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The University of Toronto (U of T), founded in 1827, has degree-granting
authority from the Province of Ontario. It is a member of the Association of
Universities and Colleges of Canada, the Association of Commonwealth
Universities, and one of only two Canadian members of the Association of
American Universities. U of T Scarborough, founded in 1964, is one of three
campuses of U of T (St. George, UTM are the others). U of T Scarborough provides
undergraduate and graduate studies and the University of Toronto s only co-op
educational programs. Our campus has become the choice destination for thousands
of students from across Canada and around the world and continues to experience
unprecedented growth.
U of T Scarborough: Past and Present
Founded
in 1964 as a constituent college of the Faculty of Arts and Science, the
University of Toronto Scarborough is situated on a park-like campus at the
eastern edge of the city.
The first full-time students enrolled in 1965
in temporary quarters on the St. George campus, moving to the current site when
the original buildings opened in January 1966. Designed by Toronto architect
John Andrews, they won immediate international acclaim for their striking
architecture.
1973 saw the opening of the Bladen Building, housing
classrooms, offices, and athletic facilities, and the Student Village, a complex
of townhouse residences. Campus development continued through the 1980 s with
the Vincent W. Bladen Library, a Soil Erosion Research Laboratory, and a large
addition to the original Student Village. In 1990 the West Village opened,
followed by the N'Sheemaehn Child Care Centre and the Leigha Lee Browne Studio
Theatre.
In anticipation of unprecedented enrolment growth, in 2002 U of
T Scarborough began the greatest capital expansion program since its opening.
Three new facilities opened in 2003: the Academic Resource Centre (ARC), housing
greatly expanded library facilities, a digital library, teaching and learning
services, abundant student study space and a 500-seat lecture theatre; Joan
Foley Hall, an apartment style residence for 230 students; and the Doris
McCarthy Gallery.
In the Fall of 2004, the University of Toronto
Scarborough celebrated its 40th Anniversary and opened a new, state-of-the-art
Management Building and the campus s first Student Centre.
Since 1972
the University of Toronto Scarborough has been a separate division of the
University, and in 2002 reorganization of its administrative structure made its
Principal also a Vice President of the University.
U of T Scarborough
was the first college in the University to adopt a credit system and offers the
University s only formal co-operative programs.The Early Teacher Projects in
the Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences and the Department of
Humanities guarantee successful graduates admission to the Ontario Institute for
Studies in Education/University of Toronto.
In 2000 U of T Scarborough
was granted the right to offer the only U of T programs leading to the Bachelor
of Business Administration degree (B.B.A.) and in 2002 it began offering unique
programs in collaboration with Centennial College. Beginning with the 2003
summer session, U of T Scarborough started operating on a trimester system,
which enhanced opportunities for year-round study as well as facilitated its
growing co-op programs.
U of T Scarborough faculty, many internationally
recognized for their research and scholarship, also teach courses and train
graduate students on both the Scarborough and St. George campuses. The
well-appointed research laboratories, high level of technical services,
relatively small size and the diversity of the faculty foster an ideal
environment for intellectual exchange and development.
U of T Scarborough
students have full and expanding facilities on their own campus; they also enjoy
access to the resources of the University as a whole. Regular events at U of T
Scarborough include concerts, drama productions, and literary readings. The
prestigious Watts Lectures have brought such distinguished speakers as Nobel
Prize winner Lester Pearson, and theologian Hans Kung to campus. Intramural
athletics and recreation, a wide variety of student clubs and cultural groups,
and a campus newspaper and radio station provide some of many opportunities for
full involvement in student life. |
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