MacEwan University also known as Grant MacEwan University is a Public university located in Downtown Edmonton , Alberta. Originally established as a Community college which named in honor of Dr. Grant MacEwan , 9th Lieutenant Governor (Canada) of Alberta in 1971. Grant MacEwan College officially transitioned into an university in 2009 under the Post-Secondary Learning Act. While the university's name was rebranded as MacEwan University for public communication and marketing purposes in 2013, its official name remains Grant MacEwan University. MacEwan university offers a wide range of programs and is home to six faculties and schools, providing nearly 60 programs including baccalaureate degrees, certificates, diplomas, post-diplomas and university transfer programs.
40-479: Established in 1971 as Grant MacEwan Community College, the institution was named after Dr. J. W. Grant MacEwan , author, educator and former lieutenant governor of Alberta. The college was established by the Government of Alberta to fill a perceived need for college-level programs that focused on career development. Initial educational offerings included one and two-year certificate and diploma programs. In 1988,
80-761: A 50,000 square foot student union building next to the Christenson Family Centre. The building is three stories tall, and held its official opening in January 2020. The university's South Campus, located in Mill Woods, closed in 2014, with all of its programs relocated to City Centre Campus. The Centre for the Arts and Culture (CAC) campus was located on the west end of the city in West Jasper Place . CAC closed in 2017 when MacEwan relocated
120-407: A log cabin, and chopped logs with an axe. In 1990, his wife died, and afterwards, he began to slow down but remained very active in comparison to other 90-year-olds. He continued to give speeches, and published two more books in the 1990s. Another book was released two months after his death. On May 6, 2000, MacEwan received Golden Pen Lifetime Achievement Award for lifetime literary achievements by
160-583: A one-year program. In 1928, he received an MSc degree from the university. MacEwan held a position first as a professor, then Head of Animal Husbandry at the University of Saskatchewan from 1928 to 1946. It was here that he developed as an agriculturalist . He researched and published manuscripts on many farming and ranching techniques. During this period, MacEwan traveled away from the university to many farms across Saskatchewan to lecture, judge animals and give meat-cutting lessons. In 1932, MacEwan took
200-544: A trip to Great Britain with a load of cattle, to observe ranching practices in the British Isles. He visited Scotland and recorded in his journal that, "it is but little wonder that such a unique country has produced the best horses, the best cattle, and the best men in the world." (see Foran, Max reference) He also visited Wales , England and Jersey . He returned to Canada via the Hudson Bay ship route north along
240-593: A wide margin finishing second in the two candidate race. The riding voted for Dinsdale despite being a Liberal stronghold. MacEwan had been parachuted in the district while he was still living in Winnipeg , Manitoba. Dinsdale on the other hand was local to Brandon and came from a prominent family in the district, thus appealing to the voters more than MacEwan. He won a seat in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in 1955, and from November 1958 MacEwan led
280-405: Is grouping of four concrete spires which gives the campus its distinctive look. Each of these groupings of towers forms a terminating vista both when viewed from the north or the south, interrupting the streets after which the buildings are named. The towers which terminate 107 Street also feature public clock between the spires on the south face. The section of 108 Street to the south of the campus
320-657: Is known as "Capital Boulevard" and runs to the Alberta Legislature Building seven blocks to the south where it forms another terminating vista. A pedway over 109 Street connects these buildings to the Robbins Health Learning Centre (Building 9, 2007) and the University Service Centre above the parkade (Building 10, 2011). Another pedway connects Building 9 to Allard Hall (Building 11, 2017) which includes
360-759: Is only 1 km from the City Centre Campus, and houses academic upgrading, music and English as a Second Language (ESL) programs. In 2019, MacEwan University sold the Alberta College Campus to the Edmonton Public School Board (EPSB) as part of a wider campus-consolidation strategy. Beginning in fall 2020, the Alberta College Campus will be the home for Centre High, a specialized EPSB program for vulnerable youth. Grant MacEwan John Walter Grant MacEwan OC AOE (August 12, 1902 – June 15, 2000)
400-639: The Alberta Liberal Party through a provincial election. His party won only one seat in the 1959 election , with MacEwan suffering personal defeat in a new single-member Calgary district, Calgary-North. Alberta had switched to first past the post after the 1955 election, moving from its long-standing use of multi-winner single transferable vote in Calgary. Under the new system the Social Credit government received more than 90 percent of
440-598: The John and Maggie Mitchell Art Gallery . MacEwan Residence is a 13-story building and the only building not connected by pedway. In addition to a bicycle storage room, a hockey equipment storage room is also available for resident use. The Christenson Family Centre for Sport and Wellness houses a pool, fitness centre, spin studio, mind/body studio, and gymnasium . It is home to the MacEwan University Griffins basketball and volleyball programs who play in
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#1732782815947480-748: The Writers' Guild of Alberta that has been given to only one other person, W.O. Mitchell . He died a month later in Calgary , aged 97, and was given a state funeral , the first one in Alberta since 1963 (for Peter Dawson ), at Robertson-Wesley United Church in Edmonton. MacEwan is often seen as an iconic historic figurehead in Alberta, and many places, institutions, and organizations have been named after him. Christenson Family Centre for Sport and Wellness Too Many Requests If you report this error to
520-462: The 1920s), his paternal grandfather, came from Stirling, Scotland , to farm in Guelph , Ontario, and married Annie Cowan, another Scot. These two had a son, Alexander MacEwen. After leaving home, Alexander went to Brandon, Manitoba to begin a farm of his own, and was introduced to Bertha Grant (his neighbour James Grant's sister) and soon got married. Bertha and Alexander were MacEwan's parents. Bertha
560-541: The Canada Trust building (10150 - 100 Street). In 1988, Don Getty 's provincial government committed $ 100 million for the construction of the City Centre Campus which, at the time, was Alberta Advanced Education and Technology's largest single capital project in its history. Construction on City Centre Campus began in 1991 on the former site of the Canadian National rail yards on the northern fringe of
600-770: The Canada West conference of U Sports . It is also the training facility for all Griffins teams including soccer, cross country and the hockey teams who compete out of the Downtown Community Arena. Sport and Wellness was also used as the home of the Edmonton Chill , later the Edmonton Energy of the International Basketball League , for two seasons (2008 and 2009). In 2017, the university began construction of
640-430: The Canada West conference of U Sports . Student-athletes on all teams are expected to meet academic requirements and adhere to sport-specific athletic requirements. In 2011, MacEwan's athletic department submitted an application to Canada West Universities Athletic Association in an effort to transfer to the national U Sports level of competition. MacEwan University was admitted as a probationary member in 2013. In 2016,
680-648: The Faculty of Fine Arts and Communications to Allard Hall at City Centre Campus. The Centre for the Arts and Communications (formerly known as Jasper Place Campus) was located in Edmonton's west end on the north east corner of 156 Street and 100 Avenue. The Centre for the Arts and Communications (CFAC) housed several creative programs in arts and cultural management, design, fine art, communications, music, theatre arts and theatre production, including MacEwan University's Bachelor of Music in Jazz and Contemporary Popular Music. In
720-682: The NEOS Library Consortium, The Alberta Library, Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries (COPPUL), and the Canadian University Reciprocal Borrowing Agreement (CURBA). In an effort to support the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada 's Calls to Action, the university established kihêw waciston, ( Cree for "eagle's nest) to support the proportion of its students who are indigenous peoples . MacEwan university flies
760-583: The School of Continuing Education. The university offers ten baccalaureate degrees, one applied degree and 43 diploma and certificate programs. Some programs are offered in-classroom and full-time, in-classroom part-time, online and distance. Maclean's notes the university's emphasis on "small class sizes and individualized learning. MacEwan has two libraries, the Alberta College Library and John L. Haar Library. Both are member libraries of
800-546: The age of twelve, he began working at a grocery store. He went to school and spent most of his time helping out on the family farm. In 1921, at the age of nineteen, MacEwan went to Guelph, Ontario to attend the Ontario Agricultural College (then, an associate agricultural college of the University of Toronto ). He attended the OAC for five years before going back to Melfort. MacEwan was often placed among
840-478: The centremost of the three groups of concrete spires, which also contains a public clock. The main complex consists of a long grouping of structures stretching from east to west: the 105 Street Building (Building 5), the 106 Street Building (Building 6), the 107 Street Building (Building 7), and the Christenson Family Centre for Sport and Wellness (Building 8). Between each of these buildings
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#1732782815947880-576: The ceremony calls for them to enter, Grant stood at the front entrance to greet guests as they arrived. Second, when it came time for the new couple to leave, MacEwan could not be found until someone looked out at the parking lot, where Grant was fixing a flat tire. Grant and Phyllis had a daughter, Heather MacEwan, in 1939. In 1946 MacEwan moved to the University of Manitoba to be the Dean of Agriculture. He served in this position until 1951. In 1948, he published his first historical book, The Sodbusters . It
920-483: The city's downtown core. The land was donated by CN. In September 2009, MacEwan University's Board of Governors approved a plan to move all of the university's operations—spread across four campuses at the time—to the main City Centre Campus. The first step of this consolidation was taken with the opening of the University Service Centre in April 2011. Construction for the new Centre for the Arts and Culture began in 2014 on
960-473: The coasts of Iceland and Greenland , then entering Hudson Bay and landing at Churchill, Manitoba . He was the first person to go through customs at the new port in Churchill. MacEwan married Phyllis Cline, a school teacher from Saskatchewan, in 1935. Two stories from his wedding cast light on what kind of a person MacEwan was. First, whereas traditionally the bride and groom remain out of public view until
1000-452: The college was granted approval to offer university transfer credit. In 2004, MacEwan became an accredited degree-granting institution offering its first baccalaureate degrees. On September 24, 2009, the institution became Alberta's sixth university and was officially renamed Grant MacEwan University. In September 2013, the university officially re-branded itself as "MacEwan University" for all public communication and marketing purposes; legally,
1040-478: The fall of 2017, all CFAC programs and operations were relocated to a new building located on MacEwan's City Centre Campus. The building is approximately 430,000 square feet in size and connect via pedway to the Robbins Health Learning Centre. In June 2000, the Government of Alberta assumed control of the formerly private Alberta College. Alberta College was then incorporated as a MacEwan campus. Alberta College
1080-578: The flags of Alberta, Canada, and Treaty 6 , and also features a statue marking the area as Treaty 6 territory. MacEwan University's sports teams are known as the Griffins . Men's and women's sports include: basketball, hockey, volleyball, soccer, cross country, curling and golf. The Griffins compete in the Alberta Colleges Athletics Conference (ACAC), against 16 other post-secondary institutions in Alberta as well as in
1120-589: The name remains Grant MacEwan University. In February 2019, MacEwan University was officially named an Undergraduate University in the Post-Secondary Learning Act. Presidents Eight people have held the position of President of MacEwan University: MacEwan University is an undergraduate institution divided into four faculties and two schools: Faculty of Arts and Science; Faculty of Fine Arts and Communications; Faculty of Health and Community Studies; Faculty of Nursing; School of Business; and
1160-412: The province, which was at risk of disappearing. MacEwan produced almost all of his historical books after his 'retirement'. His books, mostly biographical, were based on history but often left out references, a bibliography, or even analysis of historical events. That made critics continually attack his unprofessional approach to history. The only response that he gave was that in 1984, "I don't know what
1200-549: The scholars will think of it. Nor do I care. I'm not writing for them, I'm writing for Canadians" (Lee Shedden reference). He also taught numerous courses at the University of Calgary and Olds College . He became an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1974. MacEwan continued to be physically active and was not known to waste any time. He believed that anyone awake should be doing something. In his eighties, he still rode horses, hiked and walked, outpaced reporters on morning jogs, built
1240-523: The seats in the legislature, far more than its share of the vote. He remained the leader of the party until 1960. During the 1959 election, his reputation was his main asset in the campaign against his Social Credit Party opponent, but the strong anti-Liberal sentiment in the new district foiled his run for re-election. During the 1950s, MacEwan became a vegetarian out of respect for the lives of animals. MacEwan also served as Calgary alderman from 1953 to 1963 and then as mayor from 1963 to 1965. Calgary at
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1280-628: The time was using single transferable voting and instant run-off voting , and MacEwan had more success under that system than under the FPTP system used in provincial elections. I believe that the God of Nature must be without prejudice, with exactly the same concern for all of His children, and that the human invokes no more, no less of fatherly love than the beaver or the sparrow. Excerpt from The MacEwan Creed , 1969 MacEwan served as Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta from 1966 to 1974. During this time, he
1320-474: The top of his class. He lived in College, and took part in a multitude of campus activities, including the football and basketball teams. In his first two years he completed a preliminary agricultural education. This then allowed him to attend the school for another three years to get a full degree. During his time at school his brother George fell ill with spinal meningitis and died on March 27, 1924. This event
1360-596: The university was granted full membership becoming the 56th full member of U Sports , then known as CIS. In its early years, MacEwan operated out of a number of small store-front-style campuses in Edmonton. The facilities included Old Scona School (10523 - 84 Avenue), the Worker's Compensation Board (WCB) building (10048 - 101A Avenue), 7th Street Plaza (10030-107 Street), and the former Dominion Store in Cromdale (8020 - 118 Avenue), with offices and administration located in
1400-407: The west end of the City Centre Campus, and opened in the fall of 2017. City Centre Campus houses the majority of MacEwan University's degree programs. The campus is also home to university courses, diplomas and certificates in health, human services and business. Most of the university's administration is located at City Centre Campus as well. The south entrance to the main complex is contained within
1440-757: Was a Canadian farmer, professor at the University of Saskatchewan , Dean of Agriculture at the University of Manitoba , the 28th Mayor of Calgary and both a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) and the ninth Lieutenant Governor of Alberta , Canada. MacEwan University in Edmonton, Alberta, and the MacEwan Student Centre at the University of Calgary as well as the neighbourhoods of MacEwan Glen in Calgary and MacEwan in Edmonton are named after him. MacEwan's grandparents were Highland Scottish . George MacEwen (Grant MacEwan changed his name to "MacEwan" with an "a" sometime in
1480-758: Was a devout Presbyterian . This strong Scottish, Presbyterian, and agriculture-driven heritage was influential in MacEwan's life. MacEwan was born in Brandon, Manitoba, and lived there until the age of thirteen. Because of problems with his father's fire-extinguisher business, the family moved to Melfort, Saskatchewan , to begin a life of farming. As a boy, MacEwan was entrepreneurial, entering into many different businesses, especially cattle. Most of his first big investments were in cows, either for entering into shows or for producing calves and milk. MacEwan also delivered newspapers and sold vegetables and various other items. At
1520-437: Was a staunch environmentalist, and voiced environmental concerns in a number of his publications, primarily in the 1966 book Entrusted to My Care . However, MacEwan primarily advocated for wildlife conservation rather than focusing on the negative ecological impacts of oil sands development. To MacEwan, the greater concern with Alberta's oil industry at the time was that it provided a non-sustainable source of income for
1560-483: Was hard on both MacEwan and his parents. His family was very tightly knit, and George had been very close to his parents. On May 28, 1926, MacEwan graduated from the OAC along with 33 other boys with a BSc degree. After receiving the degree he returned home. In 1927, he received an invitation to study at the Iowa State College of Agriculture, now Iowa State University . He once again left home to complete
1600-564: Was the first of thirty-seven historical documents he wrote. His style was characterized by plain speech, to convey ideas easily to the reader – specifically students. MacEwan spent his entire career affiliated with the Liberals . On June 25, 1951, he took his first run at electoral politics by running for a seat in the House of Commons of Canada in the electoral district of Brandon . He was defeated by Progressive Conservative Walter Dinsdale by
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