Food for Thought: UTSC’s Favourite Recipes
Nestled in the quiet eastern end of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), Scarborough has grown dramatically over the years: from an Indigenous gathering ground to a nineteenth-century colonial township, the…
Photo courtesy of University of Toronto Scarborough Library, Archives & Special Collections, UTSC Archives Legacy Collection, 8710-11-01. https://collections.digital.utsc.utoronto.ca/islandora/object/utsc%3A207.
Six Feet Under the Stars at UTSC
“… let us accept Scarab, ugly and venomous though it certainly seemed when we first visited it last July, looking forward to the novelty, beauty and peace of our proper…
“We’re Going to Move Against Your Moms and Dads”: The Black Panther Party Comes to Scarborough College
The Black Panther Party (BPP) came to Scarborough College to inspire a black revolution. “Black is beautiful” they declared to Scarborough Colleges’ predominantly white student population in March 1970. Six members of the BPP from Chicago took the stage in the Meeting…
Making a Home in the Highlands: The Story of UTSC’s Student Residences
Arguably no situation has thrown postsecondary students and universities across Canada into as much confusion as the current COVID-19 pandemic. In an attempt to limit the spread of the virus…
photo courtesy of Scarborough Historical Society and Archives
“Highland Creek? Wasn’t Anything There”: The McLean Estate and UTSC in the 1960s
Do you recognize the landscape presented in the aerial photograph presented below? No? Take a closer look. Give up? This is an aerial landscape shot of Highland Creek community and campus land prior to Scarborough College’s construction in 1964 (photograph courtesy…
The Students of 1984 who Refused to Write Their Exams – and Got a Zero!
In 1984, thirty-six of Scarborough Colleges’ sociology students enrolled in SOCB24F: Sociology of Education; Primary and Secondary Levels, refused to write their end-of-the-term exam which would make up 30%…
"Scarborough College Student Council president, Sheldon Leith, handing a symbolic cheque of $400,000 to Lee MacLaren, the Director of the Department of Funding at the University of Toronto.” Scarborough College Bulletin, January 1979.
Vincent W. Bladen Library: A Students’ Demand
Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, we’re lucky to have online libraries available for our entertainment needs from the comfort of our own homes. In fact, can you imagine what it’d be…
“Such a Beautiful Spot”: The Scarborough College Gardening Club
As the warm April sun begins to greet us, many of us are itching to sink our hands in soil and cultivate some earthly beauty. In the early decades of…
Marooned?: The Issue of Identity
Authors: Christine Berkowtiz and Amelia Ainsworth In October 1964, after the formal opening ceremonies for Scarborough College, Varsity news reporter Margaret Sisson confidently reflected, “Scarborough College…will be able to provide students with a source…
One Way Tray to the Valley
While present UTSC students look forward to cross-country skiing or winter hikes in the valley, former students of the ‘60s and ‘70s turned to the cafeteria for some outdoor winter…