Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational School
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Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational School(PCVS) is a public high school located at 201 McDonnel Street in Peterborough
, Ontario
, Canada
. One of the oldest public schools in the country
, PCVS was founded in 1827. Since 2006, it has operated at capacity with 960+ students, 73 teachers and support staff. It has had the most successful Integrated Arts programmes in the city of Peterborough with over one third of its students enrolled in the Integrated Arts Programme. It is a member of the amalgamated KPRDSB school board Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board
.
On October 24, 2011 about 60 concerned parents and students from PCVS and the surrounding community attended Peterborough City Hall to address Peterborough City Council. City councillors were asked for their support regarding a proposed review process with the KPRDSB and the Minister of Education. Peterborough City Council voted 8-2 to support the Peterborough Needs PCVS Committee's (PNPC) request for an administrative review. (Peterborough Examiner October 24, 2011 http://www.peterboroughexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3344919).
On October 27, 2011 about 40 PCVS supporters attended the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board meeting, some holding signs and others wearing I Heart PCVS T-shirts. Several delegates addressed the KPRDSB and spoke out in favour of keeping the high school open (Peterborough Examiner October 27, 2011 http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3349689).
On October 27, 2011 the Peterborough Needs PCVS Committee (PNPC) submitted a formal Request for an Administrative Review of the Peterborough city high school Accommodation Review Committee (ARC) process to the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board Trustees and the Minister of Education. The Minister of Education will provide a response and/or a decision to appoint a facilitator within 60 days upon receipt of the request(Peterborough Needs PCVS http://peterboroughneedspcvs.com/)
On October 31, 2011 PCVS students held another public protest against the closing of PCVS. It was billed as a "Ghost Walk" where the students dressed as ghosts and marched downtown to symbolize that Peterborough, Ontario will become a Ghost Town if PCVS closes. (The Peterborough Examiner, November 1, 2011)
By 1854 the school trustees had leased an old church, on the corner of Hunter and Sheridan Streets, to hold the school but the student population soon grew too large. In 1855 plans to build a new school had begun. The new building was completed in 1859 and was intended to be used by both common and grammar school students. It was located where the present day Central School is built. The new school was known as the Union School. By 1868 the principal of the school asked that girls be allowed to attend grammar school. A new building was constructed west of the Union School to allow for the increased student population. In 1871, with a government bill abolishing the term grammar school and replacing it with collegiate, the Union School became the Peterborough Collegiate Institute (PCI). Due to overcrowding and various moves within the buildings it soon came time for the Collegiate to have its own building, separate from the public school. PCVS is also one of the 4 high schools in the Peterborough Area considered for closure in the next 2-3 years.
On August 1, 1907 the cornerstone for the new school was laid. The new school opened in 1908 on the corner of Aylmer and McDonnel Streets near the Armouries. In 1927 a vocational school was added to the P.C.I. After this date, the high school was known as Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational Institute (PCVS). This new section includes the Upper Gym, Cafeteria and Library. The building is an example of restrained Richardsonian Romanesque
architecture. The limestone used in the building was provided by the Longford quarries. In 2008 the school celebrated the 100th anniversary of the school building on May 17 by hosting a Gala/Reunion with entertainment talent featuring PCVS alumni including Sean Cullen, Rick Fines and Graham Rowat among others.
The school is home to a very successful Integrated Arts program, however the vast majority of students are enrolled in regular high school programming. There have been several attempts to close the school over the past 30 years, all have failed.
In the early 1990s, the Integrated Arts program was created, offering students from all around Peterborough the opportunity to take specialized programs in the Arts. Prospective grade 8 students are interviewed and required to submit a portfolio and participate in an audition in order to be considered. The Integrated Arts Program offers general art courses for Grade 9, with drama, art, music, and comprehensive arts. Grade 9 Integrated Arts students must also take English and Physical Education, designed specifically for Arts students. The entire Grade 9 Integrated Arts population presents their own show each year to the student body and guests outside of the school, known as the May Production. In Grade 11, a three-credit Musical Theatre class is offered (earning a Drama, Vocal and Theatre Production credit). Students must audition for vocal, dance, and acting skills. This class performs a play at the end of the semester that is open to the student body and city to see. In the past, The Wiz, Grease
, The Sound of Music
, among many other plays, have been performed. In Grade 12, a similar three-credit drama course is offered (earning English, Drama, and Drama in the Community credits), known as Theatre In The Community (TITC), where you must also audition. This class travels around the city performing a thematic series of skits to mainly elementary schools.
Acording to the kprdsb PCVS will be shut down after the 2011-2012 school year.
Student effort is recognized by the awarding of points, which form the basis for Student Activity Council Awards. There are three areas of student life at PCVS - Scholarship (academics), Activities and Athletics. Students can gain points in all these areas and the points have a dual application - to the individual and to the house. Student Activity Council awards are based on these points. The House Award goes to the house with the most points. Individual awards are given based on individual points.
Beginning in the 1940s, the Student Councils of Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational School, with the encouragement of their art teacher Zoltan Temesy, bought original Canadian art works for the enjoyment of students at their school. These works are currently on extended loan to The Art Gallery of Peterborough
and displayed in the Margaret L. Heideman Gallery. Artists include: Andre Bieler, A.J. Casson, Lawren Harris
, Arthur Lismer
, Manley MacDonald and Henri Masson. Reproductions of these paintings now hang throughout the school.
Peterborough, Ontario
Peterborough is a city on the Otonabee River in southern Ontario, Canada, 125 kilometres northeast of Toronto. The population of the City of Peterborough was 74,898 as of the 2006 census, while the census metropolitan area has a population of 121,428 as of a 2009 estimate. It presently ranks...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. One of the oldest public schools in the country
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, PCVS was founded in 1827. Since 2006, it has operated at capacity with 960+ students, 73 teachers and support staff. It has had the most successful Integrated Arts programmes in the city of Peterborough with over one third of its students enrolled in the Integrated Arts Programme. It is a member of the amalgamated KPRDSB school board Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board
Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board
Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board has its headquarters in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.The Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board is the public, English language school board that takes in the regions of the previous Peterborough County Board of Education and the...
.
Potential School Closure
On September 29th,2011 despite public delegations and protests by PCVS students, parents and community members, an Administrative Review Committee (ARC) of the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board (KPRDSB) passed a resolution to close PCVS in September 2012. Two KPRDSB trustees from within the city of Peterborough and two others did not support the resolution to close PCVS.On October 24, 2011 about 60 concerned parents and students from PCVS and the surrounding community attended Peterborough City Hall to address Peterborough City Council. City councillors were asked for their support regarding a proposed review process with the KPRDSB and the Minister of Education. Peterborough City Council voted 8-2 to support the Peterborough Needs PCVS Committee's (PNPC) request for an administrative review. (Peterborough Examiner October 24, 2011 http://www.peterboroughexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3344919).
On October 27, 2011 about 40 PCVS supporters attended the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board meeting, some holding signs and others wearing I Heart PCVS T-shirts. Several delegates addressed the KPRDSB and spoke out in favour of keeping the high school open (Peterborough Examiner October 27, 2011 http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3349689).
On October 27, 2011 the Peterborough Needs PCVS Committee (PNPC) submitted a formal Request for an Administrative Review of the Peterborough city high school Accommodation Review Committee (ARC) process to the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board Trustees and the Minister of Education. The Minister of Education will provide a response and/or a decision to appoint a facilitator within 60 days upon receipt of the request(Peterborough Needs PCVS http://peterboroughneedspcvs.com/)
On October 31, 2011 PCVS students held another public protest against the closing of PCVS. It was billed as a "Ghost Walk" where the students dressed as ghosts and marched downtown to symbolize that Peterborough, Ontario will become a Ghost Town if PCVS closes. (The Peterborough Examiner, November 1, 2011
History
Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational School (PCVS) is one of the oldest schools in Ontario. Reverend Samuel Armour opened the first school in Peterborough on May 1, 1826. The school, originally known as the Peterborough Government School was first located in the back playground of present day Central Public School on Murray Street in Peterborough. It functioned as a public elementary school and the early Victorian equivalent to a public high school. As the population of Peterborough increased, public school students moved into smaller schools while the Grammar School high school students stayed in the original school building.By 1854 the school trustees had leased an old church, on the corner of Hunter and Sheridan Streets, to hold the school but the student population soon grew too large. In 1855 plans to build a new school had begun. The new building was completed in 1859 and was intended to be used by both common and grammar school students. It was located where the present day Central School is built. The new school was known as the Union School. By 1868 the principal of the school asked that girls be allowed to attend grammar school. A new building was constructed west of the Union School to allow for the increased student population. In 1871, with a government bill abolishing the term grammar school and replacing it with collegiate, the Union School became the Peterborough Collegiate Institute (PCI). Due to overcrowding and various moves within the buildings it soon came time for the Collegiate to have its own building, separate from the public school. PCVS is also one of the 4 high schools in the Peterborough Area considered for closure in the next 2-3 years.
On August 1, 1907 the cornerstone for the new school was laid. The new school opened in 1908 on the corner of Aylmer and McDonnel Streets near the Armouries. In 1927 a vocational school was added to the P.C.I. After this date, the high school was known as Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational Institute (PCVS). This new section includes the Upper Gym, Cafeteria and Library. The building is an example of restrained Richardsonian Romanesque
Richardsonian Romanesque
Richardsonian Romanesque is a style of Romanesque Revival architecture named after architect Henry Hobson Richardson, whose masterpiece is Trinity Church, Boston , designated a National Historic Landmark...
architecture. The limestone used in the building was provided by the Longford quarries. In 2008 the school celebrated the 100th anniversary of the school building on May 17 by hosting a Gala/Reunion with entertainment talent featuring PCVS alumni including Sean Cullen, Rick Fines and Graham Rowat among others.
Courses
PCVS offers courses in a wide variety of areas. These departments include Business Studies, Family Studies, Languages, Science, Computer Studies, Geography, Mathematics, Technological Studies, Dramatic Arts, Guidance, Music, Visual Arts, English, History, Physical & Health Education and the Integrated Arts Program. PCVS is also the only high school to offer an ESL (English as a Second Language) program.The school is home to a very successful Integrated Arts program, however the vast majority of students are enrolled in regular high school programming. There have been several attempts to close the school over the past 30 years, all have failed.
In the early 1990s, the Integrated Arts program was created, offering students from all around Peterborough the opportunity to take specialized programs in the Arts. Prospective grade 8 students are interviewed and required to submit a portfolio and participate in an audition in order to be considered. The Integrated Arts Program offers general art courses for Grade 9, with drama, art, music, and comprehensive arts. Grade 9 Integrated Arts students must also take English and Physical Education, designed specifically for Arts students. The entire Grade 9 Integrated Arts population presents their own show each year to the student body and guests outside of the school, known as the May Production. In Grade 11, a three-credit Musical Theatre class is offered (earning a Drama, Vocal and Theatre Production credit). Students must audition for vocal, dance, and acting skills. This class performs a play at the end of the semester that is open to the student body and city to see. In the past, The Wiz, Grease
Grease (musical)
Grease is a 1971 musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. The musical is named for the 1950s United States working-class youth subculture known as the greasers. The musical, set in 1959 at fictional Rydell High School , follows ten working-class teenagers as they navigate the complexities of love,...
, The Sound of Music
The Sound of Music
The Sound of Music is a musical by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the memoir of Maria von Trapp, The Story of the Trapp Family Singers...
, among many other plays, have been performed. In Grade 12, a similar three-credit drama course is offered (earning English, Drama, and Drama in the Community credits), known as Theatre In The Community (TITC), where you must also audition. This class travels around the city performing a thematic series of skits to mainly elementary schools.
Acording to the kprdsb PCVS will be shut down after the 2011-2012 school year.
House System
The House System is unique to PCVS. There are four houses: Keswick, Caernarvon, Warwick and Wiggin. Each house is represented by a colour: Blue, Yellow, Red and Green respectively, and is led by a team of one male and one female. House Leaders organize fun events such as dress-up days and lunch events and, through involvement in these, you can earn points for yourself and your house. Friendly competition among the houses culminates in an award for the house with the greatest involvement. The House System encouraged school spirit and a positive environment.Student effort is recognized by the awarding of points, which form the basis for Student Activity Council Awards. There are three areas of student life at PCVS - Scholarship (academics), Activities and Athletics. Students can gain points in all these areas and the points have a dual application - to the individual and to the house. Student Activity Council awards are based on these points. The House Award goes to the house with the most points. Individual awards are given based on individual points.
Campus
Peterborough Collegiate consists of many regular classrooms as well as specialized rooms for certain classes. PCVS has four computer labs as well as a Resource Centre, a library, two gyms, a music room, two drama rooms and enough space for the sewing machines, video editing suites, art rooms and other special equipment for the various classes. PCVS is centrally located in the heart of downtown Peterborough across from City Hall, with easy access by public transportation. The school is used by numerous community groups after hours and on weekends. The current school building was erected in 1908 and is historically significant to the community and was recently upgraded with emphasis on maintaining its architectural beauty. The walls of PCVS bear plaques that honour students who served and died in both World Wars and they are honoured every November 11 by current students through special ceremonies and performances attended by living war veterans. The school does not have a sports field on site and uses Nicholl's Oval, which is owned and maintained by the City of Peterborough as well as the Pagans Rugby Club, saving the school significant maintenance costs.Art Gallery of Peterborough
The Art Gallery of Peterborough is a free admission, non-profit public art gallery in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, a registered charity that depends on the support of its members. It was founded in 1974 by an independent board of volunteers. In 1977 it was given the Foster House by the City of...
and displayed in the Margaret L. Heideman Gallery. Artists include: Andre Bieler, A.J. Casson, Lawren Harris
Lawren Harris
Lawren Stewart Harris, CC was a Canadian painter. He was born in Brantford, Ontario and is best known as a member the Group of Seven who pioneered a distinctly Canadian painting style in the early twentieth century. A. Y. Jackson has been quoted as saying that Harris provided the stimulus for the...
, Arthur Lismer
Arthur Lismer
Arthur Lismer, CC was an English-born Canadian painter and member of the Group of Seven.-Early life:At age 13 he apprenticed at a photo-engraving company. He was awarded a scholarship, and used this time to take evening classes at the Sheffield School of Arts from 1898 until 1905...
, Manley MacDonald and Henri Masson. Reproductions of these paintings now hang throughout the school.
Students
- Approximately 200 in the Integrated Arts Program, of 800 total (close to capacity)
- More than 100 participate in academic enrichment programs and activities
- Extracurricular activities include an outstanding athletic program which produces top ranked basketball, volleyball, rowing, field hockey, tennis, badminton and track teams
- Home to outstanding drama and music departments
- School choirs (PCVS Singers and PCVS Ladies Choir) and concert bands have garnered many awards
- PCVS Ladies Choir ranked in top 10 choirs in Canada
- Drama productions and annual musical are community highlights
- The school is also well known for its high-tech communications technology programs, enriched physical education courses and a career counselling/co-operative education program
- Offers peer tutoring programs in reading and mathematics, individualized instruction through our Learning Enrichment Department as well as English Second Language (ESL) classes for students who are learning English
- Peterborough Collegiate was listed by MacLean'sMaclean'sMaclean's is a Canadian weekly news magazine, reporting on Canadian issues such as politics, pop culture, and current events.-History:Founded in 1905 by Toronto journalist/entrepreneur Lt.-Col. John Bayne Maclean, a 43-year-old trade magazine publisher who purchased an advertising agency's in-house...
magazine as one of the top five high schools in Canada in the category of Student Leadership.
Notable alumni
- Michael Moldaver, Supreme Court of Canada
- Les Ascot, CFL offensive guard with the Toronto ArgonautsToronto ArgonautsThe Toronto Argonauts are a professional Canadian football team competing in the East Division of the Canadian Football League. The Toronto, Ontario based team was founded in 1873 and is one of the oldest existing professional sports teams in North America, after the Chicago Cubs and the Atlanta...
, winner of five Grey CupGrey CupThe Grey Cup is both the name of the championship of the Canadian Football League and the name of the trophy awarded to the victorious team. It is Canada's largest annual sports and television event, regularly drawing a Canadian viewing audience of about 3 to 4 million individuals...
s, had his number 52 retired and had his name added to the Wall of Honour at Toronto's Rogers Centre in 2004 - Jim BalsillieJim BalsillieJames Laurence "Jim" Balsillie is a Canadian businessman and co-CEO of the Canadian company Research In Motion. He is a member of the Trilateral Commission, a private political organization...
, chairman and co-CEO of Research In MotionResearch In MotionResearch In Motion Limited or RIM is a Canadian multinational telecommunications company headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada that designs, manufactures and markets wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market... - Nicholas Dominic Beck, lawyer, first Vice-Chancellor of the University of AlbertaUniversity of AlbertaThe University of Alberta is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta and Henry Marshall Tory, its first president, it is widely recognized as one of the best universities in Canada...
(1908-1926), served as a judge on the Alberta Supreme Court (1921-1928) - Alexander Francis ChamberlainAlexander Francis ChamberlainAlexander Francis Chamberlain was a Canadian anthropologist, born in England. Under the direction of Franz Boas he received the first Ph.D. granted in anthropology in the United States from Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. After graduating, he taught at Clark, eventually becoming full...
,anthropologist, linguist, received the first Ph.D ever granted in the field of anthropology in the United States, - Barbara Jean Clark, internationally renowned choral conductor, Member of the Order of CanadaOrder of CanadaThe Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is, within the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, the second highest honour for merit...
- Dr. Charles Bernard Coughlin, educationist, authority on teaching deaf children, Superintendent of the School for the Deaf in Belleville, Ontario from 1906-1928
- Peter DemosPeter DemosPeter T. Demos is an emeritus professor in the Department of Physics and the Laboratory for Nuclear Science at MIT. A native of Peterborough, Ontario, Demos attended Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational School and Queens University, and received a Ph.D. in Physics from MIT in 1951...
, Emeritus Professor of physics at MIT, nuclear physicist, who served as a science advisor to President John F. KennedyJohn F. KennedyJohn Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.... - Robert George Hall Cormack, Professor of Botany (University of Alberta, member of the Royal Society of CanadaRoyal Society of CanadaThe Royal Society of Canada , may also operate under the more descriptive name RSC: The Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada , is the oldest association of scientists and scholars in Canada...
) - Seán CullenSeán CullenSeán Cullen is a Canadian comedian. He is known for combining improvisation with mimicry and music. Cullen has been described in Time as the "vanguard of comedy's next generation". He is best known for voicing Four, Five & Seven in Seven Little Monsters. -Career:Cullen entered into the public eye...
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, Lieutenant in the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, killed in action 1916 at Sanctuary Wood - Evelyn HartEvelyn HartEvelyn Anne Hart, CC, OM, FRSC is a Canadian ballerina and former principal dancer with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet.Born in Toronto, Ontario, she studied dance at the Dorothy Carter School of Dance in London, Ontario and later on at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School...
, Canadian ballerina and former principal dancer with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, member of the Order of CanadaOrder of CanadaThe Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is, within the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, the second highest honour for merit... - Sir Frederick William Alpin Gordon Haultain, the first premierPremierPremier is a title for the head of government in some countries and states.-Examples by country:In many nations, "premier" is used interchangeably with "prime minister"...
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's North-West Territories - Robert Richard HallRobert Richard HallRobert Richard Hall was a Canadian politician.Born in Fenelon Township, Victoria County, Canada West, Hall was educated at the Cambray Public School and the Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational School Institute...
, lawyer, a LiberalLiberal Party of CanadaThe Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
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1904-1908 - Hugh KennerHugh KennerWilliam Hugh Kenner , was a Canadian literary scholar, critic and professor.Kenner was born in Peterborough, Ontario on January 7, 1923; his father taught classics...
, Canadian literary scholar, criticCriticA critic is anyone who expresses a value judgement. Informally, criticism is a common aspect of all human expression and need not necessarily imply skilled or accurate expressions of judgement. Critical judgements, good or bad, may be positive , negative , or balanced...
and professorProfessorA professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank... - R.E. Knowles, Presbyterian Minister and early 20th century novelist
- Thomas Edvard KroghThomas Edvard KroghThomas Edvard "Tom" Krogh, FRSC was a geochronologist and a former curator for the Royal Ontario Museum. He revolutionized the technique of radiometric uranium-lead dating with the development of new laboratory procedures and analytical methodologies. His discoveries have yielded an unprecedented...
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, Professional Hockey Player (goalie) - Dr. Herb Lee, founding member and past president of the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic CollegeCanadian Memorial Chiropractic CollegeThe Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College is a fully accredited academic institution recognized as one of the most rigourous and innovative chiropractic programs in North America. With graduates now practising in 43 countries around the world, CMCC’s focus is the delivery of world class...
- John Allmond MarshJohn Allmond MarshJohn Allmond Marsh was a Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Guelph, Ontario and became a business executive....
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, 1937-1940 - Frank Patrick O'ConnorFrank Patrick O'ConnorFrank Patrick O'Connor was a Canadian politician, businessman, philanthropist. He was the founder of Laura Secord Chocolates and Fanny Farmer, and the namesake behind O'Connor Drive in Toronto....
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and Fanny FarmerFanny FarmerFanny Farmer was an American candy manufacturer and retailer.Fanny Farmer was started in Rochester, New York by Frank O'Connor in 1919. The company was named in honor of culinary expert Fannie Farmer, who had died four years earlier.... - Lester B. PearsonLester B. PearsonLester Bowles "Mike" Pearson, PC, OM, CC, OBE was a Canadian professor, historian, civil servant, statesman, diplomat, and politician, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957 for organizing the United Nations Emergency Force to resolve the Suez Canal Crisis...
, 14th Prime Minister of CanadaPrime Minister of CanadaThe Prime Minister of Canada is the primary minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus head of government for Canada, charged with advising the Canadian monarch or viceroy on the exercise of the executive powers vested in them by the constitution... - Edward Armour PeckEdward Armour PeckEdward Armour Peck was a Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Alfriston, Sussex, England and became a barrister.Peck moved from the United Kingdom to Canada in 1869...
, a Conservative member of the Canadian House of CommonsCanadian House of CommonsThe House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...
, 1925-1935 - Ryerson Ritchie, pioneer and international authority on city planning and civic organization
- Gordon RoperGordon RoperGordon Roper was chair of English at Trinity College, a member of the graduate faculty at the university, a senior founder of Massey College and responsible as Senior Fellow Emeritus for developing the Massey College library, later renamed the Robertson Davies library. Northrop Frye and E.J. Pratt...
, Chair of English at University of Trinity CollegeUniversity of Trinity CollegeThe University of Trinity College, informally referred to as Trin, is a college of the University of Toronto, founded in 1851 by Bishop John Strachan. Trinity was intended by Strachan as a college of strong Anglican alignment, after the University of Toronto severed its ties with the Church of...
(Toronto), senior founder of Massey CollegeMassey CollegeMassey College is a postgraduate residential college at the University of Toronto, established in 1963 with an endowment by the Massey Foundation. Similar to All Souls College, Oxford, members of Massey College are nominated from the university community, and are elected by and as fellows of the... - Serena RyderSerena RyderSerena Ryder is a Juno Award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter raised in Millbrook, Ontario.Ranging musically between folk, roots, country, and adult contemporary music, Ryder possesses a five-octave range...
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winning singer/songwriter - David Paul SmithDavid Paul SmithDavid Paul Smith, PC, QC is a Canadian lawyer, politician and Senator.Smith was an alderman on Toronto City Council in the 1970s. He served a period as deputy mayor and president of city council. He ran for Mayor of Toronto in 1978, but was defeated by John Sewell in a three-way split...
, Member of the Canadian Senate - Jesse Wade Young, professional basketball player
- Jeremy Laing, Fashion Designer
- George David Crossman, Managing Partner Beard Winter LLP
Notable Instructors
- Walter Theodore Brown, Languages Instructor, later Head of YaleYALERapidMiner, formerly YALE , is an environment for machine learning, data mining, text mining, predictive analytics, and business analytics. It is used for research, education, training, rapid prototyping, application development, and industrial applications...
Department of Religion, Principal and President of Victoria University in the University of TorontoVictoria University in the University of TorontoVictoria University is a constituent college of the University of Toronto, founded in 1836 and named for Queen Victoria. It is commonly called Victoria College, informally Vic, after the original academic component that now forms its undergraduate division... - H.Allan Craig, served In W.W. I with the Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry Regiment and was awarded the D.C.M. for courageous acts in the trenches. During the Second World War he served as commander of the Peterboro Collegiate Rangers. As of 1953 he held the rank of Colonel.
- Connie Brummel Crook, award-winning author of historical fiction for young readers
- Dr. James Mills, Classics Instructor, later President of the Ontario Agricultural CollegeOntario Agricultural CollegeThe Ontario Agricultural College originated at the agricultural laboratories of the Toronto Normal School, and was officially founded in 1874 as an associate agricultural college of the University of Toronto...
from 1874 - 1879. - Francis J.A. Morris, Classics Instructor, Head of the English Department, renowned author of books and articles on Botany
- Fern RahmelFern RahmelFern Alma Rahmel was a Canadian writer and educator. Born in Peterborough, Ontario in 1914, Rahmel taught in elementary and later secondary schools. In 1970 she had been a Peterborough teacher for 20 years with the English Department of the Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational School, becoming...
, writer, playwright and regular contributor to CBC RadioCBC RadioCBC Radio generally refers to the English-language radio operations of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The CBC operates a number of radio networks serving different audiences and programming niches, all of which are outlined below.-English:CBC Radio operates three English language... - Oscar Schlienger, artist, painter, instructor, associate of the Group of SevenGroup of Seven (artists)The Group of Seven, sometimes known as the Algonquin school, were a group of Canadian landscape painters from 1920-1933, originally consisting of Franklin Carmichael , Lawren Harris , A. Y. Jackson , Franz Johnston , Arthur Lismer , J. E. H. MacDonald , and Frederick Varley...
- Paul Webster, National Development Coach for the Canadian Curling Association
- William Tassie, 19th century educational reformer, President of Ontario Grammar School Teachers' Association (1869,1870), President of Ontario Grammar School Masters' Association (1871)