The University of Toronto Scarborough, also known as U of T Scarborough or UTSC, is one of the three campuses that make up the tri-campus system 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 ...
. Located in
Scarborough Scarborough or Scarboro may refer to:
People
* Scarborough (surname)
* Earl of Scarbrough
Places Australia
* Scarborough, Western Australia, suburb of Perth
* Scarborough, New South Wales, suburb of Wollongong
* Scarborough, Queensland, su ...
,
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...
,
Ontario
Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca ...
, Canada, the campus is set upon
suburb
A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area, which may include commercial and mixed-use, that is primarily a residential area. A suburb can exist either as part of a larger city/urban area or as a separate ...
an parkland in the residential
neighbourhood
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of
Highland Creek. It was established in 1964 as Scarborough College, a
constituent college
A collegiate university is a university in which functions are divided between a central administration and a number of constituent colleges. Historically, the first collegiate university was the University of Paris and its first college was the C ...
of the
Faculty of Arts and Science. The college expanded following its designation as an autonomic division of the university in 1972 and gradually became an independent institution. It ranks last in area and enrolment size among the three University of Toronto campuses, the other two being the St. George campus in
Downtown Toronto
Downtown Toronto is the main central business district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Located entirely within the district of Old Toronto, it is approximately 16.6 square kilometres in area, bounded by Bloor Street to the northeast and Dupont Stre ...
and the
University of Toronto Mississauga
The University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM), also known as U of T Mississauga, is one of the three campuses that make up the tri-campus system of the University of Toronto. Located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, the campus opened in 1967 as Er ...
.
Academics of the campus are centred on a variety of
undergraduate
Undergraduate education is education conducted after secondary education and before postgraduate education. It typically includes all postsecondary programs up to the level of a bachelor's degree. For example, in the United States, an entry-lev ...
studies in the
disciplines of management, arts and sciences, whilst also hosting limited
postgraduate
Postgraduate or graduate education refers to academic or professional degrees, certificates, diplomas, or other qualifications pursued by post-secondary students who have earned an undergraduate ( bachelor's) degree.
The organization and stru ...
research programs. Its
neuroscience
Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system (the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system), its functions and disorders. It is a multidisciplinary science that combines physiology, anatomy, molecular biology, development ...
program was the first to be offered in the nation. The campus is noted for being the university's sole provider of
cooperative education
Cooperative education (or co-operative education) is a structured method of combining classroom-based education with practical work experience. A cooperative education experience, commonly known as a "co-op", provides academic credit for struct ...
programs, as well as the
Bachelor of Business Administration
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) is a bachelor's degree in business administration awarded by colleges and universities after completion of undergraduate study in the fundamentals of business administration and usually including advanced ...
degree. Through affiliation with the adjacent Centennial Science and Technology Centre of
Centennial College, it also offers enrolment in
joint programs.
The campus has traditionally held the annual
F. B. Watts Memorial Lectures, which has hosted internationally renowned
scholar
A scholar is a person who pursues academic and intellectual activities, particularly academics who apply their intellectualism into expertise in an area of study. A scholar can also be an academic, who works as a professor, teacher, or researche ...
s since 1970. Its
nuclear magnetic resonance
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is a physical phenomenon in which nuclei in a strong constant magnetic field are perturbed by a weak oscillating magnetic field (in the near field) and respond by producing an electromagnetic signal with a ...
laboratory was the first of its kind in Canada, allowing the campus to conduct influential research in the
environmental science
Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physics, biology, and geography (including ecology, chemistry, plant science, zoology, mineralogy, oceanography, limnology, soil science, geology and physical geograp ...
s. The original building of the campus was internationally acclaimed for its architectural design. The Dan Lang Field, home to the
baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...
team of the
Toronto Varsity Blues
The Toronto Varsity Blues is the intercollegiate sports program at the University of Toronto. Its 43 athletic teams regularly participate in competitions held by Ontario University Athletics and U Sports. The Varsity Blues traces its founding to ...
, is also situated at the campus.
History
The land along the valley of the
Highland Creek in
Scarborough Scarborough or Scarboro may refer to:
People
* Scarborough (surname)
* Earl of Scarbrough
Places Australia
* Scarborough, Western Australia, suburb of Perth
* Scarborough, New South Wales, suburb of Wollongong
* Scarborough, Queensland, su ...
,
Ontario
Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca ...
was purchased in 1911 by
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...
-based businessman Miller Lash, who developed the site into his summer estate with a mansion, today known as the Miller Lash House. The mansion included 17 rooms, a barn, a
coach house
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Guidance/instruction
* Coach (sport), a director of athletes' training and activities
* Coaching, the practice of guiding an individual through a process
** Acting coach, a teacher who trains performers
Transportation
* Coa ...
, and three houses for his staff to dwell. Over the following years, over 100 acres of the estate was also used as farmland. Following the death of Miller Lash in 1941, the estate was acquired by E. L. McLean, an insurance broker, in 1944 for $59,000. He made new additions to the estate, including a swimming pool and change room, and a
retaining wall
Retaining walls are relatively rigid walls used for supporting soil laterally so that it can be retained at different levels on the two sides.
Retaining walls are structures designed to restrain soil to a slope that it would not naturally keep to ...
made in stone.
About of property was later purchased from McLean, just before his death, by 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 ...
for about $650,000 in 1963, as part of the university's regional expansion. The
groundskeeper
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of the land would continue to reside in the Highland Creek valley for the next 29 years. McLean's additions to the Miller Lash House, which would eventually become the residence of the campus's principal, were modernized and of surrounding land north of the estate were also acquired. The University of Toronto established the Scarborough College as part of the institution's
collegiate university
A collegiate university is a university in which functions are divided between a central administration and a number of constituent colleges. Historically, the first collegiate university was the University of Paris and its first college was the C ...
system and declared the campus a branch of the
Faculty of Arts and Science. D. C. Williams was appointed as the principal of Scarborough College and the planned
Erindale College, as well as
vice-president
A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is on t ...
of the university. The college's faculty, consisting of 16 members, was also established and headquartered at the main campus in
Downtown Toronto
Downtown Toronto is the main central business district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Located entirely within the district of Old Toronto, it is approximately 16.6 square kilometres in area, bounded by Bloor Street to the northeast and Dupont Stre ...
. First classes were held at
Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute and Old Biology Building at the St. George campus. Designed by
John Andrews, the first building of the campus began construction the following year.
Due to delays in construction after a strike among workers, the Scarborough College opened in temporary classes at the main campus to 191 full-time students in 1965. The first building was completed in time for the following academic year.
The college included a television production studio. This was for a unique video lecturing system the college was initially planned to have, that relies on the use of
closed circuit television
Closed-circuit television (CCTV), also known as video surveillance, is the use of video cameras to transmit a signal to a specific place, on a limited set of monitors. It differs from broadcast television in that the signal is not openly t ...
for teaching purposes. The system grabbed international media attention, and was complimented in the 1967 edition of ''
Time
Time is the continued sequence of existence and events that occurs in an apparently irreversible succession from the past, through the present, into the future. It is a component quantity of various measurements used to sequence events, to ...
''.
However, the video lecturing system was abandoned after it was condemned for the lack of communicability of students with instructors. In 1972, the campus was reorganized as a separately governed division of the university's Faculty of Arts and Science, developing its own curriculum. In 1973, it became the first
post-secondary
Tertiary education, also referred to as third-level, third-stage or post-secondary education, is the educational level following the completion of secondary education. The World Bank, for example, defines tertiary education as including univers ...
institution to adopt a
course credit
A credit is the recognition for having taken a course at school or university, used as measure if enough hours have been made for graduation.
University credits United States Credit hours
In a college or university in the United States, student ...
system in Ontario and the first
cooperative education
Cooperative education (or co-operative education) is a structured method of combining classroom-based education with practical work experience. A cooperative education experience, commonly known as a "co-op", provides academic credit for struct ...
program was established. The campus adopted its present official name in 2006 after being renamed University of Toronto Scarborough Campus in 1983 and University of Toronto at Scarborough in 1996. The initials UTSC comes from the former name and continue to be used by the university to distinguish the campus from
University of Toronto Schools
University of Toronto Schools (UTS) is an independent secondary day school affiliated with the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The school follows a specialized academic curriculum, and admission is determined by competitive ex ...
(UTS).
Grounds
Campus
For much of its existence, the University of Toronto Scarborough was described as a "mid-sized university campus". It is the smallest of the three campuses of the University of Toronto by area. It sits on of land, forming the west side of the
Highland Creek neighbourhood in
Scarborough Scarborough or Scarboro may refer to:
People
* Scarborough (surname)
* Earl of Scarbrough
Places Australia
* Scarborough, Western Australia, suburb of Perth
* Scarborough, New South Wales, suburb of Wollongong
* Scarborough, Queensland, su ...
. It is bounded entirely by
Morningside Avenue
Morningside Avenue is a suburban arterial road in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is entirely within Scarborough, running north by north-west from the Scarborough Bluffs overlooking Lake Ontario to the eastern terminus of McNicoll Avenue near the ...
to the west. Its eastern, northern and southern borders are not definite, however; the campus grounds extend north slightly south of
Highway 401
King's Highway 401, commonly referred to as Highway 401 and also known by its official name as the Macdonald–Cartier Freeway or colloquially referred to as the four-oh-one,
is a controlled-access 400-series highway in the Canadian provin ...
and south slightly north of
Old Kingston Road. Its eastern boundary is
Military Trail while south of
Ellesmere Road Ellesmere ( ) may refer to:
Places
Australia
* Ellesmere, Queensland, a locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland
* the former name of Scottsdale, Tasmania, Australia
Canada
* Ellesmere Island, an Arctic island of Canada and named for ...
and slightly further east while north of Ellesmere Road. Unlike the university's downtown campus, the University of Toronto Scarborough is located in a
suburban
A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area, which may include commercial and mixed-use, that is primarily a residential area. A suburb can exist either as part of a larger city/urban area or as a separate ...
area, consisting of residential houses along its eastern side and
urban forestry
Urban forestry is the care and management of single trees and tree populations in Urban area, urban settings for the purpose of improving the urban environment. Urban forestry involves both planning and management, including the programming o ...
on its southern and western side. The neighbourhood's
namesake river runs through the southern portion of the grounds and its valley consists of pedestrian trails that link the campus to nearby
parks
A park is an area of natural, semi-natural or planted space set aside for human enjoyment and recreation or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats. Urban parks are urban green space, green spaces set aside for recreation inside t ...
and
neighbourhoods
A neighbourhood (British English, Irish English, Australian English and Canadian English) or neighborhood (American English; American and British English spelling differences, see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community ...
.
Transit bus service by the
Toronto Transit Commission
The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) is the public transport agency that operates bus, subway, streetcar, and paratransit services in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, some of which run into the Peel Region and York Region. It is the oldest and largest ...
,
GO Transit
GO Transit is a regional public transit system serving the Greater Golden Horseshoe region of Ontario, Canada. With its hub at Union Station in Toronto, GO Transit's green-and-white trains and buses serve a population of more than seven millio ...
, and
Durham Region Transit
Durham Region Transit (DRT) is the regional public transit operator in Durham Region, Ontario, Canada, east of Toronto. Its headquarters are at 605 Rossland Rd East in Whitby, Ontario, and there are regional centres in Ajax, Whitby, and Oshawa. I ...
connect the campus to nearby transportation hubs.
Architecture
The Andrews Building, the first completed building of the campus named after its designer, John Andrews, was built in a
brutalist
Brutalist architecture is an architectural style that emerged during the 1950s in the United Kingdom, among the reconstruction projects of the post-war era. Brutalist buildings are characterised by Minimalism (art), minimalist constructions th ...
architectural style and completed in 1964. The interiors were made to mimic streets of a city, with wide hallways and balconies on upper floors. The building is divided into two wings, known as the Science Wing and the Humanities Wing. The Meeting Place, a large
atrium
Atrium may refer to:
Anatomy
* Atrium (heart), an anatomical structure of the heart
* Atrium, the genital structure next to the genital aperture in the reproductive system of gastropods
* Atrium of the ventricular system of the brain
* Pulmona ...
at the center of both wings, is often used to hold events.
The design of the Andrews Building, along with its unique
closed circuit television
Closed-circuit television (CCTV), also known as video surveillance, is the use of video cameras to transmit a signal to a specific place, on a limited set of monitors. It differs from broadcast television in that the signal is not openly t ...
teaching system, were targets of international acclaim during the decade.
The 1970s and onward saw new buildings being designed in a
modernist
Modernism is both a philosophical and arts movement that arose from broad transformations in Western society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The movement reflected a desire for the creation of new forms of art, philosophy, an ...
style. The Recreational Wing, now known as the Bladen Wing (named after
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 ...
, former dean of the
Faculty of Arts and Science) was completed in 1972. The Recreation Wing (R-Wing) housed the
University of Toronto Scarborough Library, then known as the Vincent W. Bladen Library. The N'Sheemaehn Child Care Centre, one of the university's
non-profit
A nonprofit organization (NPO) or non-profit organisation, also known as a non-business entity, not-for-profit organization, or nonprofit institution, is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, in co ...
child
day care
Child care, otherwise known as day care, is the care and supervision of a child or multiple children at a time, whose ages range from two weeks of age to 18 years. Although most parents spend a significant amount of time caring for their child(r ...
facilities, opened in 1990. An underground corridor completed in 1995, known as the Hall of Excellence, connects the R-Wing (Bladen Wing) and the H-Wing (Humanities Wing).
Double cohort brought challenges to the teaching, study and residence spaces at the campus due to increase in first-year enrollment. In response, the Academic Research Centre (ARC) and Joan Foley Hall were constructed. The ARC was built in 2003 as an extension of the Bladen Building with a copper finish. It allowed for the relocation and expansion of the library to its present state and introduced the campus's first 300-seat lecture theatre, which has since held the
Watts Lecture series, after formerly being held in the Meeting Place. The Doris McCarthy Gallery, also found in the ARC, exhibits works by local artist and campus alumni,
Doris McCarthy
Doris McCarthy, LL. D. (July 7, 1910 – November 25, 2010) was a Canadian artist known for her abstracted landscapes.
Life and career
Born in Calgary, Alberta, McCarthy attended the Ontario College of Art from 1926 to 1930, where she was award ...
. The Student Centre was opened in 2004 through a project that was initiated and funded by students. Constructed using 18 tonnes of recycled steel from a demolished gallery at the
Royal Ontario Museum
The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is a museum of art, world culture and natural history in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is one of the largest museums in North America and the largest in Canada. It attracts more than one million visitors every year ...
, the three-storey Student Centre earned a
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is a
green building certification program used worldwide. Developed by the non-profit U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), it includes a set of rating systems for the design, construction ...
(LEED) certification as well as a Green Design Award from the City of Toronto. The Social Sciences Building, home of the Department of Social Sciences, also opened in 2004 as the Management Wing but took its present name after the completion of the Instructional Centre in 2011, which became the new home of the Department of Management, the Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences, and offices of
cooperative education
Cooperative education (or co-operative education) is a structured method of combining classroom-based education with practical work experience. A cooperative education experience, commonly known as a "co-op", provides academic credit for struct ...
programs. Brick and
limestone
Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms whe ...
were used to create the Arts and Administration Building, completed in 2005, which holds the principal's office. The Science Research Building, where
post-graduate
Postgraduate or graduate education refers to academic or professional degrees, certificates, diplomas, or other qualifications pursued by post-secondary students who have earned an undergraduate ( bachelor's) degree.
The organization and stru ...
research facilities and a lecture hall are located, is an extension of the Science Wing that was completed in 2008.
Expansion
Since 2009, the university has undertaken a proposal to substantially expand the campus north of Ellesmere Road, starting with the construction of the Instructional Centre, funded by Canada's Economic Action Plan, completed in 2011. The
Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre
The Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre (TPASC; ) is a sports complex in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Co-owned by the City of Toronto and the University of Toronto Scarborough, it is operated by TPASC Inc., with programming offered by both the university an ...
(built 2014) was
one of the main venues of the
2015 Pan American Games
Fifteen or 15 may refer to:
*15 (number), the natural number following 14 and preceding 16
*one of the years 15 BC, AD 15, 1915, 2015
Music
*Fifteen (band), a punk rock band
Albums
* ''15'' (Buckcherry album), 2005
* ''15'' (Ani Lorak alb ...
and
2015 Parapan American Games
The 2015 Parapan American Games, officially the V Parapan American Games and commonly known as the Toronto 2015 ParaPan-Am Games, were a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities, celebrated in the tradition of the Pa ...
.
The Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre brought pool facility to campus and significantly expanded the size of the gym. The Parapan American Games also brought an addition of seven accessible tennis courts to the Highland Creek valley. The Environmental Science and Chemistry Building, completed in summer 2015, was the third building to open in the north grounds. The most recent addition to campus architecture is Highland Hall, built on the footprint of the old gym and athletic centre. Highland Hall houses the Registrar's Office, Admissions & Recruitment, and an Event Centre. Plans for expansion in the near future include a second Instructional Centre, a new student residence, and an indigenous house.
Academics
The campus is primarily an
undergraduate
Undergraduate education is education conducted after secondary education and before postgraduate education. It typically includes all postsecondary programs up to the level of a bachelor's degree. For example, in the United States, an entry-lev ...
institution, thus it attracts the most direct-entry applicants from
secondary school
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s among the university's three campuses. The campus has 14
academic department
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s:
* The Department of Anthropology
* The Department of Arts, Culture and Media
* The Department of Biological Sciences
* The Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences
* The Department of English
* The Department of Historical and Cultural Studies
* The Department of Human Geography
* The Department of Language Studies
* The Department of Management
* The Department of Philosophy
* The Department of Physical & Environmental Sciences
* The Department of Political Science
* The Department of Psychology
* The Department of Sociology
The Centre for Critical Development Studies is an extra-departmental unit. Students are diversified among
concentrations
In chemistry, concentration is the abundance of a constituent divided by the total volume of a mixture. Several types of mathematical description can be distinguished: '' mass concentration'', ''molar concentration'', ''number concentration'', an ...
that are
specialist degree
The specialist degree is an academic degree conferred by a college or university. The degree is formatted differently worldwide and may be either a five-year program or a doctoral level graduate program that occurs after a master's degree but befo ...
s, as well as the common majors and
minors. The
cooperative education
Cooperative education (or co-operative education) is a structured method of combining classroom-based education with practical work experience. A cooperative education experience, commonly known as a "co-op", provides academic credit for struct ...
programs, which place students for up to three
semesters in
workplace
A workplace is a location where someone Work (human activity), works, for their employer or themselves, a place of employment. Such a place can range from a Small office/home office, home office to a large office building or factory. For Indust ...
s pertaining to their
field of study
Field may refer to:
Expanses of open ground
* Field (agriculture), an area of land used for agricultural purposes
* Airfield, an aerodrome that lacks the infrastructure of an airport
* Battlefield
* Lawn, an area of mowed grass
* Meadow, a grass ...
, are unique to the campus in 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 ...
.
Joint programs with
Centennial College, that award both a university degree and a college
diploma
A diploma is a document awarded by an educational institution (such as a college or university) testifying the recipient has graduated by successfully completing their courses of studies. Historically, it has also referred to a charter or offici ...
, are offered in
journalism
Journalism is the production and distribution of reports on the interaction of events, facts, ideas, and people that are the "news of the day" and that informs society to at least some degree. The word, a noun, applies to the occupation (profes ...
,
new media
New media describes communication technologies that enable or enhance interaction between users as well as interaction between users and content. In the middle of the 1990s, the phrase "new media" became widely used as part of a sales pitch for ...
,
paramedicine In the US, paramedicine is the physician-directed practice of medicine, often viewed as the intersection of health care, public health, and public safety. While discussed for many years, the concept of paramedicine was first formally described in th ...
, industrial microbiology, and environmental science.
Service-learning
Service-learning is an educational approach that combines learning objectives with community service in order to provide a pragmatic, progressive learning experience while meeting societal needs.
Service-learning involves students in service proje ...
course is also offered.
Eleven departments of the campus contain programs that award a
Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four years ...
degree. The department of Anthropology offers interdisciplinary programs in health studies and on the subject of humanity. At the Department of Arts, Culture and Media, courses in
visual
The visual system comprises the sensory organ (the eye) and parts of the central nervous system (the retina containing photoreceptor cells, the optic nerve, the optic tract and the visual cortex) which gives organisms the sense of sight (the ...
and
performing arts
The performing arts are arts such as music, dance, and drama which are performed for an audience. They are different from the visual arts, which are the use of paint, canvas or various materials to create physical or static art objects. Perform ...
,
new media
New media describes communication technologies that enable or enhance interaction between users as well as interaction between users and content. In the middle of the 1990s, the phrase "new media" became widely used as part of a sales pitch for ...
, and journalism are taught. It is also one of the only two universities in Ontario that grants an undergraduate degree in
arts management
The arts are a very wide range of human practices of creative expression, storytelling and cultural participation. They encompass multiple diverse and plural modes of thinking, doing and being, in an extremely broad range of media. Both ...
. The department of English provides study on English literature and film studies. Centre for Critical Development Studies offers both arts and science degree on international development issues. The Department of Language Studies offers courses in non-English languages,
linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure. Linguis ...
, and
psycholinguistics
Psycholinguistics or psychology of language is the study of the interrelation between linguistic factors and psychological aspects. The discipline is mainly concerned with the mechanisms by which language is processed and represented in the mind ...
. Department of Historical and Cultural Studies teaches
African studies
African studies is the study of Africa, especially the continent's cultures and societies (as opposed to its geology, geography, zoology, etc.). The field includes the study of Africa's history (pre-colonial, colonial, post-colonial), demography ...
,
classical studies
Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, classics traditionally refers to the study of Classical Greek and Roman literature and their related original languages, Ancient Greek and Latin. Classics ...
,
global Asia studies, history, food studies, religion, and
women's studies
Women's studies is an academic field that draws on feminist and interdisciplinary methods to place women's lives and experiences at the center of study, while examining social and cultural constructs of gender; systems of privilege and oppress ...
. The department of Human Geography oversees programs in
city studies, physical and human geography. The department of philosophy offer programs in philosophy and ethics. Department of Political Science includes programs in
political science
Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...
, public law, and
public policy
Public policy is an institutionalized proposal or a decided set of elements like laws, regulations, guidelines, and actions to solve or address relevant and real-world problems, guided by a conception and often implemented by programs. Public p ...
while the Department of Sociology offers courses in sociology and migration studies.
The university has five departments in the sciences, which award a
Bachelor of Science
A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, SB, or ScB; from the Latin ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for programs that generally last three to five years.
The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University of ...
degree. The Department of Biological Sciences offers programs and courses related to the biological and life sciences; it houses at least one
Biosafety level 3 laboratory.
The Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences teaches
computer science
Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to Applied science, practical discipli ...
, mathematics and statistics. The Department of Physical & Environmental Sciences oversees programs in
physics
Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which r ...
,
astronomy
Astronomy () is a natural science that studies astronomical object, celestial objects and phenomena. It uses mathematics, physics, and chemistry in order to explain their origin and chronology of the Universe, evolution. Objects of interest ...
,
environmental sciences
Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physics, biology, and geography (including ecology, chemistry, plant science, zoology, mineralogy, oceanography, limnology, soil science, geology and physical geo ...
and
chemistry
Chemistry is the science, scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a natural science that covers the Chemical element, elements that make up matter to the chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules and ions ...
. The Department of Psychology includes programs in psychology, mental health and
neuroscience
Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system (the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system), its functions and disorders. It is a multidisciplinary science that combines physiology, anatomy, molecular biology, development ...
. The department of Anthropology could also award Bachelor of Science degree, in addition to Bachelor of Arts degree.
The
Bachelor of Business Administration
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) is a bachelor's degree in business administration awarded by colleges and universities after completion of undergraduate study in the fundamentals of business administration and usually including advanced ...
with
co-op
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option degree is also unique to the campus. It is awarded by the programs in the Department of Management, which offers specialist degrees with fields in marketing, human resources, finances, accounting, information technology and economics.
Four graduate programs are based on the campus. The Department of Physical & Environmental Sciences offers masters and doctoral degrees in environmental science. The Department of Psychology offers an MA and PhD combined program in clinical psychology. The most recent graduate program offered through the Department of Management is the Masters of Accounting and Finance which provides accreditation pathways for both the CPA and CFA designation.
The campus is also home to various interdisciplinary research centres and extra-departmental research clusters that are unique to the university. These include the:
* Centre for Biological Chemistry
* Centre for Ethnography
* Centre for the Neurobiology of Stress
* Centre for Planetary Sciences
* Culinaria Research Centre
* Environmental Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Centre
* Integrative Behaviour and Neuroscience Group
* Plant Cellular and Molecular Processes Group
In 2022, the Ontario government announced that University of Toronto Scarborough would provide medical training as well. The campus will receive 30 undergraduate seats and 45 postgraduate positions.
Student life
Student centre
The Student Centre is a three-story building, where the office of the
Scarborough Campus Students' Union (SCSU), office of Student Affairs of the University of Toronto Scarborough, as well as other offices of student clubs and organizations, are located. It also contains a
television
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lounge,
food court
A food court (in Asia-Pacific also called food hall or hawker centre) is generally an indoor plaza or common area within a facility that is contiguous with the counters of multiple food vendors and provides a common area for self-serve dinner. I ...
, health and wellness centre, and
multifaith prayer room. The Rex's Den is a
pub
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and dine-in restaurant located in the first floor of the Student Centre. It was formerly operated as ''The Bluffs'', which opened subsequently after the opening of the Student Centre but re-opened with its present name and improved service in 2009.
Media and Greek life
Student media on the campus include Radio Forward (formerly Fusion Radio), the campus's
student-run internet radio
Online radio (also web radio, net radio, streaming radio, e-radio, IP radio, Internet radio) is a digital audio service transmitted via the Internet. Broadcasting on the Internet is usually referred to as webcasting since it is not transmitted ...
station, and ''The Underground'', the campus's official student news outlet. The campus also receives distributions of ''
The Varsity''.
Greek life at University of Toronto Scarborough includes two sororities: Chi Sigma Xi multicultural sorority and Delta Alpha Theta - Gamma chapter. In addition to this there is also one fraternity Xi Alpha Pi multicultural fraternity. None of these organizations has a house. As per their policy, the University of Toronto does not officially recognize fraternities or sororities.
Residences
Student residence is located primarily in the southernmost part of the campus, consisting mostly of
townhouse
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-style homes and the Student Centre. The first residence area, the Student Village, which was able to accommodate 250 students, was opened in 1973 after pressure from traveling students. The townhouses are split into different halls, each bearing a different type of wood's name, in alphabetical order. These 'Phase 1' houses, the ones originally part of the Student Village, include Aspen, Birch, Cedar, Dogwood, and Elm hall. The next 'Phase 2' halls erected include Fir, Grey Pine, Hickory, and Ironwood hall. 'Phase 3' are the townhouses located north of the main campus, near the Science Research building, include Juniper, Koa, Larch, and Maple Hall. Over 600 people can live in the townhouses. The townhouses feature shared common areas, kitchens, and bathrooms for students.
The four-story-high Joan Foley Hall, opened in 2003, is the first apartment-style residence complex on campus, named after the campus's first female principal. It accommodates 230 people. It is a suite-style dorm with shared common areas, kitchens, and bathrooms per unit. The building is equipped with an elevator. It is located in the Southern Residence area.
The Student Residence Centre, a white building located next to Joan Foley Hall, is where the administration for the housing is run, and acts as a common area for all residence students. It handles all mail for students, and has some supplies such as garbage bags and light bulbs available for students to use.
All housing has both shared and single bedrooms available, as well as housing periods dependent upon semester. Student housing has a 'first-year guarantee' where first-years who apply before a certain deadline are guaranteed to find housing.
Notable alumni
Noted professors and researchers at the University of Toronto Scarborough include poet
Daniel Scott Tysdal
Daniel Scott Tysdal (born May 26, 1978) is a Canadian poet and film director whose work approaches the lyric mode with an experimental spirit. In June 2007, Tysdal received the ReLit Award for Poetry.
Tysdal was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan ...
, zoologist
Fred Urquhart
Frederick Albert Urquhart, (December 13, 1911 – November 3, 2002) was a Canadians, Canadian zoologist and professor of zoology who studied the migration of Monarch butterfly, monarch butterflies, ''Danaus plexippus'' L. Together with his w ...
and writer-researcher
Norah Urquhart who tracked the migration of monarch butterflies, historian and author
Modris Eksteins Modris Eksteins ( lv, Modris Ekšteins; born December 13, 1943) is a Latvian Canadian historian with a special interest in German history and modern culture.
Born in Riga, Latvia, his works include ''Rites of Spring: The Great War and the Birth of ...
, and
Laura-Ann Petitto
Laura-Ann Petitto (born c. 1954) is a cognitive neuroscientist and a developmental cognitive neuroscientist known for her research and scientific discoveries involving the language capacity of chimpanzees,Petitto, L.A., "Nim Chimpsky: A Life Th ...
, a multiple award-winning American cognitive neuroscientist and psychologist who has performed influential research in various branches of neuroscience using humans and chimpanzees.
The campus has educated a fair number of noted persons involved in a variety of fields.
Academics (Arts)
* Prof. Trelani Chapman, assistant professor of psycholinguistics at the
University of Alberta
The University of Alberta, also known as U of A or UAlberta, is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford,"A Gentleman of Strathcona – Alexander Cameron Rutherfor ...
's Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, specializing in the causes of typical and atypical disorders among children (HBA 2009)
* Dr. Michael Degagné, Order of Canada, Order of Ontario and Queen's Diamond Jubillee Medal recipient for his work with indigenous communities and reconciliation. Former President of
Nipissing University
, mottoeng = Spirit of Integrity
, established =
, former_names = Northeastern University (1960-1967), Nipissing College (1967-1992)
, type = Public University
, academic_affiliation = COU, CVU, Universities Canada
, endowment ...
, became the first indigenous president of a Canadian university.
* Prof. John Harrichand, assistant professor in the Department of Counseling at
The University of Texas at San Antonio
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(Hons.B.Sc 2008)
* Prof. Marnie Jull, associate professor of conflict analysis and management at
Royal Roads University
Royal Roads University (also referred to as RRU or Royal Roads) is a public university with its main campus in Colwood, British Columbia. It is located at Hatley Park National Historic Site on Vancouver Island. Following the decommissioning of Ro ...
(BA 1991)
* Prof. Adrian De Leon, free-lance poet, author of Rouge, assistant professor of American Studies & Ethnicity at the
University of Southern California
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. Researcher of indigeneity, settlers of color, and labor politics in Scarborough and the Filipino diaspora across the Pacific. (BA 2014)
* Prof. Adam Yao Liu, assistant professor of political science and researcher of authoritarian politics, Chinese politics, and political economy at the
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
The Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKY School) is an autonomous postgraduate school of the National University of Singapore (NUS), named after the late former Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew.
History
The Lee Kuan Yew School of ...
(BA 2009)
* Prof. Rashelle Litchmore, assistant professor of human development and cultural psychology, specializing in race and education at
Connecticut College
Connecticut College (Conn College or Conn) is a private liberal arts college in New London, Connecticut. It is a residential, four-year undergraduate institution with nearly all of its approximately 1,815 students living on campus. The college w ...
(B.Sc 2008)
* Prof. Shirin Montazer, associate professor of sociology at
Wayne State University
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's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, specializing in immigration, mental health and neighborhood contexts (BA 2002)
* Prof.
Camille A Nelson, Professor of Law and Dean at the
University of Hawaii
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's
William S. Richardson School of Law
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, specializing in comparative law and critical race theory (BA 1991)
*Prof. John Pierce, Professor Emeritus of geography specializing in economic and resource geography, former Dean of Arts and Social Sciences, and former Dean of the Faculty of Environment at
Simon Fraser University
Simon Fraser University (SFU) is a public research university in British Columbia, Canada, with three campuses, all in Greater Vancouver: Burnaby (main campus), Surrey, and Vancouver. The main Burnaby campus on Burnaby Mountain, located from ...
(BA 1970)
* Prof. Sasha Reid, former sessional instructor of sociology at the
University of Calgary
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, known for her database on serial killers and predicted that the string of disappearances from the Church Gay village was the work of a serial killer (B.Sc 2011)
*Dr. Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux, inaugural Indigenous Chair in Truth and Reconciliation in Canada and Vice Provost for Indigenous Initiatives at
Lakehead University
Lakehead University is a public research university with campuses in Thunder Bay and Orillia, Ontario, Canada. Lakehead University, shortened to 'Lakehead U', is non-denominational and provincially supported. It has undergraduate programs, grad ...
, specializing in Historic Trauma and its impacts on Indigenous peoples (BA 1985)
Artists
*
Norm Hacking
Norm Hacking (August 1, 1950 – November 25, 2007) was a Canadian folk music singer-songwriter.
Early life
Hacking spent his first six years living in a house that used to be owned by his grandparents, in the Gerrard Street and Victoria Park ...
, Canadian folk music singer-songwriter
* Prof. Will Kwan, globally renowned Hong-Kong Canadian interdisciplinary artist Associate Professor of Studio Art at the University of Toronto Scarborough's Department of Arts, Culture and Media and at the Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design (BA 2002)
* Cybill Lui, investment banker turned producer and founder of Anova pictures (BBA 2002)
*
Doris McCarthy
Doris McCarthy, LL. D. (July 7, 1910 – November 25, 2010) was a Canadian artist known for her abstracted landscapes.
Life and career
Born in Calgary, Alberta, McCarthy attended the Ontario College of Art from 1926 to 1930, where she was award ...
, Toronto-based artist, famously known for her landscape paintings of Canada (BA 1989)
*
Tea Mutonji, Canadian writer and poet, author of short story collection "Shut Up You're Pretty" , winner of the Ontario Creates Trillium Book Award (BA 2018)
*
Derek Tsang
Derek Tsang Kwok-cheung (; born 8 November 1979) is a Hong Kong film director and actor. The son of actor Eric Tsang, Tsang got his start in the Hong Kong film industry working for director Peter Chan Ho-Sun after graduating from University of T ...
, Oscar-nominated Hong-Kong based filmmaker and actor (BA 2001)
Athletes
*
Saad Bin Zafar
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- Canadian national cricket player, Current captain of the
Canada men's national team (BBA 2011)
*
Ruvindu Gunasekera
Ruvindu Gunasekera (born 20 July 1991) is a Sri Lankan-born cricketer who played One Day International cricket for Canada.
Early life
Gunasekara was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka, where he began playing cricket at an early age, under the influence ...
, youngest-ever
Canada national cricket team
The Canada national cricket team represents Canada in international cricket. The team is organised by Cricket Canada, which became an Associate Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1968.
With the United States, Canada was one ...
player
*Kaley McLean, former Canadian paralympian swimmer, silver and gold medalist at the Cerebral Palsy International Sports and Recreation Association (CP-ISRA) World Championship, and member of the International Paralympic Committee (BA 2007)
*
Cindy Nicholas
Cynthia Maria "Cindy" Nicholas, (August 20, 1957 – May 19, 2016) was a long distance swimmer and a politician in Ontario, Canada. In 1977, she became the first woman to complete a two-way crossing of the English Channel. From 1987 to 1990 she w ...
, marathon swimmer and former MPP of Scarborough Centre
*
Victoria Nolan , "the metronome", rower for Canada's National Adaptive Rowing Team, bronze, silver and gold medals at the World Rowing Championships (B.Sc 1996)
*
Gord Stellick Gord Stellick (born May 26, 1957 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian sports broadcaster and former NHL executive. Stellick formerly hosted The Fan 590 Morning Show with Don Landry, and also appears on Hockey Central on Rogers Sportsnet. Currently, ...
, sports broadcaster and former
Toronto Maple Leafs
The Toronto Maple Leafs (officially the Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey Club and often referred to as the Leafs) are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Div ...
General Manager
Business, Entrepreneurs, Philanthropists
* Preet Banerjee , host of the television show Million Dollar Neighbourhood on the Oprah Winfrey Network, a personal financial expert, and winner of the reality TV series The Ultimate W Expert Challenge (B.Sc 2001)
*
Tenniel Chu, Vice Chairman of Mission Hills Group, owner and operator of the Mission Hills golf and leisure resorts in Shenzhen and on the island of Hainan, China. (BA 1999)
* Charles Cutts, Governor General of Canada's Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal recipient for contributions to art & culture, former President & CEO of The Corporation of Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall (BA 1969)
*
Dr. Jon Dellandrea, philanthropist and fundraiser, Order of Canada ‘06 recipient for contributions to higher education President & CEO of Sunnybrook Hospital and former Vice-Chancellor at University of Toronto and the University of Oxford and Chancellor of Nipissing University (BA 1973)
*
Derrick Fung, CEO of Drop, co-founder and former CEO of Tunezy, Forbes 30 under 30 in Music (BBA 2009)
* Dr. Ravi Gukathasan, Tamil-Canadian philanthropist and founder of Digital Specialty Chemicals (DSC) (B.Sc 1982)
* Reetu Gupta, CEO & President of the Gupta Group and The Easton's Group of Hotels, Canada's Top 40 under 40 (BBA 2005)
*Chloe Ho, co-founder of Pixie Mood, a Vegan Leather Accessories Company that was featured in Forbes magazine and Oprah Winfrey’s 2019 List of Favorite Things (B.Sc 2006)
* Satish Kanwar, co-founder of Jet Cooper Forbes 30 under 30 in ecommerce and retail (BBA 2008).
* Alek Krjstajic, former CEO of Wind Mobile and founder of Public Mobile (BA 1989)
* Prof Venkat Kuppuswamy, assistant professor of entrepreneurship and innovation at the D'Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University (B.Sc 2006)
*Steve Lau, co-founder of Highland Creek Partners, co-founder of AutoLeap and partner at Whitecap Venture Partners, Canada’s Top 40 under 40 (BBA 2005)
* Mabel Lee, founder & CEO of Velour Beauty (BBA 2010)
* Prof Yutao Li, associate professor of accounting specializing in corporate financial and non-financial disclosure at the University of Lethbridge's Dhillon School of Business (BBA 2004)
* Prof Chris Ling, assistant professor of marketing specializing in consumer behaviour at the Degroote School of Business at McMaster University (BBA 2010)
* Prof Juan Ma, assistant professor of strategy at Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires (INSEAD) University specializing in international corruption and institutional distrust (BBA 2011)
* Neil Selfe, founder & CEO of INFOR Financial Group, Canada's leading independent merchant banking and advisory firm (B.Comm 1988)
*Arvin Singh, co-founder and COO of Hoolah, Asia’s leading Omni-channel buy now pay later platform (BBA 2008)
* Axel Villamil, co-founder & CEO of StageKeep and founder & creative director of Red Label Collective(B.Sc 2016)
* Joseph Lam,
IBM Master Inventor
IBM Master Inventor is an honorific title bestowed by the IBM Corporation to a qualifying employee. The qualification and appointment to Master Inventor is governed by the value to IBM of an inventor's contribution to the patent portfolio, and thr ...
and Member of the
IBM Academy of Technology (BBA 2008)
Journalists and Media Personalities
* Alexandra Gater, interior design vlogger and consultant, host of the shows “Buy or DIY” and “Make My Space Work”, Class of 2020’s Design Change-makers. (BA 2015)
* Karen K. Ho, global finance and economics reporter for Quartz, most known for her covering of Crazy Rich Asians which made the cover of Time Magazine (BA 2010)
*
Emily Hunter
Emily Hunter (born May 20, 1984) is a Canadian activist, author and filmmaker. She is the daughter of the late Robert Hunter, first president of Greenpeace and Bobbi Hunter, co-founder of Greenpeace. She has been a campaigner for nearly a decad ...
, Canadian environmental activist, Flare magazine's “14 Canadians under 30 to watch” author and filmmaker (HBA 2011)
* Hamza Khan, multi-award winning speaker and marketer, author of the Amazon best-selling book “The Burnout Gamble”, managing director of Student Life Network, lecturer specializing in digital marketing at Ryerson University's Ted Rogers School of Management (BA 2010)
* Nancy Newman, Emmy-Award winning sportscaster, anchor and reporter for YES, former reporter for CNN and NBC (BA 1988)
* Vijaya Silvaraju, cooking expert, food guru, host of the show “One World Kitchen”, often featured on the Marilyn Denis show and Taste made (BBA 2008)
* Prof. Christopher Waddell, Professor Emeritus and Former Directors of the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University, Carty Chair in Business and Financial Journalism (BA 1974)
Politicians/ Public Servants
*
Margarett Best
Margarett R. Best is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. She was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2007 to 2013 who represented the riding of Scarborough—Guildwood. She was a cabinet minister in the government ...
, former
Member of Provincial Parliament for Scarborough–Guildwood
*
Bill Blair, Member of Parliament Scarborough Southwest (2015-Pres), President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Emergency Preparedness(2021-Pres), former Chief of Toronto Police Service (2005-2015), former
Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
The minister of public safety (french: ministre de la sécurité publique) is the minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet responsible for overseeing Public Safety Canada, the internal security department of the Government of Canada. The p ...
(2019-2021)(BA 1980)
*
Mary Anne Chambers
Mary Anne Veronica Chambers, (born September 8, 1950) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada, and is the recently named Chancellor of the University of Guelph. She was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2003 until 2007, and s ...
, former Member of Provincial Parliament and former Minister of Children and Youth Services Sports (BA 1988)
*
Adrian Foster, three-term Mayor of the City of Clarington, Ontario and recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal for his community service (BA 1983)
*
Goldie Ghamari
Golsa "Goldie" Ghamari ( fa, گلسا قمری) is a Canadian politician who was elected on June 7, 2018, to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario during the 2018 general election. She represents the riding of Carleton, and is a member of the P ...
, Current Member of Provincial Parliament for Carleton, Chair of Standing Committee on General Government (BA 2008)
* Jay C. Hope, highest-ranking Black police officer in Canadian History, former deputy chief of the Ontario Provincial Police; deputy minister of emergency planning and management; and commissioner of Emergency Management Ontario and commissioner of community safety for the Province of Ontario, and deputy minister of correctional services for the Province of Ontario. (BA 1979)
*
Mitzie Hunter
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, Member of Provincial Parliament for Scarborough Guildwood, former Associate Minister of Finance, former Minister of Education, and former Minister of Advanced Education and a Skills Development (BA 1999)
*
Laura Mae Lindo
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, Member of Provincial Parliament for Kitchener Centre, critic on Anti-Racism, Colleges & Universities, and citizenship and immigration (BA 1998)
*
John McKay, Member of Parliament for Scarborough Guildwood (2004–present), former Member of Parliament for Scarborough East (1997-2004), former Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance (2003-2006), former Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Defense (2015-2017)
*
Jennifer McKelvie
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McKelvie was one of only two ca ...
, Toronto City Councillor for Scarborough-Rouge Park (B.Sc 2000)
*
Mary Ng
Mary Ng (born December 16, 1969) is a Canadian politician serving as Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development since 2018. A member of the Liberal Party of Canada, she has been the member of Parl ...
, Member of Parliament Scarborough-Guildwood, Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade (BA 1996)
*
David Onley
David Charles Onley (born June 12, 1950) is a former Canadian journalist who served as the 28th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario , the 28th and former Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario (BA 1975)
*
Michael Prue
Michael David Prue (born July 14, 1948) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. Prue was mayor of East York, Ontario from 1993 to 1997 and subsequently represented the riding of Beaches—East York in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2001 to 2 ...
, former three-term Member of Provincial Parliament representing Beaches-East York, former mayor of East York, and current town councillor of Amherstburg, Ontario (BA 1971)
* Harkirat Singh, Brampton City Councillor of Wards 9 and 10 (BA 2009)
*
Bryon J. Wilfert, former Member of Parliament for Richmond Hill, Consul General of Myanmar and recipient of the Order of the Rising Sun (BA 1975)
Scientists/ Medical Professionals
* Prof. Blair Armstrong, assistant professor of Linguistics, specializing in psycholinguistics and the cognitive neuroscience of Language at the University of Toronto Scarborough’s Department of Language Studies (B.Sc 2006)
*Prof. Rob Brander, Professor of coastal geomorphology at the University of New South Wales, known as Dr. Rip, the expert warning people around the world about the perils of rip currents (B.Sc 1989)
* Prof. Rick Dale, Professor of Cognitive Science and Communications, specializing in quantifying the dynamics of communication at UCLA's Department of Communication (BA 2000)
* Prof. Lukasz Gulab, Canada Research Chair in Data Analytics for Sustainability, Associate Professor at the School of Computer Science and the Department of Management at the University of Waterloo (B.Sc 2001)
* Dr. Everton Golden, Chief of Otolaryngology at North York General Hospital and assistant Professor at the Temerty Faculty of Medicine (B.Sc 1991)
* Dr. Efrar Habsha, Staff Prosthodontist at Mount Sinai Hospital, founder of Women in Dentistry and Fellow of the Royal College of Dentists of Canada (RCDC) (B.Sc 1991)
*Prof. Brian Harrington, associate professor of computer science at the University of Toronto Scarborough’s Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences (B.Sc 2004).
* Prof. Dean Hay, Professor specializing in biomechanics at Nipissing University's School of Health and Physical Education (B.Sc 1995)
* Prof. Kris Kim, assistant professor of biochemistry at the University of Toronto Scarborough's Department of Environmental Sciences and Chemistry (B.Sc 2012)
* Prof. Norman Lee, assistant professor of biology specializing in neural systems and behaviour at St. Olaf's College (B.Sc 2005)
* Prof. Jana Lok, assistant professor specializing in complementary therapies and nursing pedagogy at the Bloomberg School of Nursing at the University of Toronto (B.Sc 2001)
* Prof. Allison McDonald, associate professor specializing in bioenergetics at Wilfrid Laurier University's Department of Biology (Ph. D 2007)
* Prof. Jason Ozubko, associate professor specializing in human memory at SUNY Geneseo's Psychology Department (B.Sc 2005)
* Prof. Todd Smith, Professor of biology specializing in Microbial Biodiversity, Eukaryotic Microbiology and Parasitology at Acadia University (B.Sc 1992)
* Prof. Ashwini Tiwari, assistant professor at Augusta University's Department of Psychiatry and Health Behaviour (B.Sc 2007)
* Prof. Zeynep Yilmaz, assistant professor and neurogeneticist specializing in the genetics of food disorders the at the University of Carolina Chapel Hill, School of Medicine (B.Sc 2004)
References
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