History
Vancouver College was founded in 1922 by the Christian Brothers, a world-wide community of religious brothers of the Catholic church founded by Edmund Rice. The school was a fully run boarding school until 1979, when the boarding houses were closed and renovated to its present conditions. Its archived history, displayed through galleries throughout the school, highlights its deep tradition in academia, athletics and the arts.
The school's focus is on the physical, emotional, artistic, athletic, academic and spiritual development of its students. The schools rigorous academic atmosphere, complemented by its strong athletics, strives to provide a strong base from which its students will succeed, highlighted in the school's motto "Leave Here A Better Man".
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