Glendon College is one of the two campuses of York University

York University

York University is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, Ontario's second-largest graduate school, and Canada's leading interdisciplinary university....

, Canada

Canada

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's third-largest university, in Toronto

Toronto

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, Ontario

Ontario

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. A bilingual

Bilingualism in Canada

The official languages of Canada are English and French, which "have equality of status and equal rights and privileges as to their use in all institutions of the Parliament and Government of Canada" according to Canada's constitution...

 liberal arts college

Liberal arts college

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 with 84 full-time faculty members and a student population of about 2400, Glendon is located in midtown Toronto's Lawrence Park

Lawrence Park, Toronto

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 neighbourhood. The university's Keele Campus

Keele Campus (York University)

The Keele Campus of York University in Toronto, Canada, occupies roughly 1 square kilometer of land and is situated between Jane Street to the west, Keele Street to the east, Steeles Avenue West to the north and Finch Avenue West to the south...

, the main campus, is located in North York. Formally, Glendon is one of York's 10 faculties. It was modelled on Swarthmore College

Swarthmore College

Swarthmore College is a private, independent, liberal arts college in the United States with an enrollment of about 1,500 students. The college is located in the borough of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, 11 miles southwest of Philadelphia....

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Glendon's undergraduate curriculum emphasizes languages and public affairs.