Historic Sites of Manitoba: Chancellor School (1520 Chancellor Drive, Winnipeg)

Built in 1978, this Fort Garry School Division school was based on designs of the Winnipeg architectural firm of Macdonald, Cockburn, McLeod, McFeetors Architects. It opened for the fall term of that year.

Principals

Period	Principal
1978-1982	Shirley Gibb (?-2001)
1982-1991	Juanita Lynne “Nita” Loat (1936-2017)
1991-2004	?
2004-2011	Francis Edward “Frank” Wynes
2011-2016	Leslie Wurtak
2016-2022	?
2022-2026	Robin Stacey
2026-2027	Evi Klostermaier

Vice-Principals

Period	Vice-Principal
1978-1982	none
1982-1986	Angus Irvin Bramadat (1933-2004)
1986-1988	Reginald Norval Brown
1988-1990	none
1990-2004	?
2004-2008	none
2008-2010	Mrs. R. Dyck
2010-2011	?
2011-2014	Val Wood
2014-2016	Marilyn Challis Cozzuol
2016-2017	Tori Patzer
2017-2022	?
2022-2025	Rachel Otto
2025-2026	Jaime Timmermann
2026-2027	Brette Aubert Jaime Timmermann

Teachers

School Year

Teachers

1978-1979

Rita Maureen Arnason (grade 5), Lura Margaret Atkin (library), Marie-Claire Patricia Bell (grade 3), Elizabeth Irene Bennett (grade 5), Frances K. Carberry (kindergarten), Angela Ann Day (music), Douglas Robert Edmond (grade 1), Laurie Ann Hammett (physical education), Wendy Lin Harrison (grade 2), Maureen Joy S. Hodges (grade 4), Eleonora Maria Ipsics (grade 6), Angela May Johnson (grade 1), Margaret Isabel King (grade 5), James William Kormylo (grade 2), Ronald Ralph Langevin (grade 4), Carol Ann McGonigal (grade 3), Kenneth Bernie Marek (resource), Barbara Eve Paul (grade 2), Helen Mavis Pickett (grade 6), Sheila Margaret Power (grade 1), Linda Margaret Scott (grade 3)

Photos & Maps

Chancellor School (September 2017) Source: Nathan Kramer Site Location (lat/long): N49.80368, W97.16617 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.

School division student yearly attendance reports (E 0758A), Archives of Manitoba.

“Tender notice,” Winnipeg Free Press, 14 May 1977, page 49.

“Fort Garry School Division No. 5,” Winnipeg Free Press, 16 December 1977, page 19.

“Phasing out of school approved,” Winnipeg Free Press, 30 March 1978, page 40.

“Chancellor school opens,” Winnipeg Free Press, 14 September 1978, page 31.

“Fort Garry School Division No. 5,” Winnipeg Free Press Weekly South, 26 February 1989, page 7.

“Fort Garry School Division No. 5,” Winnipeg Free Press, 30 March 1991, page 10.

We thank Steven Christianson and Athanasius McVay for providing additional information used here.

Page revised: 7 November 2026