Chris Ambidge, a Scarborough College alum and current member of the Department Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry at the university’s St. George campus, here speaks about his experience at the College in the institution’s early years, including the original layout of the campus and the course enrolment process.
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[Chris:] Well, Scarborough College in those days was basically a really large high school in terms of physical plant. I mean there were maybe 2,200 students.
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And my nephew is the vice president of Saunders [Secondary School] in London. At London, Ontario. And that’s bigger than Scarborough College was in those days. And you could get everywhere in one building.
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When I arrived, it was just the original concrete buildings and what was then called the R Wing. I have no idea what it’s called now. [Researcher 2:] I don’t think we have an R Wing.
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[Chris:] Well, you’ve changed the names. But the building to the north of the library. And goes all the way from just in front of the science wing front doors up to the gym.
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[Researcher 1:] The Bladen Wing? [Researcher 2:] Maybe. [Chris:] I thought it was the Bladen Library? [Researcher 1:] No, we have a Bladen Wing as well. [Chris:] Okay, well that’s what it is.
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That was a hole in the ground. There were construction holdings around that when I first came. Funnily enough, I had never been to Scarborough College, until the day I came to register.
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And there were all tables set out along the third floor S Wing corridor. They gave me my card and told me, “You must remember 712055719”. I still can. And that used to be called an ATL card. “Admit to lectures”. At first they said you have to take those with you to all your lectures. Of course, you don’t.
