
In 1970,
Alberta vocational schools busied itself with training
Canadian workers.To promote education and its schools, the Alberta Public Affairs Bureau took these pictures.Preserved at the Provincial Archives of Alberta, the photos how us students learning a trade.In a look notably borrowed by film director
Wes Anderson, with their saturated colours, the photographs possess a sense of stillness.Just as with the
pictures of Technicians at the Government of Alberta Dairy and Food Canada Laboratory, things are clean, soft, precise and comforting.It’ all a little otherworldly and dreamy and immersive.Come along to the Vermilion Agricultural and Vocational College, Vermilion, Alberta.You’ll fit right in…
Cooking class, Vermilion Agricultural and Vocational College, Vermilion, Alberta.
Woodcraft class, Vermilion Agricultural and Vocational College, Vermilion, Alberta.
Business machine class, Fort McMurray Vocational School, Fort McMurray, Alberta.
Carpentry class, Fort McMurray Vocational School, Fort McMurray, Alberta.
Secretarial training, Vermilion Agricultural and Vocational College, Vermilion, Alberta.

Sewing class, Vermilion Agricultural and Vocational College, Vermilion, Alberta.
Cooking class, Fort McMurray Vocational School, Fort McMurray, Alberta.

Sewing display, Olds School of Agriculture, Olds, Alberta.
Retail clerk class, Fort McMurray Vocational School, Fort McMurray, Alberta.
Music class, Vermilion Agricultural and Vocational College, Vermilion, Alberta