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There are two schools in the neighbourhood—Idylwylde Elementary School and Vimy Ridge Academy. The elementary school has been closed and is currently in use as an adult English as a second language instruction facility operated by the Edmonton Public School Board. The Edmonton Free Methodist Church is located in Idylwylde.
Vimy Ridge Day is a day to commemorate the deaths and casualties of members of the Canadian Corps in the Battle of Vimy Ridge, which took place during the First World War. The holiday has been observed annually on 9 April since 2003. It is a non-statutory observance.
Ghosts of Vimy Ridge by Will Longstaff. The memorial is regularly the subject or inspiration of other artistic projects. In 1931, Will Longstaff painted Ghosts of Vimy Ridge, depicting ghosts of men from the Canadian Corps on Vimy Ridge surrounding the memorial, though the memorial was still several years away from completion. [156]
This initiative has led to Edmonton Public offering an innovative school of choice model in which students have more options as to what school they want to attend to suit their interests, and has led to the creation of many very successful alternative programs such as Vimy Ridge Academy, Old Scona Academic and Victoria School of the Arts.
Vimy is a hamlet in Westlock County in Central Alberta, Canada. [2] It is located 1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi) east of Highway 2 , approximately 59 kilometres (37 mi) north of Edmonton . Demographics
The Canadian Corps at Vimy Ridge achieved what others could not. Our soldiers helped liberate the Netherlands from Nazi Germany and fought in Korea, not as mere auxiliaries, but as a force that ...
Located on the highest point of the Vimy Ridge, the memorial commemorates Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed during the First World War and those killed in France during the First World War with no known grave. [139] France granted Canada perpetual use of a section of land at Vimy Ridge in 1922 for a battlefield park and memorial. [5]
Recruitment for the unit began during the winter of 1915/16 in universities throughout western Canada. After arriving in France in August 1916, XI Canadian Field Ambulance treated casualties at a number of major engagements, including the Battle of Vimy Ridge and the Hundred Days Offensive. It arrived back in Canada in 1919, and demobilized in ...