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Senator O'Connor College School
Senator O'Connor College School (also called SOCS, Senator O'Connor CS, Senator O'Connor, OCS, or simply Senator or O'Connor), previously known as John J. Lynch High School until 1967 is a Separate school, Separate High school#Canada, high school in the Parkwoods neighbourhood in the North York district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada serving grades 9 to 12 in the communities of Wexford, Toronto, Wexford, Maryvale, Toronto, Maryvale, Don Mills, and Dorset Park. The school was named after Senator Frank Patrick O'Connor, Frank O'Connor, founder of the Laura Secord Chocolates, Laura Secord chocolate company. The school is part of the Toronto Catholic District School Board and was originally founded as John J. Lynch High School in 1963, named after the first archbishop of Toronto from 1870 to 1888, John Joseph Lynch. It had 1,414 students , and was ranked 266 of 738 secondary schools in the 2017-18 Fraser Institute School Report Card. History The story Frank Patrick O'Connor was a Cana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North York
North York is a former township and city and is now one of the six administrative districts of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the northern area of Toronto, centred around Yonge Street, north of Ontario Highway 401. It is bounded by York Region to the north at Steeles Avenue, (where it borders Vaughan) on the west by the Humber River (Ontario), Humber River, on the east by Victoria Park Avenue. Its southern boundary is erratic and corresponds to the northern boundaries of the former municipalities of Toronto: York, Toronto, York, Old Toronto and East York. As of the 2016 Census, the district has a population of 644,685. North York was created as a township in 1922 out of the northern part of the former Township (Canada), township of York, a municipality that was located along the western border of the-then Old Toronto, City of Toronto. Following its inclusion in Metropolitan Toronto in 1953, it was one of the fastest-growing parts of Greater Toronto due to its proxim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, second-largest country by total area, with the List of countries by length of coastline, world's longest coastline. Its Canada–United States border, border with the United States is the world's longest international land border. The country is characterized by a wide range of both Temperature in Canada, meteorologic and Geography of Canada, geological regions. With Population of Canada, a population of over 41million people, it has widely varying population densities, with the majority residing in List of the largest population centres in Canada, urban areas and large areas of the country being sparsely populated. Canada's capital is Ottawa and List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O'Connor Drive
O'Connor or O'Conor may refer to: People * O'Connor or O'Conor, an Irish clan * O'Connor Sligo, a royal dynasty ruling the northern part of the Kingdom of Connacht * O'Connor (surname), including a list of people with the surname Places * Burdett O'Connor Province, a province in the Tarija Department in Bolivia *Division of O'Connor, a Western Australian electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives *O'Connor, Australian Capital Territory *O'Connor Island, Windmill Islands, Antarctica * O'Connor, Nebraska, U.S. * O'Connor, Ontario, Canada *O'Connor, Western Australia, suburb of Perth * Port O'Connor, Texas, U.S. Other * O'Connor Airlines, a former South Australian airline * O'Connor Drive, Toronto, Canada *''O'Connor v. Donaldson'', a 1975 U.S. Supreme Court decision on the rights of mental health patients *''O'Connor v. Ortega'', a 1987 U.S. Supreme Court decision on the privacy rights of government employees at work *Sandra Day O'Connor High School (Arizona), Gle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fanny Farmer
Fanny Farmer was an American candy manufacturer and retailer. Fanny Farmer was started in Rochester, New York, by Canadian politician and businessman Frank O'Connor in 1919, and grew to over 400 stores before being bought and consolidated. History 20th century O'Connor had previously started the Laura Secord Candy Shops in Toronto, Ontario, in 1913. The company was named "Fanny Farmer" to exploit the exemplary reputation of one of America's foremost culinary experts, Fannie Farmer, who had died four years earlier; the company did not use her recipes, and she had nothing to do with the candy stores. The spelling of the first name was altered simply to "avoid confusion". Fanny Farmer stores shared a look that was similar to that of Chicago candy maker Fannie May. John D. Hayes was president of the company for many years, from its earliest years through the 1950s. He was a shrewd businessman, and guided the company through some difficult times. During the Depression, candy s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadians
Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Canadian''. Canada is a multilingual and multicultural society home to people of groups of many different ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. Following the initial period of French and then the much larger British colonization, different waves (or peaks) of immigration and settlement of non-indigenous peoples took place over the course of nearly two centuries and continue today. Elements of Indigenous, French, British, and more recent immigrant customs, languages, and religions have combined to form the culture of Canada, and thus a Canadian identity and Canadian values. Canada has also been strongly influenced by its linguistic, geograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fraser Institute
The Fraser Institute is a Canadian Conservatism in Canada, conservative public policy think tank registered as a Charitable organization, charity. It is headquartered in Vancouver, with additional offices in Calgary, Toronto, and Montreal. It has links to think tanks worldwide through the Economic Freedom Network and is a member of the free-market Atlas Network. In 2020, the ''Global Go To Think Tank Index Report'' ranked Fraser as 14th of the "Top Think Tanks Worldwide" and 1 in the "Top Think Tanks in Mexico and Canada". History The Fraser Institute was founded in 1974 by Michael Walker (economist), Michael Walker, an economist from the University of Western Ontario, and businessman T. Patrick Boyle, then a vice-president of MacMillan Bloedel Limited, MacMillan Bloedel. The institute is named after the Fraser River. According to CBC News, some people allege that Michael Walker helped set up the institute after he received financial backing from forestry giant MacMillan Bloedel, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Education (Ontario)
The Ministry of Education () is the Ministry (government department), ministry of the Government of Ontario responsible for government policy, funding, curriculum planning and direction in all levels of public education, including elementary school, elementary and high school, secondary schools. The ministry is responsible for curriculum and guidelines for all officially recognized elementary and secondary schools in the province and some outside the province. The ministry is also responsible for public and separate school boards across Ontario, but are not involved in the day-to-day operations. The current minister of education is Paul Calandra. A number of ministers of education have gone on to become Premiers of Ontario, premier of Ontario, including Arthur Sturgis Hardy, George William Ross, George Ross, George A. Drew, George Drew, John Robarts, William Grenville Davis, Bill Davis, and Kathleen Wynne. History Prior to Confederation (Canada), Confederation, the supervision ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Joseph Lynch
John Joseph Lynch (6 February 1816 – 12 May 1888) was an Irish Catholic prelate who served as the third Bishop (1860–1870) and first Archbishop of Toronto (1870–1888). He founded Our Lady of Angels Seminary (now Niagara University) in 1856. He was a member of the Vincentians. Biography Early life in Ireland Lynch was born on 6 February 1816 in Clones, County Fermanagh, to James and Ann (née Connolly) Lynch. His father was a schoolmaster at a hedge school. He and his family later moved to the Dublin suburb of Lucan, where he received his early education. When the Congregation of the Mission (also known as the Vincentians or Lazarists) opened Castleknock College in 1835, Lynch was the first student to enroll. He entered the seminary of St. Lazare in Paris in 1837, making his profession as a Vincentian on 21 November 1841. His superiors sent him back to Ireland for his priestly ordination, which was performed on 10 June 1843 by Archbishop Daniel Murray in Maynooth. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Education Quality And Accountability Office
The Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO, , OQRE) is a Crown agency of the Government of Ontario in Canada. It was legislated into creation in 1996 in response to recommendations made by the Royal Commission on Learning in February 1995. EQAO is governed by a board of directors appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council. Cameron Montgomery has been the chair of the board since February 2019. EQAO has an annual budget of approximately $33 million CDN. Purpose The stated purpose of EQAO tests is to ensure that there is accountability between school boards and schools in the publicly funded system in Ontario. Educational accountability is important to three key stakeholders: taxpayers, elected officials, and teachers.Volante, L. (2007). Educational quality and accountability in Ontario: Past, present, and future. Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 1(58), 1-21. By providing yearly standardized tests, the Ministry of Education hopes to incre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Secord Chocolates
Laura Secord s.e.c is a Canadian chocolatier, confectionery, and ice cream company. It is owned by Jean Leclerc of Quebec City, who owns Nutriart, a company devoted to chocolate production. Nutriart is a former division of Biscuits Leclerc. History Founding The company was founded in 1913 by Frank P. O'Connor with its first store on Yonge Street in Toronto, Ontario. He chose the name to honour the Canadian heroine Laura Secord. In 1813, Secord, pioneer wife and mother of seven children, made a journey to warn Lieutenant James FitzGibbon of a planned American attack, contributing to British victory at the Battle of Beaver Dams. Ownership changes In 1969, Laura Secord was sold by the O'Connor family to John Labatt Limited. In 1983 it was acquired by British-owned Rowntree Mackintosh Confectionery of York, England. Its successor, Nestlé's Canadian unit, sold it in 1998 to Archibald Candy Corporation of Chicago, which they then sold to Gordon Brothers LLC of Boston in 2004. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Patrick O'Connor
Frank Patrick O'Connor (April 9, 1885 – August 21, 1939) was a Canadian politician, businessman and philanthropist. He was the founder of Laura Secord Chocolates in Canada and Fanny Farmer in the United States. He is the namesake behind O'Connor Drive in Toronto. Early years O'Connor was born in Deseronto, Ontario, the son of Mary Eleanor McKeown and Patrick O'Connor. He quit school at the age of 14 and started working at Canadian General Electric in Peterborough. Around 1910 he opened The Canadian Chicle Co. at 283 George Street (North) in downtown Peterborough, which sold candy and a form of Chiclets under the product name "Elizabeth's Best". O'Connor married Mary Ellen Hayes. With $500 in financing from local partners they moved to Toronto in 1912 and opened a new store at 354 Yonge Street. Laura Secord candy company In 1913, he opened the Laura Secord candy store on (at 354) Yonge Street. In 1919 he expanded across Canada and into the United States, where the cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorset Park
Dorset Park is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the western part of the district of Scarborough. The neighbourhood is bordered by Highway 401 to the north, Midland Avenue to the east, Lawrence Avenue to the south, and Birchmount Road to the west. Kennedy Road runs along the neighbourhood's centre north and south and Ellesmere Road runs along the centre east and west. The area south of Lawrence Avenue, north of the hydro corridor, is known as McGregor Park and is often included as part of Dorset Park. The business district of Scarborough is carried right through the heart of Dorset Park along Kennedy Road from Highway 401 to Lawrence Avenue. The business district along Kennedy Road is a 3.5 kilometre stretch of the road with nothing but stores, businesses and high rise buildings. Kennedy Commons, a large strip mall, is located on Kennedy Road, between Highway 401 and Ellesmere Road. History The area was formerly farmland, with the majority of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
