Head and shoulders photo of Betty Gibson, special lecturer, College of Education.

Bio/Historical Note: Betty Gibson was born in Brandon, Manitoba, in 1911. She attended both Alexandra and Park Schools before being trained as a teacher at the Brandon Normal School. At age 17 Gibson received her first teaching job at Bayview School in Turtle Mountain, Manitoba. In 1936 she travelled to South Africa where she taught at a school in Johannesburg for ten years. Upon returning to Brandon, Gibson took a job as principal of Fleming School. She later taught at Brandon University and the University of Saskatchewan after receiving her MA in Early Childhood Education. She also served as assistant superintendent of the Brandon School Division. Gibson wrote a children’s book called The Story of Little Quack, and was involved in a CBC television series entitled Common Sense About Reading. Gibson was the recipient of several awards, including the 1967 Centennial Medial and the first John Brown Award for excellence in teaching. After Alexandra and Park Schools were closed, the new Betty Gibson School was named in her honour. She retired in 1975. Betty Gibson died in 2001.