Sprott Shaw College

Sprott Shaw College (SSC) is a private Canadian career training institution, headquartered in British Columbia.[1] Over the years, Sprott Shaw has expanded its courses to offer programs in health care, tourism, hospitality, business, administrative, and international studies.When Robert James Sprott became partners with William Henry Shaw of Shaw Colleges in 1903, they opened the first Sprott-Shaw school, called Vancouver Business Institute. Their development plan included four schools in Vancouver, one in Nanaimo and one in Victoria. In 1913, Robert James Sprott and James Beatty opened Sprott-Shaw College in Victoria, which has been in continuous operation since its opening. The college survived economic recessions, two World Wars and the Great Depression. Sprott Shaw designed programs to retrain military personnel after World War II. The training included Morse Code, radio broadcasting and aviation. The college established a broadcast station for the school with a signal being picked up all the way in Hawaii. The station was known as CKMO, which is now CFTE. Broadcasters Jack Cullen and Ernie Rose were graduates of the school. Many well-known students including world-renowned artist Emily Carr spent time with Sprott Shaw.[citation needed]