Two cattle hooked up to a plow while a crowd watches as they turn the sod for VIDO.

Wayne McKenzie, centre, Aboriginal Employee Development Consultant with the provincial Department of Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Affairs, is interviewed by a radio reporter after the Sept. 29 launch of a video supporting the University's agreement to promote Aboriginal employment on campus.

Bio/historical note: Image appeared in the Oct 13, 2000 OCN.

From postcard: "Victoria school class (1988) re-enacts school-life in early Saskatoon in original schoolhouse in 1988 on the site of the present Victoria School. The little Stone School was moved to its present site on the U of S in 1911."

Bio/Historical Note: The original Victoria School, now known as the Little Stone Schoolhouse (LSS), was built in 1887 by Alexander Marr, known for owning the Marr residence, currently the oldest residential building in Saskatoon. The LSS building was not only Saskatoon’s first school and library, it was also its first public building. In the evenings, various community events were held here, such as dances, meetings and various religious events. The one-room school house was used until a two room school house was constructed in 1905, followed by an even larger Victoria School in 1909, officially assuming the role of the original Victoria School. In 1911 the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire raised funds to preserve and relocate the building to the University of Saskatchewan campus. The school was carefully dismantled and moved. Almost 50 years later, in 1967, the Saskatoon Council of Women raised money to renovate the building and officially opened the LSS as a museum. Later that year the LSS was declared a Municipal Heritage Site and eventually Provincial Heritage Property in 1982. The Little Stone Schoolhouse continues to play an important role in the Saskatoon community and on the University of Saskatchewan campus. The U of S took over the operation of the building in 1981 and the Diefenbaker Canada Centre has ensured the continued appreciation of this historical landmark. The main Little Stone Schoolhouse program focuses on a historical introduction and the docent roleplaying as a school teacher.

Opening of the Little Stone School House with Cliff Wright in background.

Opening of the Little Stone School House with Cliff Wright in background.

Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire standing beside the "Original Victoria School".

Class in little stone school house.

Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire standing beside the "Original Victoria School".