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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.
Bruce and Stephanie Geddes, who were a part of the first graduating class of Scarborough College in 1968, recall the centrality of the Meeting Place to the College student experience in the 1960s, where students could often be found playing bridge and smoking.
Tags: 1960s, Buildings and Facilities, Students
August 16, 2024
In this interview, Mike Plumton, who worked at UTSC as a Training and Programming Coordinator in the UTSC Department of Student Housing & Residence Life, describes the different programs he oversees that support UTSC students. He reflects on his perceptions of the overall safety of Scarborough and UTSC, especially in regards to media and its […]
Tags: 2010s, Buildings and Facilities, Community, Diversity, Safety, Students, Violence
Mike Plumton, who worked as the Training and Program Coordinator for the Residence Life Program at UTSC, discusses his time working and living on campus, where, as a young adult, he, like many students, experienced many things for the first time.
Tags: 2010s, Buildings and Facilities, Community, Safety, Students
August 15, 2024
Kim McLean, a UTSC alum who also served as the university’s Chief Administrative Officer from 1999-2012, discusses the planning that went into the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre and how it served as an opportunity to connect the surrounding community with the university.
Tags: 2000s, Buildings and Facilities, Campus Growth, Community, Violence
Mary Ann Vernon made her first connection to the Scarborough campus in 1975, attending Scarborough College as an undergrad studying English and Philosophy. After two years at the College, Mary Ann attended law school at the university, and returned to Scarborough to take up a technician position in the library. In this interview, she reflects […]
Tags: 1970s, 2000s, 2010s, Buildings and Facilities, Campus Growth, Students
Mary Ann Vernon, a Scarborough College alum who now works as the user services team lead in the UTSC Library, recalls the state of the UTSC bookstore during her early days on campus.
Tags: 1970s, Buildings and Facilities, Students
In this interview, Zoran Piljevic, the Director of Information Instructional Technology Services since 2008, reflects on the role of IITS at UTSC. He touches upon his involvement in the physical expansion of the campus and the widespread integration of technology into UTSC’s classrooms. Additionally, he comments on the early integration of television into the campus […]
Tags: 2010s, Buildings and Facilities, Campus Growth, Technology, Television
August 14, 2024
Zoran Piljevic, the Director of Information Instructional Technology Services at UTSC, describes the original ad hoc data infrastructure supporting the university.
Tags: 2010s, Buildings and Facilities, Campus Growth, Technology
Born and raised in Scarborough, Bruce Kidd, who served as the principal of UTSC from 2014-2018, recounts his various connections to the campus in this interview. He discusses his time frequenting the Highland Creek Valley as a child and his eventual recruitment to the UofT track team as a young runner from Malvern Collegiate. Following […]
Tags: 2010s, Administration, Buildings and Facilities, Community, Environment, Extracurricular
Adrian De Leon, a multidisciplinary scholar who attended UTSC for undergrad, looks back on his efforts to make the library a better — and quieter — study space for students.
Tags: 2010s, Activism, Buildings and Facilities, Community, Students
