The Quest for Universal Schooling, 1851-1891

For a great many citizens in 19th-century Canada, seeking a better life meant focusing upon learning and scholarship and the relentless drive for universal, free public education. Early in the 21 st century some Canadians take their wide-ranging educational opportunities for granted, and greet them with indifference. This attitude is an insult to the strides taken by citizens more than a century earlier.

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