Read more about the article “I am Professor John Lee and I’m gay, and those of you who don’t like that can leave.”: UTSC Professor John Alan Lee, 1971-1999 
“Quiet Moment: John Alan Lee Controversial Professor of Sociology at Scarborough Campus, works on a piece of sculpture at Scarborough.” Photo by Alan Dunlop. Toronto Star Photograph Archive. January 15, 1984. https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/objects/316386/quiet-moment-john-alan-lee-controversial-professor-of-soci.

“I am Professor John Lee and I’m gay, and those of you who don’t like that can leave.”: UTSC Professor John Alan Lee, 1971-1999 

When asked about memorable moments during his time as a student at Scarborough College, Anthony McWatt recounted attending a class in the 1980s where the Professor introduced himself saying, “I am Professor John Lee and I’m gay, and those of you who don’t like that can leave.” (McWatt, 2020). Lee…

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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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