Here, in 1906, the Provincial Government established the Manitoba Agricultural College to educate students in the practices of farming. It was the first college of its kind in Western Canada, and only the third in the country. Samuel Hooper, the first Provincial Architect, designed the original College buildings, setting them in a formal Edwardian plan, in which the buildings were arrayed around a long oval drive. By 1913 the College had outgrown this campus. It was relocated to a new Fort Garry site, which later became the campus of the University of Manitoba.
From 1914 until 1917 this site was used by the Manitoba School for the Deaf, the first such institution in Western Canada. In 1917 it was transformed into a military convalescent hospital for wounded soldiers returning from Europe. In 1919 the army took over the entire complex, renaming it Fort Osborne Barracks. It remained the primary army base in Manitoba until 1968, when new barracks were constructed farther south. The Province re-acquired the property and converted a number of buildings to house government departments.
The property was again sold, and in 1997 the site was redeveloped as the Asper Jewish Community Campus of Winnipeg, returning to its educational roots.
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C’est ici qu’en 1906 le gouvernement provincial a établi le Collège d’agriculture du Manitoba, dans le but se sensibiliser les élèves aux pratiques agricoles. C’était le premier établissement de ce type dans l’ouest du Canada et l’un de seulement trois collèges d’agriculture au pays. Samuel Hooper, le premier architecte de la province, est responsable de la conception des édifices originaux qu’il a dressés selon un plan édouardien strict, les bâtiments étant disposés autour d’un long chemin ovale. En 1913, les édifices ne suffisaient plus aux besoins du collège, et ce dernier a donc été déménagé à un nouvel emplacement dans Fort Garry. Ce site deviendra plus tard le campus de l’Université du Manitoba.
De 1914 à 1917, l’ancien collège d’agriculture a abrité l’école manitobaine pour les sourds, le premier établissement de ce type dans l’ouest du Canada. En 1917, on l’a transformé en hôpital de convalescence militaire à l’intention des soldats blessés revenant d’Europe. En 1919, l’armée a pris possession de l’ensemble des bâtiments qui ont été rebaptisés caserne Fort Osborne. Le complexe a continué de servir de base militaire principale jusqu’en 1968, quand une nouvelle base a été construite plus au sud. La province a donc à nouveau acquis la propriété et l’a convertie en bureaux abritant plusieurs ministères.
Vendu à nouveau en 1997, le site est retourné à sa vocation pédagogique initiale en devenant le Asper Jewish Community Campus de Winnipeg.
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