic=== {{Main|Saskatchewan Polytechnic}} The Regina campus<ref>Its Regina presence a merger of the former Wascana Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences and Regina Plains Community College: [http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/saskatchewan_institute_of_applied_science_and_technology_siast.html Lorne Sparling, "Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology (SIAST)," ''Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan''.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071005161739/http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/saskatchewan_institute_of_applied_science_and_technology_siast.html |date=5 October 2007 }}. Retrieved 11 December 2007.</ref> of this province-wide polytechnic institute is adjacent to the University of Regina. It occupies the former Plains Health Centre, previously a third hospital in Regina which in the course of rationalizing health services in Saskatchewan was in due course closed. It offers certificates, diplomas, and applied degrees in trade, skilled labour, and professional fields.<ref>[http://www.siast.sk.ca/ SIAST website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024192733/http://www.siast.sk.ca/ |date=24 October 2007 }}. Retrieved 19 October 2007.</ref> ===RCMP Academy, Depot Division=== [[File:RCMP cadets.JPG|thumb|RCMP cadets at the RCMP Academy's Depot Division. The Depot has been providing RCMP training since its establishment in 1885.]] {{Main|RCMP Academy, Depot Division}} The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Academy, "Depot" Division, is on the western perimeter of the city. As capital of the North-West Territories, Regina was the headquarters of the [[North-West Mounted Police|Royal North-West Mounted Police]] (the RCMP's predecessor) before "the Force" became a national body with its headquarters in [[Ottawa]] in 1920. The city takes great pride in this national institution which is a major visitor attraction and a continuing link with Regina's past as the headquarters of the Force, together with longstanding substantial enrollment by trainees from across Canada, obtaining entertainment and recreation citywide. It offers sunset ceremonies and parade in the summertime. The national RCMP music and "Depot" Division chapel (the oldest building still standing in the city) are major visitor attractions in Regina. The first phase of a [[RCMP Heritage Centre]] successor to the longstanding museum opened in May 2007. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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