Historic Sites of Manitoba: Charleswood Collegiate Institute / Charleswood Junior High School (505 Oakdale Drive, Winnipeg)

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The Charleswood Collegiate Institute opened in September 1955 in a newly constructed building at the corner of Hedley Avenue (now Grant Avenue) and Oakdale Drive. Designed by the Winnipeg architectural firm of Northwood, Chivers, Chivers, and Casey, the school initially housed 115 students and six teachers. Student enrollment had risen to nearly 200 by 1959, and the school was doubled in size during 1960. There were 563 students by 1967, and some students attended classes at the nearby Royal School. Later, a new wing was added to the school, along with a new gymnasium.

The school closed in June 1982, after which senior students went to Shaftesbury High School or Oak Park High School. The building became a school for middle-years students.

Principals (Collegiate)

Period	Principal
1955-1958	Ernest Friesen Reimer (1909-1999)
1958-1959	William Peters
1959-1963	William Moore (1914-1983)
1963-1966	Donald Melvin Muir (1924-1997)
1966-1968	John Saxby “Jack” Oliver (1910-1992)
1968-1973	Orval Alexander Refvik (c1933-2015)
1973-1975	Robert M. “Bob” Chaiko
1975-1977	Howard J. Holtman
1977-1982	Edward L. Green

Vice-Principals (Collegiate)

Period	Vice-Principal
1964-1967	John Handford Hjalmarson (1930-1989)
1967-1968	Orval Alexander Refvik (c1933-2015)
1968-1975	Harry Alfred Martin (c1931-1999)
1975-1982	Leonard Boris Matiation

Teachers (Collegiate)

Teacher	Subject(s)	Year(s)
Robert Donald “Bob” Ainslie (c1944-2016)	Science	1973-1976
James William Aitchison	History, French	1955-1956, 1966-1967
Doris Alexander	?	1966-1967
Robin Allison	English	1981-1982
Dwenda Arnold	History	1981-1982
Ms. J. Atkins	Library	1975-1978
Peter Bachewich	Physics, Science	1966-1968
Joseph Baetsen	Science	1976-1981
Clare T. G. Bailey (?-1999)	Guidance	1967-1975
Joy Bamford	English, French, Art	1978-1982
Mr. Bilyk	?	1969-1970
John Bock	Physics, Guidance	1962-1969
Gordon W. Bradley	Geography	1969-1972
Garth C. Bradley (1945-2019)	English	1971-1982
Kyle Breitkreitz	Business Education	1977-1982
Constance Margaret Webster “Connie” Brooks (1915-1995)	French	1969-1970
Rosemary Burden	Geography	1967-1968
Gaye Burgess	English, Drama	1974-1980
Miss D. Burns	Home Economics	1960-1962
Miss G. Burns	?	1966-1967
Ms. B. Bursewicz	English	1971-1974
Miss J. Butcher	Physical Education	1971-1974
Simone Cameron	English	1979-1982
Mr. Chaze	Languages	1980-1981
Thomas Crew	English	1981-1982
Baldur Danielson	Chemistry	1967-1968
Nicholas “Nick” Danyluk (1918-2003)	Mathematics, Business Education	1967-1977
Mr. Davidson	?	1969-1970
Miss D. Denbow	Home Economics	1964-1965
Stanley Alexander Didkowski (1929-2016)	Mathematics	1960-1962
Lynne Downey	Literature, English, Physical Education	1961-1962
John Duchominsky (1906-1977)	?	1957-1958
Mr. P. Dufort	French	1967-1968
Sally Durham	Mathematics	1964-1967
Stanley Dychko	Industrial Arts	1964-1966
Nick Dyck	Physical Education	1980-1982
Mrs. C. Earp	Home Economics	1966-1968
Mr. H. Eisner	Shops	1969-1972
James Feasby	Science	1977-1982
Ms. Ferrante	Physical Education	1980-1982
James Robert Hodge Forrester	Geography, Science	1955-1960
Mr. Ray A. Forsyth	?	1964-1966
Carol German	Physical Education	1975-1976
James Gosman	History, Geography	1978-1982
Ms. L. C. Gould	English	1971-1972
Mrs. Grant	?	1973-1974
Ms. S. Grant	Home Economics	1977-1979
Mrs. K. Gray	Mathematics, Social Studies	1964-1968
W. Gray	?	1966-1967
Theodore Greenberg (?-?)	Business Education	1969-1982
Mrs. J. Haid	Guidance	1967-1968
Miss M. Hall	Physical Education	1967-1968
Donald James Stewart Hall (1934-2006)	History	1969-1976
Mrs. M. Harley	?	1964-1965
Mrs. M. Hathaway	Business Education	1964-1974
Winnifred L. Chable Hawkes (1917-2005)	Business Education	1970-1981
Mrs. J. Henderson	?	1964-1966
Lynn Herman	Home Economics	1974-1975
Mrs. Rita Hettig	Business Education	1980-1982
John Handford Hjalmarson (1930-1989)	Science, Chemistry	1960-1967
Mr. J. O. Hood	English	1966-1982
James Norman Houck (c1933-2010)	Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Geography, Physical Education	1958-1962
James Christopher Robin Houston (1934-1989)	Biology	1962-1982
Loretta Humeniuk	Physical Education	1980-1982
Miss Hunter	?	1969-1971
Ron Hutsel	Science	1981-1982
Barry Johnson	English, Geography	1970-1982
Mr. H. Johnson	?	1966-1967
Mr. R. Johnson	Mathematics, Physics	1971-1972
Mrs. Johnson	?	1973-1974
Mr. H. Jordine	?	1966-1967
Mr. T. Kanwal	?	1965-1966
Ms. K. Kennard	English, Drama	1978-1979
Metro Koroscil	Mathematics	1969-1982
Walter A. Kostiuk	Mathematics	1956
Mr. V. Kozak	Chemistry	1965-1971
Mr. B. Kroeker	English	1965-1968
Mrs. E. Reynolds Lambkin	Commercial	1964-1970
Mr. V. Lange	History	1974-1975
Patricia Anne Larson	French	1956-1957
Archie William Lee (1927-1974)	English, Latin	1960-1970
Boris Edward Benjamin Lefteruk (1937-2010)	Library	1966-1977
Ronald Leger (1938-2019)	French	c1972
Mr. D. Lewis	Industrial Arts	1966-1968
Miss A. Loader	?	1965-1966
Miss Los	?	1970-1971
Gerry Macdonald	Mathematics, Physics	1962-1965
Robert Madhosingh	Physics	1973-1982
Mrs. M. Malcolmson	Home Economics	1965-1968
Miss C. Manning	Business Practice	1960-1962
Mr. Marcou	French	1977-1978
Mardy Marshall	Physical Education	1974-1980
Friedrich Wilhelm Martens	Mathematics, Physical Education	1956-1957
Harry Alfred Martin (c1931-1999)	Physics, Library	1964-1975, 1977-1982
Leonard Boris Matiation	Chemistry	1969-1982
John D. Mayers	Shops	1971-1975
Mrs. P. McCartney	French	1969-1972
Beulah Beryl McNevin (1896-1963)	English Literature, Composition	1955-1962
Archibald Martin “Archie” McNicholl (1907-1977)	History, Biology, Geography	1956-1962
Mrs. McNiven	?	1969-1970
Mr. L. A. Miller	Science, Mathematics	1961-1962
Mr. B. W. Miller	English	1971-1972
Mrs. Miller	?	1969-1971
Miss M. Milton	Home Economics	1965-1968
Mrs. Diane Mitenko	Mathematics	1964-1968
Ernest Molgat	French	1966-1968
Douglas Montgomery	Physical Education	1976-1980
Denise Moore	Library	1979-1982
Janet Louisa May More (1896-1986)	Library	1963-1967
Donald Melvin Muir (1924-1997)	Geography	1962-1963
Murray R. Nagler	History, Geography	1971-1982
Mrs. V. Neilson	English	1970-1972
Mrs. Elizabeth Lois Norquay	French, Mathematics	1955-1956
Ms. L. Nosted	Home Economics	1978-1979
Mrs. H. Olafson	French Composition, Literature	1959-1968
Marie Orr (1948-1999)	French	1969-1979
Richard Ottenbreit	English, French	1976-1978
Roland Otto	Social Studies, Occupational Entrance	1966-1982
Audrey Partaker	Business Education	1975-1981
Miss I. Paul	?	1966-1967
Ms. S. Perry	?	1976-1977
Abe Petkau	Physics	1964-1966
Patricia Pluchinske	Home Economics	1973-1982
Alfred Posaluko	Social Studies, History, Geography	1964-1972
Mr. J. Refvik	?	1964-1967
Orval Alexander Refvik (c1933-2015)	English	1964-1966
Mrs. E. Richardson	English	1967-1971
Glenn Ristock	Industrial Arts	1966-1982
Pam D. Rivalin	Mathematics, Physical Eduation	1971-1982
Mr. D. Robertson	English	1967-1974
Mr. B. Robson	?	1976-1977
George Rubenfeld (1924-1991)	French, Music	1958-1967
Mr. R. Russell	Science	1969-1972
Mrs. J. Russell	Typing	1961-1962
Monty Schoen	Band	1974-1975
Alvin Semenek	Science, Mathematics	1969-1982
Mrs. C. Shepp	Home Economics	1969-1972
Kenneth Sheppard	Guidance	1976-1982
Don Simms	Social Studies, History	1976-1981
Margaret Sisson	Home Economics	1979-1982
Miss Skauge	Music	1975-1976
Brian Smitten	English, Resource	1974-1982
Adelynne Mary Sniezek (1929-2007)	Science, History, Geography	1965-1978
Richard Spradbrow	Physical Education	1964-1968
David Staren	Languages	1980-1982
Marilyn Stein	Languages	1980-1982
Ms. M. Stein	Home Economics	1974-1976
Sam Steindl	Drafting, Mathematics	1969-1975
Mrs. M. Stewart	?	1965-1966
John Morris Stokotelny (1925-1972)	Industrial Arts	1960-1966
Peter Susky	?	1964-1965
Mr. Tabachnick	?	1969-1970
Mr. R. Tallin	Health, Science, Physical Education	1961-1962
Henry I. Thiessen	Chemistry, Mathematics	1956-1957
David Thompson	Literature	1962-1963
Colin Turnbull	Shops	1974-1982
James Alfred Turner (1912-1960)	?	1960
Robert John Tracy Turner (1946-2011)	Physical Education	1967-1982
Mrs. Turner	?	1973-1974
Mrs. G. Tweed	Literature	1963-1965
Mrs. Wadsworth	?	1973-1975
Ms. P. Waroway	?	1976-1977
Ms. J. Warrack	Mathematics	1975-1976
Mr. J. W. Watt	Mathematics	1966-1972
Chet Wells	Industrial Arts	1964-1965
Ken W. Wensel	Mathematics	1971-1982
Noni Whiteway	Home Economics	1977-1982
Peter Thomas Wiebe	Social Studies, Health, History	1955-1968
Mrs. Williams	?	1970-1971
Graham Hunter Wilton (1950-1983)	Shops	1973-1982
Mrs. A. Yaciuk	Home Economics	1969-1972
Miss N. Ziolkoski	Home Economics	1969-1974

Principals (Junior High)

Period	Principal
?-2004	Xavier Abrioux
2004-2008	Iain Riffel
2008-?	Stan Hall

Teachers (Junior High)

No information.

Photos & Coordinates

Charleswood Collegiate (circa 1965) Source: Oakwood, Charleswood Collegiate Yearbook, 1966-1967. [Charleswood School Library] Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.85893, W97.27024 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Obituary [Archie William Lee], Winnipeg Free Press, 27 February 1974, page 36.

Obituary [George Rubenfeld], Winnipeg Free Press, 1 February 1991, page 18.

Obituary [James Norman Houck], Winnipeg Free Press, 20 February 2010.

Obituary [Robert Donald Ainslie], Winnipeg Free Press, 24 September 2016.

Obituary [Garth Bradley], Winnipeg Free Press, 2 February 2019.

Obituary [Ronald Leger], Winnipeg Free Press, 3 August 2019.

We thank the librarians of the present-day Charleswood School, who have carefully preserved most of the yearbooks from Charleswood Collegiate, from which lists of principals and teachers were compiled. Additional information was provided by Tini Denton, Marlene Driver, Marcy Driver, Jane Fudge, Judith Gaminek, Janice Goldsborough, Carol Hansen, Nathan Kramer, Ron Schwartz, and Bill Stevens.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 2 May 2020

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