Scarborough College celebrated it's twentieth anniversary in 1984, the same year the University of Toronto celebrated the hundredth anniversary of the admission of the first woman to University College, 1884. As part of the celebrations, the Scarborough College Women's Centenary Committee sponsored a production of The Sweet Girl Graduate.[1] Written…
In 1967, the University College Alumnae Association asked a number of academics and other experts to discuss "what life would be like in Canada in the year 2000?" Here is what they said: the average weekly family earnings would be $300 for a 28 hour work week, fewer people will…
It is with sadness that we mark the passing this week of David Onley, former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 2007 to 2014. Many of you will know that most recently Mr. Onley was an Associate Professor, Teaching, in the Department of Political Science here at UTSC. But did you…
by Amelia Ainsworth. As you walk through Excellence Hall with laptop and Tim Hortons coffee in tote, do you ever wonder what a school day was like for those graduates pictured on the wall? As we begin another winter session, perhaps you wonder what it was like for those students…
Welcome to the History of the University of Toronto Scarborough blog site. Over the next few weeks and months we will share with you the great stories and memories that we are uncovering in our research. Some will delight and some will surprise. Stay tuned!