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Wellandport, Ontario
Grant of Arms, Supporters, Flag and Badge
July 20, 2006
Vol. V, p. 34
Arms of The Creative Centre for Learning and Development (Robert Land Academy)BlazonOr on a maple leaf Gules a church building Argent roof and windows Azure; SymbolismThe Academy is named after the United Empire Loyalist Robert Land, and is a boys’ military boarding school. The building with bell tower emphasizes the traditional educational skills for the students. The leaf and building provide the red, white and blue often associated since Loyalist times with affection for the Crown. |
CrestBlazonTwo flags in saltire Azure, the staves Argent, all enfiling a Loyalist civil coronet Gules; SymbolismThe coronet is a Loyalist civil coronet suitable for a corporation. The flag alludes to the flag which is being granted. |
MottoBlazonDEUS ET PATRIA; SymbolismThis Latin phrase means “God and country”. |
SupportersBlazonTwo lions Or each gorged of a collar of acorns and maple seeds and resting the anterior paw on a sword Azure, standing on a grassy mound Vert set with a bar rompu Argent charged with a barrulet wavy Azure; SymbolismThe lions allude to the strength of character residing within the foundation values mentioned on the flag. The acorns and maple seeds are the young forms of these plants and are suitable for an institution educating the young. The acorn is the seed of a royal plant badge, the oak. The sword of the military profession shown as sheathed represents the characteristics of gentlemanliness and disciplined readiness, understood as the ability to contain aggression until needed. The compartment represents the Niagara peninsula, the site of the Academy, with the horizontal bar representing the canal. It also portrays the idea of the peninsula supporting the Academy and alludes to the goal of the school, that being to lift up each student by helping him to explore his capabilities and find his niche in society. |
Flag of The Creative Centre for Learning and Development (Robert Land Academy)BlazonAzure the Badge within a wreath of maple leaves Or issuant from a trillium proper, the whole resting on a scroll Argent inscribed with the Motto in letters Azure, all between five like scrolls inscribed respectively with the words LOYALTY, COURAGE, LABOUR, COMMITMENT and HONOUR; SymbolismThe flag is structured similarly to one carried by a military unit. The scrolls contain the foundational values, all characteristics of maturity towards which the students are called for a purpose. |
Badge of The Creative Centre for Learning and Development (Robert Land Academy)BlazonA roundel of the Arms ensigned by a Loyalist civil coronet Or; SymbolismThe coronet alludes to the Academy’s being named after a Loyalist. |
BackgroundCanada Gazette InformationThe announcement of the letters patent was made on November 18, 2006 in Volume 140, page 3687 of the Canada Gazette.  |
Additional InformationCreator(s)Original concept of Darrel Kennedy, Assiniboine Herald, assisted by the Heralds of the Canadian Heraldic Authority. PainterDavid Farrar CalligrapherDoris Wionzek Recipient TypeCivil Institution
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