Daniel McIntyre

Daniel J. McIntyre (1852–1946) was a public official and educator in Winnipeg, Manitoba, credited with developing the city's school system.

Winnipeg's Daniel McIntyre city ward and Daniel McIntyre Collegiate Institute are named after him. from 1880 to 1882. He felt that "success in education came not from repression and torture but from the encouragement and happiness of the child" and that the development of the child is more important than the curriculum. He retired as superintendent in 1928.

McIntyre was also the first president of the Children's Aid Society in Winnipeg, and also actively worked with the Institute for the Blind.

He died in Winnipeg on 14 December 1946 and was buried in the Elmwood Cemetery.

Recognition Among other accolades, McIntyre has received the following recognition and commemoration for his work in education:

in 1912, he was recognized with an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Manitoba in 1935, he was appointed as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire the Daniel McIntyre Collegiate Institute of the Winnipeg School Division is named in his honour in 2016, he was inducted into the Winnipeg Citizens Hall of Fame