Robertson College

Robertson College has four campuses in Canada, located in Winnipeg,[2] Brandon,[3] Calgary,[4] and Edmonton'[5] Robertson College also has an online campus which offers much of the same programming.

Robertson College was established in 1911 after its founder Mary Irvine Robertson and her sister initiated plans to begin a court-reporting business. In Edinburgh, Scotland Mrs. Robertson worked as a shorthand stenographer and reporter in the city hall. In 1912, Mrs. Robertson and her young daughter emigrated from Scotland, arriving in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. 1913 saw the start of their court reporting business, naming it the Dominion Stenographic Service. In 1919, the judicial courts began to hire their own shorthand stenographers which helped evolve the business into a shorthand school.

The 1921 Saskatoon Henderson Directory, for the first time, advertised the business as the Dominion Business College. By 1923, the school was being advertised as the Robertson Shorthand and Secretarial School. Retiring in 1942, Mrs. Robertson passed the business along to Mrs. Sylvia Lepine. Mrs. Robertson passed in 1958. Mrs. Lepine retired in 1982, transferring the school's legacy onto Mrs. Lynne Oliver. Mr. Don Thomas purchased the school in 1986, rebranding the business to that of the Robertson Career College taking the school, now college, into a whole new era of post-secondary technology and education.

Mr. Thomas once again restructured the college in 1990 with the sole campus becoming that of the Winnipeg, Manitoba campus. Restructuring continued as Mr. Thomas continued to diversify the college's program offering. In 1993, the college name was renamed to that of the present name, Robertson College.

In 2001, the college was purchased by the Midwestern School of Business and Technology in Winnipeg. It has since become a multi-campus college. The College was moved from Portage Avenue in downtown Winnipeg to the historic Exchange District at 265 Notre Dame Avenue. The College now focuses on health care, business and Information Technology programs.

In 2004, Robertson College added an additional campus in Calgary, Alberta. The campus initially focused on training Pharmacy Technicians and over the past few years has expanded its focus to business and health care. In 2009, an online training division for Robertson College was created. Robertson's Online Training Division provides distance and part-time education.

The College is registered as a Private Vocational Institution with the Government of Manitoba [6] as well as the Government of Alberta Advanced Education – Private Career Colleges Branch.[7]

Robertson is also a member of:

• Long Term & Continuing Care Association of Manitoba[8]
• CCAPP (Canadian Council for Accreditation of Pharmacy Programs)[9]
• Massage Therapy Association of Manitoba (MTAM)[10]
• Canadian Council of Massage Therapy Schools[11]
• Canadian Payroll Association (CPA)[12]
• Calgary Chamber of Commerce
• Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce
• Edmonton Chamber of Commerce

• List of colleges in Manitoba
• List of colleges in Alberta
• List of colleges in Ontario
• Private education in Canada

• Robertson College website

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