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Champion, R.J. - Interview
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1976-05-11Item number (ISN):76058Type of material:Sound recordingsFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:FRONTIER COLLEGEAccession:1987-0493Media:SoundPart:1 of 1Production date:1976-05-11Production company:Marjorie Robinson (Interviewer)Description:Interview by Marjorie Robinson of Mr. R.J. Champion of Victoria, British Columbia on his experience as a labour-teacher for Frontier College in 1938 and 1939. Champion recalls his work as a "bull cook" (chopping wood, hauling water, serving tables) at the Pulpwood Supply Company, a logging camp near Longlac, Ontario. The primitive living conditions without electricity or running water and the long working day from "dawn to dusk" for $40 per month are described by Champion. Discussion follows of his instructional classes after working hours when he taught English, arithmetic and Canadian geography to about a dozen mainly Finnish and Swedish immigrant labourers. Champion describes how he occupied a corner of the bunkhouse as his makeshift classroom and the supplies sent to him by Frontier College consisting of a blackboard, map, books and magazines for a small library and paid him about $40 per month for his teaching.Subjects:CHAMPION, R.J.Language:EnglishDetailed holdings information: -
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