Webber Academy
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| name = Webber Academy
| latin_name = Webber Academiae
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| motto = Parantibus Alumni Universitatis convalescunt et ultra
| motto_translation = Preparing Students to Thrive in University and Beyond
| location = Calgary
| streetaddress = 1515 – 93rd Street, S.W.
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| province = Alberta
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| country = Canada
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| founded = 1997
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| founder = Dr. Neil Webber
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| chairman = Lorne Webber
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| principal1 = Paul Sutherland, Head of Elementary School
| principal2 = Christina Clouston, Head of Senior School
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| head = Roy Lee
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| average_class_size = 21
| ratio = 1:20
| system = Full year
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| slogan = "Preparing students to thrive in university and beyond."
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| publication = Voices Magazine
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| community = Aspen Woods
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| postalcode = T3H 4A8
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| president = Neil Webber
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| enrollment = 1,017
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| classes_offered = Math, AP Calculus, AP English Literature, AP English Language, AP Biology, AP Physics, AP Chemistry, AP Statistics, AP European History, AP World History, French, Spanish, Mandarin, Art, AP Art, Drama, Computer Applications, Physical Education, Computer Programming
| language = English
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Webber Academy is a non-denominational, co-educational, university preparatory, private school located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Webber Academy offers academics spanning from junior kindergarten through grade 12. It was founded in 1997 by Dr. Neil Webber, a former teacher and professor at Mount Royal University, who also served as an Alberta Cabinet Minister in the Hon. Peter Lougheed and Hon. Don Getty governments.{{cite web| url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/webber-academy-back-to-school-denise-dutchuk-smith-1.5679251| title = Calgary private schools report spike in enrolment as back-to-school looms {{!}} CBC News}}
The campus consists of a junior kindergarten and senior kindergarten facility, a main building with elementary and senior school wings, third floor science centre, two full-size gymnasiums, an outdoor sports court, several playgrounds and a 400-meter running track. The school is situated on a 47-acre campus in southwest Calgary, currently home to 977 students (as of Oct 2016). Recently, an arts centre was built for the drama and music programmes, and its 500-seat theatre and dressing rooms can be rented out for public events.
Criticism
In 2012, two Muslim students were denied the right to privately pray on campus grounds.{{Cite web |title=Webber Academy ordered to pay damages to 2 Muslim students over denying prayer at school |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/webber-academy-ordered-to-pay-damages-to-2-muslim-students-over-denying-prayer-at-school-1.3036853 |website=CBC}} The students continued to conduct their prayers outside the building, but were repeatedly interrupted and questioned by campus staff. After a filed complaint, a human rights tribunal decided that "despite [Webber]'s specifically stated goal of making people of all religious backgrounds feel welcome, its actions, objectively viewed, were not welcoming." Webber Academy refused to re-enroll the students the following school year, and the students were awarded $26,000 in damages by the Alberta Human Rights Commission in 2015.{{Cite web |last=Dryden |first=John |title=Commission rules in favour of 2 Muslim students who wanted prayer at private school |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-human-rights-private-school-webber-academy-wins-court-1.5678573 |website=CBC}}{{cite court
| litigants = Webber Academy Foundation v Alberta (Human Rights Commission)
| vol = 2016
| reporter = ABQB
| opinion = 194
| court = Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta
| date = 2016
| url= https://www.canlii.org/en/ab/abqb/doc/2016/2016abqb442/2016abqb442.html}}
In 2018, Alberta Education discontinued an online resource that included a question regarding positive effects of residential schools.{{Cite web |last=Huncar |first=Andrea |date=September 21, 2018 |title='Offensive' online test about Indigenous Canadians symptom of larger problem in Alberta schools, say advocates |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-curriculum-indigenous-residential-schools-1.4832419 |website=CBC}} Neil Webber, president of the academy, noted that "[Webber's Staff] want our teachers to discuss both positive and negative aspects of [residential schools]." In the same interview, Webber also mentioned "Whether it's slavery in the U.S. or Canada's relationship with Iraq or Iran, I think...you need to consider both the positive and negative benefits.{{Cite news |last=Leavitt |first=Kieran |date=2018-09-24 |title=Alberta private school sees merit in asking about 'positive effects' of residential schools |language=en-CA |work=The Toronto Star |url=https://www.thestar.com/edmonton/2018/09/24/alberta-private-school-sees-merit-in-asking-about-positive-effects-of-residential-schools.html |access-date=2022-03-11 |issn=0319-0781}}"
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.webberacademy.ca//}}
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