Read more about the article The Building(s) of UTSC: A Social Timeline of UTSC
Pictured above: a model of the prospective Scarborough College campus.

The Building(s) of UTSC: A Social Timeline of UTSC

Did you know that the UTSC library was housed in many locations (including the Bendale Library, in the upper levels of SW, and even in a barn) before being established in its current home in the Academic Resource Centre? Or that the Leigha Lee Browne Theatre was built on the…

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Read more about the article ‘Aztec Temple,’ ‘Fallout Shelter,’ Or… Reputation Starter? The Tale of UTSC’s Architect, John Andrews 
The architects of UTSC: John Andrews is pictured in the centre alongside landscape architect Michael Hough (left) and architect-planner Michael Hugo-Brunt (right).

‘Aztec Temple,’ ‘Fallout Shelter,’ Or… Reputation Starter? The Tale of UTSC’s Architect, John Andrews 

Terms such as ‘Aztec Temple,’ from the Toronto Daily Star, and ‘Fallout Shelter,’ from Dr. D. Abbey, were a few that were displayed on the pages of Marooned Christmas ‘67 edition to describe the appearance of the original buildings of UTSC. At the same time, the design of the campus…

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Read more about the article Food for Thought: UTSC’s Favourite Recipes
Staff Relations Committee. 1996. Favourite Recipes of Scarborough College. University of Toronto Scarborough Library, UTSC Archives Legacy Collection, File 002-B-13-12-26.

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 city is now home to a vibrant, culturally diverse community that has allowed Scarborough to develop a unique identity of…

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Read more about the article Six Feet Under the Stars at UTSC
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 home in Scarborough where, ‘exempt from public haunt’, we shall indeed find‘Tongues in trees, books in the running brooks,Sermons in…

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Read more about the article Making a Home in the Highlands: The Story of UTSC’s Student Residences
photo courtesy of University of Toronto Scarborough Library, Archives & Special Collections, UTSC Photographic Services Collection, 2012-001C-6-1-52. http://digitalscholarship.utsc.utoronto.ca/islandora/object/photoservices%3A529.

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 over the past few months, most, if not all, of Canada’s major universities urged their students to move out of…

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Read more about the article Vincent W. Bladen Library: A Students’ Demand
"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 like without a library, especially if you were a student? Scarborough College didn’t have a proper library until 1982, upon…

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