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The collections housed on this site include blogs, audiograms, and video shorts conceived and produced by members of our research team, as well as a selection of the oral history interviews that we have conducted over the years. These materials are searchable by format, theme, and tag, which can be filtered using the search tool in the left-hand sidebar below.
Jennifer, who attended Scarborough College in the 1970s, looks back on the colonial connection that brought different members of the early College community together: cricket.
Tags: 1970s, Community, Diversity, Environment, Immigration, Students
August 17, 2024
Bruce Kidd, a Toronto local who served as UTSC’s principal from 2014-2018, looks back on his early experiences in the Highland Creek Valley, where he often played with day camp-mates as a young boy.
Tags: Community, Environment, Extracurricular
August 16, 2024
Maureen, who attended Scarborough College in the 1960s, recalls the infamous tavern that was once located near campus and was a popular fixture for both students and faculty alike.
Tags: 1960s, Community, Extracurricular, Students
Ann MacDonald, an Associate Professor in the Department of Arts, Culture, and Media and Director/Curator of the Doris McCarthy Gallery at UTSC, looks back on the “Return, Afghanistan” exhibition held at the DMG and the ways in which the exhibition resonated with the larger campus community.
Tags: 2010s, Arts, Buildings and Facilities, Community, Diversity, Students
Will Kwan, a graduate of the Arts Management program and current Associate Professor at UTSC, looks back to 2000, and describes his “Drawing In, Student Spaces” art installation in the Meeting Place, where he created a makeshift studio and invited those who passed by to draw their answer to the following prompt: if you could […]
Tags: 2000s, Arts, Buildings and Facilities, Campus Growth, Community, Students
Ann MacDonald joined UTSC in 2002 as Director and Curator of the Gallery (now known as the student-run Gallery 1265). A few years later, Ann was opening and operating the Doris McCarthy Gallery (DMG) and met many times with Doris McCarthy to discuss its operations. Beyond directing and curating countless art exhibits on campus, Ann […]
Tags: 2000s, 2010s, Arts, Buildings and Facilities, Community, Faculty
Ann MacDonald, an Associate Professor in the Department of Arts, Culture, and Media and Director/Curator of the Doris McCarthy Gallery at UTSC, recalls her experience putting together the inaugural collection of the DMG.
Tags: 2000s, Arts, Buildings and Facilities, Community
Lynn Tucker, who serves as an Associate Professor of Music and Culture and Associate Dean of Experiential and Global Learning at UTSC, joined the university’s music program as a sessional instructor in 2004. In this interview, talks about her earlier musical journey and how music was very much a part of her life growing up. […]
Tags: 2000s, 2010s, Arts, Buildings and Facilities, Community, Extracurricular, Faculty, Students
Lynn Tucker, an Associate Professor of Music and Culture in the Department of Arts, Culture, and Media at UTSC, looks back on the state of the music program upon her initial arrival to the campus in 2004.
Tags: 2000s, Buildings and Facilities, Community, Extracurricular, Faculty, Students
David Onley, a Scarborough College alum and former Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario, recalls a moment during his time as student council president where a momentous victory for Team Canada during the 1972 Summit Series potentially led to a stampede in the Meeting Place, much to the surprise of Principal Plumptre.
Tags: 1970s, Buildings and Facilities, Community, Students
