Collection search - Sexton, Ella - Interview

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Sexton, Ella - Interview

Item number (ISN):

435299

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1978-11-13

Item number (ISN):

435299

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

DAVIDSON, Stewart

Accession:

1980-0014

Media:

Sound

Part:

2 of 2

Production date:

1978-11-13

Production company:

Stewart A. Davidson (Interviewer)

Production credit:

interviewer, Stewart A. Davidson

Description:

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Interview of Ella Sexton as part of a series of oral history interviews of pioneers in Canadian physical education, sport and recreation. The interview was conducted by Dr. Stewart A Davidson in Sexton’s Toronto apartment on the afternoon of 13 November 1978. Sexton speaks about: her early background and schooling in London, Ontario; recollections of phyical education programs in the 1920s and 1930s; undergraduate studies in Classics at Queen’s University; physical education at the Ontario College of Education at the University of Toronto with Helen Bryans in 1930 and 1931; early days of teaching at Beck Collegiate in London, Ontario and at Malvern Collegiate in Toronto during the 1930s; the evolution of the girls’ physical education program in Ontario and changing emphases over the years; a discussion of dance, rhythmics, fundamental movement and Laban’s theories, and the importance of this in physical education; graduate study in dance, kinesiology and body mechanics at the University of California and the University of Wisconsin in 1940; her recollections of the Physical Education Branch of the Ontario Department of Education in 1945 and its Director, Fred Bartlett; the development of the Department’s summer schools in Toronto and Queen’s; a discussion of the present-day need for similar programs; thoughts on co-curricular or co-educational programs in physical education;comments on the importance of physical fitness in programs of physical education ; a discussion of the Ontario Physical Education Council of the 1960s; involvement with the American Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation, with reference to Eleanor Methany an Margaret D’Houbler; responsibilities with the Ontario Athletic Leadership Camp; a discussion of the role of the Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (CAHPER) with regard to the Ontario Education Association’s Physical Education Section; and her opinions on major accomplishments within the profession in Canada during the 20th century, including: the improved status of physical education and the introduction of teaching aids such as record players to stimulate interest in dance.

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. This is part of a series of interviews done by Professor Stewart Davidson of the School of Human Kinetics of the University of Ottawa, as part of a study of the history of physical education in Canada.~2. The oral history interviews were recorded by the donor/creator on audio cassettes provided by the Public Archives of Canada. ~3. Donor/interviewer granted permission to reproduce, publish or broadcast after 1 July 1981.~4. On cassettes 1980-0014/36 and 37a.

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Vault ISN:

723838

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1980-0014/36

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CASSETTE

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

723839

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1980-0014/37

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CASSETTE

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG
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Conditions of access:

Open

Donor restrictions:

No donor restrictions.

Copyright status:

Copyright waived

Reproduction access:

copyright waived : no donor restrictionsThe Collection File states: "Thye interviews are available for further research but permission is required to publish or broadcast any portions of them until July 1, 1981".

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