The University of Toronto Press is a Canadian
university press
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founded in 1901. Although it was founded in 1901, the press did not actually publish any books until 1911.
The press originally printed only examination books and the university calendar. Its first scholarly book was a work by a classics professor at
University College, Toronto
University College, popularly referred to as UC, is a constituent college of the University of Toronto, created in 1853 specifically as an institution of higher learning free of religious affiliation. It was the founding member of the university ...
. The press took control of the university bookstore in 1933. It employed a novel
typesetting
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method to print issues of the ''
Canadian Journal of Mathematics
The ''Canadian Journal of Mathematics'' (french: Journal canadien de mathématiques) is a bimonthly mathematics journal published by the Canadian Mathematical Society.
It was established in 1949 by H. S. M. Coxeter and G. de B. Robinson. The ...
'', founded in 1949.
Sidney Earle Smith
Sidney Earle Smith, (March 9, 1897 – March 17, 1959) was an academic and Canada's Secretary of State for External Affairs in the government of Prime Minister John Diefenbaker.
Early life and education
Born and raised on Nova Scotia's P ...
, president of the
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution ...
in the late 1940s and 1950s, instituted a new governance arrangement for the press modelled on the governing structure of the university as a whole (on the standard Canadian university governance model defined by the
Flavelle commission). Henceforth, the press's business affairs and editorial decision-making would be governed by separate committees, the latter by academic faculty. A committee composed of
Vincent Bladen
Vincent Wheeler Bladen, (14 August 1900 – 26 November 1981) was a British-Canadian economist.
Upon completing his degree at Balliol College, Oxford, Bladen began teaching at University of Toronto in September 1921, where he later served as ...
,
George Williams Brown (general editor of the press from 1951), and
A. S. P. Woodhouse studied the publishing policies of American university presses to inform the structure of the press's publishing division.
Beginning in 1971, the press printed its books simultaneously on paper and
microfiche
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.
See also
* ''
Dictionary of Canadian Biography
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University of Toronto Press Publications
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University of Toronto
University presses of Canada
Publishing companies established in 1901
1901 establishments in Ontario
Canadian companies established in 1901
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