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The Creative Centre for Learning and Development (Robert Land Academy)
Wellandport, Ontario
Grant of Arms, Supporters, Flag and Badge
July 20, 2006
Vol. V, p. 34
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Blazon
Arms
Or on a maple leaf Gules a church building Argent roof and windows Azure;
Crest
Two flags in saltire Azure, the staves Argent, all enfiling a Loyalist civil coronet Gules;
Supporters
Two 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;
Motto
DEUS ET PATRIA;
Flag
Azure 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;
Badge
A roundel of the Arms ensigned by a Loyalist civil coronet Or;
Symbolism
Arms
The 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.
Crest
The coronet is a Loyalist civil coronet suitable for a corporation. The flag alludes to the flag which is being granted.
Supporters
The 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.
Motto
This Latin phrase means “God and country”.
Flag
The 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
The coronet alludes to the Academy’s being named after a Loyalist.
Background
Canada Gazette Information
The announcement of the Letters Patent was made on November 18, 2006, in Volume 140, page 3687 of the Canada Gazette.
Artist Information
Creator(s)
Original concept of Darrel Kennedy, Assiniboine Herald, assisted by the Heralds of the Canadian Heraldic Authority.
Painter
David Farrar
Calligrapher
Doris Wionzek
Recipient Information
Civil Institution
Elementary & Secondary