Ravenhill, Alice National Historic Person
Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia
Alice Ravenhill, 1948
(© University of British Columbia. Archives. UBC 101. 1/69 | University de la Colombie-Britannique. Archives. UBC 101. 1/69)
Address :
Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia
Recognition Statute:
Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date:
2008-08-26
Life Date:
1859 to 1954
Other Name(s):
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Alice Ravenhill
(Designation Name)
Research Report Number:
2007-84, 84A
Importance:
Highly effective educator as well as a social reformer; affected educational reforms through her work with the British Columbia Women's Institutes
Plaque(s)
Existing plaque: 1775 Shawnigan Lake-Mill Bay Road, Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia
With her innovative lectures, courses, and publications, this educator and social reformer first established her pre-eminence in public health and home economics in Britain. After coming to Canada in 1910, Alice Ravenhill worked with the University of British Columbia, Victoria College, branches of the Women’s Institute, and the Province to initiate effective educational reform. Later in life, she encouraged an understanding of Aboriginal societies and traditions by writing a pioneering text for schoolchildren and by founding the Society for the Furtherance of British Columbia Indian Arts and Crafts.