Founded in 1888, Parkdale Collegiate Institute is a public high school located on

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in Parkdale, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the heart of what is considered ' Little Tibet', which is the home of the largest concentration of Tibetans in the city.

History

Parkdale High School opened in the Masonic Hall on Dowling Avenue in 1888. When the town of Parkdale was annexed to the City of Toronto a year later in 1889, Parkdale High School moved to its new residence on Jameson Avenue where it became the Jameson Avenue Collegiate Institute, and later the Jameson Collegiate Institute. In 1910, the school was renamed to its present name of Parkdale Collegiate Institute. The original building served until 1928 and then demolished while the school moved to the present

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structure which was completed in 1929. The school has had two additions, the most recent in the 1960s. Parkdale Collegiate Institute is one of the oldest secondary schools in the City of Toronto. Parkdale Collegiate Institute is a certified International Baccalaureate World School which began in April 2007. It currently offers the IB Preparation Programs for Grade 9 and 10 and the

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for Grade 11 and 12. The current head of the department for the IB program at Parkdale Collegiate Institute is Miroslaw Bartnik. One of the first teachers was Nellie Spence, one of the first female secondary school teachers in Toronto, who taught English and History at Parkdale from 1888 until she retired in 1929. The Nellie Spence Archive Room in the school containing memorabilia and local history is named after her. Parkdale has a rich history of athletics. This years Senior Girls Volleyball team were the Toronto AA representatives at OFSAA. The Senior Boys Volleyball team were the Toronto AA representatives at OFSAA for the 2014–2015 season which was held in Northern Ontario. In the 1976 Summer Olympic Games in Montreal, three Parkdalians participated as members of the Canadian Olympic team, Marvin Nash in the 100 metres,

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in discus and George Tintor in rowing. On October 29, 2021, a teacher at Parkdale Collegiate generated controversy after wearing blackface makeup for Halloween while teaching.

Notable alumni

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- Canadian diplomat *

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- folk singer, 1960s and 70s *

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* Grace Irwin - novelist and teacher *

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magazine correspondent for Latin America in the 1940s, and Toronto property developer from the 1950s until the 1990s. *

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- lawyer and law professor *

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- actress *

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- TV reporter and news anchor *

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- Major League Baseball All-Star outfielder *

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, politician,

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, inventor, broadcaster and author

References

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External links

TDSB Parkdale CI page

School web site

Alumni web site

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History

Notable alumni

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