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86-612: Upper Canada College ( UCC ) is an independent day and boarding school for boys in Toronto , Ontario, operating under the International Baccalaureate program. The college is widely described as Canada's most prestigious preparatory school , and has produced many notable graduates . With around 1,200 students, UCC is highly selective . The school has a financial aid program which currently awards more than $ 5 million annually to Canadian citizens. The secondary school segment

172-526: A 17-member Board of Governors as a public trust, with the current chair of the board being Russ Higgins, a principal of MacPherson Builders ltd. Somerset Entertainment . The board, whose members are appointed and elected from alumni, parents of students past and present, and the wider UCC community, selects the college's principal, who serves for five years, managing the school's annual operation and heading an executive committee composed of vice-principals, department heads, and administration staff. There are also

258-647: A fundraising campaign in 2012 to obtain $ 100 million for scholarships; a donation of $ 11 million was received from Stu Lang, the largest single gift in Canadian independent school history. To honour Lang's donation, UCC created the scholars Lang Scholar Program to recognize up to 15 student-athletes annually with extraordinary leadership potential. UCC disbursed over $ 5.0 million in financial aid in 2019 to approximately 20 per cent of students. Only students in grade five and above are eligible for this assistance. Besides its own archives containing records that outline

344-805: A number of other committees for advancement, finance and audit, governance and nominating, human resources, long range planning, property, and senior management review. Additionally, the UCC Foundation, a registered charity in Ontario since 1962 and run by a board of trustees, manages the school's endowment. Honorary trustees include David R. Beatty , John Craig Eaton II , Hans Michael Jebsen , Michael MacMillan , Kelly and Michael Meighen , Richard M. Thomson , Galen Weston , and Michael Wilson . There are 129 faculty members in total, of whom 12 possess doctorates, 40 hold master's degrees, and 20 per cent are International Baccalaureate examiners. 17 faculty members reside on

430-616: A pension plan. UCC maintained a Cadet Corps from around 1837, which became a rifle company attached to the Volunteer Militia Rifles of Canada (later The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada ) in 1860. It was one of only two student corps called to duty in Canadian military history when it assisted in staving off the Fenian Raids in 1866. Historian Jack Granatstein , in his book The Generals , demonstrated that UCC graduates accounted for more than 30 per cent of Canadian generals during

516-529: A period after 1831 and moved 60 years later to its present location in Deer Park , then a rural area. The school expanded in 1902 to take in lower-year students with the construction of a separate primary school building, the Prep, allowing for boys to be enrolled from Grade Three through to graduation. In 1900, the government of Ontario stopped funding UCC, making it a completely independent school. By 1910, however, UCC

602-416: A rise in boys' behavioural problems and a decline in their educational performance. Simultaneously, UCC's status as an all-boys school found support following years of pressure to become co-educational, especially as other prominent, formerly all-boys schools in Ontario began to make the switch, such as Lakefield College School (1989), Appleby College (1991), and Trinity College School (1991). As part of

688-731: A similar concept. Based on the Prussian model, cadet schools were founded by the Saxon Army in 1725 at Dresden and by the Bavarian Army at Munich in 1755. A Württemberg military college ( Kriegsschule ) was founded in 1820 at Ludwigsburg . In the Austrian Empire , Cadeten-Institute were established in Hainburg , Eisenstadt , Marburg , and Rijeka , where officer candidates prepared for military academy attendance. A first Russian Cadet Corps

774-593: A small, two-storey cricket pavilion , inaugurated by Governor General Ramon Hnatyshyn . The Preparatory School, part of which was designed by Eden Smith , is at the south-west corner of the campus, near which is a home for the Prep headmaster and a small gatehouse. The athletic facilities include an indoor pool and three gymnasiums, as well as, around the campus, the William P. Wilder sports complex (containing an NHL and an Olympic sized hockey rink, one of only four in Ontario),

860-559: A sports activity bubble, tennis courts, a sports court, a running track, and nine regulation sized sports fields. The two major fields of the Upper School are called Commons and Lords , after, respectively, the British House of Commons and House of Lords , and one of the main central fields is known as the Oval (covered in winter by a bubble ). In the summer of 2006, the latter, along with

946-470: A variety of extracurricular theatre programs, ranging in scope and scale, from musicals to Shakespeare , with at least one large-scale and one small-scale production each year. Smaller, student written and run plays are also produced. The theatre program, which includes all aspects of production, is run in conjunction with Bishop Strachan School , a nearby girls' private school. Various bands and music groups that practice extra-curricularly are also supported by

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1032-489: A variety of wildlife, including spotted deer and hares , UCC sold a small portion of the acreage in 2007 to help cover costs related to the 2003 class action lawsuit brought against the school by former students. In 2011, the Norval Long-Range Planning Committee recommended that Norval's facilities should be expanded to allow for more overnight students and co-educational use. Upper Canada College has

1118-476: A waterfront site that is located beside Lake Ontario at Toronto's Outer Harbour Marina . Occupied by the Don Lindsay Boathouse, the site primarily serves UCC's rowing team, which trains out of the facility during the spring and fall seasons. When not in use by the school's rowing program, the facility becomes a community rowing centre, hosting UCC's summer camps and Horizon program. Upper Canada College

1204-408: Is Canada's wealthiest independent school, having an endowment of more than CA$ 100 million. For the 2020–2021 school year, tuition fees range from $ 34,135 to $ 37,135 (not including a $ 8,500 initial registration fee, books and uniform) for day students and $ 61,085 to $ 66,835 for boarders (not including a $ 5,000 initial registration fee). An additional $ 500 technology fee is levied on all students in

1290-707: Is an altar cloth made from a piece of that which was used for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II . Held is an American flag that flew atop one of the World Trade Center towers in New York City. Further, the school holds works by Thoreau MacDonald and a collection of original paintings from the Group of Seven (though several were auctioned by the college in an effort to pay for the lawsuits it faced in 2004); an original Stephen Leacock essay, titled Why Boys Leave Home—A Talk on Camping , donated in 2005 and published for

1376-615: Is divided into 10 houses ; eight are for day students and the remaining two are for boarding students . Aside from the main structure, with its dominant clock tower , the Toronto campus has a number of sports facilities, staff and faculty residences, and other buildings. UCC also owns and operates an outdoor education campus in Norval, Ontario . UCC was founded in 1829 by Sir John Colborne , then Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada , and modelled on Elizabeth College, Guernsey . After facing closure by

1462-446: Is encouraged at Upper Canada College; all students are required to complete 40 hours of Community Service as a part of their Ontario Secondary School Diploma as well as complete 150 hours of other extracurricular commitments, with an equal division between arts, athletics, and community service (what the IB calls CAS : creativity, action, service), prior to graduation. Upper Canada College runs

1548-556: Is on the north-east corner of 20 Duncan Street (the only existing building from the college's original campus), the second at the south-east corner of 212 King Street West, and one at the main entrance of the current campus at 200 Lonsdale Road. (An additional plaque that mentions Upper Canada College stands in Clarence Square , commemorating Alexander Dunn, an Old Boy who received Canada's first Victoria Cross .) Upper Canada College owns and maintains an outdoor educational facility near

1634-406: Is required for working parents in locations where children are expected to return home at noon to eat with their families. This article relating to education is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Cadet Corps Initially, such schools admitted only sons of the nobility or gentry , but in time many of the schools were opened also to members of other social classes. Since

1720-454: Is the one the oldest of the ten houses at UCC and is named for William Wedd, formerly first classical master. The school's student government , created in 1892 and known as the Board of Stewards , represents the students at events, such as Association Day and Winterfest, and relays their wishes, during times of change or concern, to the upper administration. The group comprises 17 elected members of

1806-417: Is to teach college students about the natural environment , sustainability , and ecosystems through outdoor learning programs, some in conjunction with Outward Bound Canada. It is staffed by five full-time teachers, a superintendent, and cooks and housekeepers. Throughout the school year, entire classes, houses, or portions of certain grades will have a several day stay at Norval and other Ontario schools use

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1892-571: Is today guided by the non-governmental organization. French, language, mathematics , science, outdoor education , physical education , the arts, and more are covered during a boy's years in the Prep School and, once boys move to the Upper School in Year One ( Grade Eight ), they begin university preparation through a liberal arts program. The courseload includes mathematics, history, geography , science, English, second languages, civics, design, film and

1978-616: The CISAA and OFSAA and regularly place high in the standings at national and international competitions, such as the Head of the Charles Regatta . The World Affairs Conference is Canada's oldest student run conference, begun in 1983 and organized in conjunction with Branksome Hall since the late 1980s. Held annually, the Conference has reached over 4,000 students, 25 countries, and 65 schools around

2064-909: The Mayor of Toronto and the Prime Minister of Canada . The Executives of WAC for the 2023-2024 school year are: Ray Wu (Conference Chair), Shaya Farahmand (Conference Chair), Alex Woolsey (Assistant Chair), Unmol Sharma & Evan Rosenberg (SPRINT Co-Heads), Darwin Li (Director of Communications), Devlin Moniz (Director of Plenaries), Eugenio Gigi Ciarlandini (Director of Keynotes), Adrian Mak (Director of Marketing), Aarav Dogra (Director of Finance), Samuel Martineau (Director of Technology), Alex Woolsey (Director of Programs), Caleb Chong (Director of Registration), Emerson McQueen (Director of Volunteering), and Jai Sandhu (Director of Facilities). In conjunction with other schools, UCC ran

2150-602: The Ontario Model Parliament (OMP), a simulation of a provincial parliament that started in 1986, when it was founded by UCC teacher Paul Bennett, and was composed of two events: an Elections Day at UCC, followed by a three-day simulation that took place in the legislative chamber at the Legislative Assembly of Ontario . UCC students made up the entirety of the Executive Committee that organizes and runs

2236-525: The Second World War , and 26 Old Boys achieved brigadier rank or higher. A war memorial display case and plaque in the Upper School's main entrance hall is dedicated to the UCC Old Boys who distinguished themselves during Canadian military service periods. In 1958, UCC faced a major crisis when it was discovered that the Upper School's main building was in danger of collapse due to poor construction. At

2322-460: The Watergate scandal ) collided head-on with the conservative and traditional culture and environment at UCC. Individual freedoms trumped institutional discipline, and moral authority had lost its clout. Patrick T. Johnson, principal from 1965 to 1974, managed the cultural transition during these years, successfully integrating societal trends, traditional values, and individual self-expression. One of

2408-706: The "Great Elector" Frederick William I of Brandenburg , in Kolberg , Berlin , and Magdeburg . In 1716 the 1st Kolberg corps of about seventy cadets was relocated to the Royal Prussian Cadet Corps in Berlin. Based at the newly erected Kadettenhaus , it became the main education centre of Prussian Army officers under "Soldier King" Frederick William I . Further cadet schools were established in Stolp (1769), Kulm (1776), Potsdam , and Kalisch (1793). The educational system

2494-603: The 1970s, as it began to offer assistance to the less affluent and made attempts to attract boys from visible minorities, becoming what he called "a small United Nations" that echoed Toronto's emerging ethnic variety (today, students from over 20 different countries and regions attend UCC), though, as recently as 1990, there were references in College Times editorials to antisemitism and sexism. These aspects of college life came to light in 1994, through James T. Fitzgerald's book Old Boys , which published some alumni's recollections of

2580-473: The 1990s. Still planned are an Olympic-standard, 50-metre swimming pool; a new racquet centre for squash, badminton, and tennis; a rowing centre; the expansion of both the Prep and Upper School academic buildings; and an expansion of the archives. The Ontario Heritage Trust , a non-profit agency of the Ontario Ministry of Culture , erected three plaques outlining UCC's presence and history in Toronto. One

2666-587: The 19th century, "corps of cadets" has referred to the student body of cadets at a military academy. The original Cadets de Gascogne corps was established by King Louis XIII of France for younger sons of Gascon gentry (in the Gascon language , capdets —"little chiefs"). This idea of a school for boys who would later become gentlemen volunteers in the army to offset their lack of patrimony , soon spread, with similar schools being established in other European countries. Notable cadet-corps schools were created by

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2752-491: The 2000s, the school came under criticism for keeping the entirety of the increasingly taxed Norval property while so little of it was actually used; this argument has gained increased credence in light of the consistent yearly tuition hikes and mounting legal costs. Despite repeated assertions that the college had no intention of selling the property, citing not only rapidly increasing land value, but also an intention to hold it to prevent industrial development on land that contains

2838-605: The City of Toronto and the National Audubon Society . Day school A day school — as opposed to a boarding school — is an educational institution where children are given instruction during the day, after which the students return to their homes. A day school has full-day programs when compared to a regular school which may end early and require additional after-school programs for students with working parents . It also generally offers supervised lunches, which

2924-630: The College, no visitor since our inception has taken such a deep interest in our affairs, for such an extended period, as has the present distinguished incumbent.” In May 2012, the Upper Canada College Monarchist League conducted a poll and submitted to the Board of Governors a report outlining how 71 per cent of students surveyed (91 per cent of those in Year One) approved of another member of

3010-515: The Green School initiative, wherein environmental education would become "one of the four hallmarks of a UCC education." Plans to carry this out saw not only upgrades of the school's physical plant to meet environmentally sustainable standards, but also an integration of these new initiatives into the curriculum. After the appointment in 2004 of Jim Power as principal, the curriculum further evolved to address reports of wider, societal trends showing

3096-588: The HRH the Prince of Wales has expressed a wish to be given the fine old English title of visitor of this school. HRH met so many 'Old Boys' while [fighting in the First World War] that, when he made his visit to Canada last year, he instituted special inquiries about the previous history of the College. Finding that the title existed, he has thus honored us by becoming 'Visitor of Upper Canada College' [...] The gracious offer of

3182-613: The Leaving Class: one steward for each house (the heads of houses) plus seven—the Head Steward and six stewards with portfolio—chosen by the majority of the whole student body. In addition to the stewards, students can enter the prefects program, requiring them to show leadership through their senior years to be awarded the title of Prefect upon graduation, the highest recognition UCC offers "for citizenship and leadership." Though Upper Canada College has accepted ethnic minorities since

3268-513: The Prep. Two years later, UCC adopted the International Baccalaureate (IB), which augmented the Ontario Secondary School Diploma . Following this, Grade Two was added in 1998 and Grade One the next year. Since 2003, UCC has offered places from Senior Kindergarten to Grade Twelve . In the years following 1998, five UCC staff were accused of sexual abuse or of possessing child pornography ; three were convicted of some of

3354-578: The Preparatory School (the Prep), after which a boy may move on to the Upper School, which consists of Grades Eight to Twelve. The Upper School years are known as follows: While Prep students are divided into forms , UCC, like several other schools in the Commonwealth of Nations , divides its Upper School students into houses. The house system was first adopted in 1923, consisting of only four houses until

3440-478: The Prince places the position on a still higher plane and it makes us all feel a lot prouder of the grand old College to which we belong. Edward was removed from the post of visitor when he abdicated the Canadian throne in 1936. The office thereafter lay dormant until 1955. Maintaining a connection with the Canadian royal family , Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (husband of Edward VIII's niece, Queen Elizabeth II ),

3526-405: The U.S. Federal Government, referred to as federal service academies, are: These schools do not force students to pay tuition but require students to fulfill a mandatory service requirements. Six colleges that offer military Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) programs under 10 U.S.C. § 2111a(f), though many other schools offer military Reserve Officers' Training Corps under other sections of

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3612-406: The Upper School, which covers the costs of a MacBook Air laptop computer, the associated software, and technological support. According to the school, fewer than two per cent of the Canadian population can afford the full cost of attending the school. The institution has strict admissions standards, accepting approximately 20 per cent of all applicants for the 2018–2019 school year. The college began

3698-664: The Victoria Cross given, and ceremonial sword belonging, to Hampden Zane Churchill Cockburn ; the valour medals were given to the Canadian War Museum on permanent loan on 17 May 2006. In the college's chapel, itself decorated with works by Canadian artists, is an altar made of marble from parts of St. Paul's Cathedral , in London, England, that were damaged in the Blitz and donated by Dean of St. Paul's Walter Robert Matthews . On this

3784-469: The campus, and with a dominant clock tower , houses the secondary school component of the college, in a quadrangle form. Laidlaw Hall, the principal assembly hall, featuring a full theatre stage and a pipe organ , is attached to the west end of the Upper School and, at the other end, is the Memorial Wing, the school's main infirmary . Closing the north end of the main quadrangle (which is the location of

3870-417: The campus, while opening the campus to the wider community at the same time. By the 1990s, summer camps were set up on the campus for any child who wished to enroll. The college embarked on another building campaign, again with the aid of Prince Philip, beginning in 1989 and ending in 1994, with the construction of new athletic facilities at the Upper School and the replacement of the 1901 Peacock Building at

3956-501: The campus. The student-to-teacher ratio is 18:1 in the lower grades and 19:1 in the upper grades. The visitor of Upper Canada College is a ceremonial role within UCC's governmental structure, though the occupant has the right or responsibility of inspecting and reporting on the College. Sir John Colborne served informally as UCC's first visitor. When the post was created in 1833, the Bishop of York

4042-457: The casualties, though, was the cadet corps; it was disbanded in September 1975 in favour of a smaller volunteer corps. Under principals educated at Oxford (Johnson) and Cambridge (Sadlier), the college refused to adopt the new provincial educational standards issued in 1967, which it considered lower than the old standards. UCC also moved forward with new educational and athletic facilities across

4128-426: The charges. In 2003, 18 students launched a $ 62 million class-action lawsuit against UCC, claiming sexual abuse by Doug Brown, who taught at the Prep from 1975 to 1993 and was eventually found guilty in 2004 of nine counts of indecent assault . UCC agreed to a confidential settlement with the victims. UCC followed the trends in environmentalism when the Board of Governors unanimously voted in 2002 to establish

4214-460: The college's Deer Park campus and the trustees were considering moving the school to a new location. Plans for buildings were drawn up by an architectural firm. However, due to the outbreak of the First World War and then the depression , the move was fully abandoned in the 1930s. The college first attempted to sell the land in 1928 and again in 1935, but found no buyers. Eventually, the property

4300-569: The college, including a wind ensemble, concert band , stage band, string ensemble , jazz ensemble, and singers. These groups compete in festivals at different levels and also organize fundraising concerts. UCC has sports rivalries with other boys' schools in Ontario. Sports teams run by UCC include alpine ski , baseball , basketball , cricket , football , golf , hockey , rowing , rugby , lacrosse , soccer, squash , Swimming, Track and Field , tennis , and volleyball . Some teams are purely intramural , but 45 interscholastic teams compete in

4386-528: The curriculum began to shift from offering a classical education to offering one grounded in the liberal arts ; language options besides Latin were first offered after 1950. The period from 1965 to 1975 was a decade of constant change at UCC; global and local cultural influences (including the Vietnam War , the bohemian Yorkville neighbourhood, the Woodstock festival, changing fashion trends, rock music, and

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4472-570: The day (both from the local Family Compact and from abroad); a visit in 1847 from the Governor General of the Province of Canada , the Earl of Elgin ; and praise from many, including Charles Dickens , UCC was faced with closure on a number of occasions. Opponents of elitism sought to curtail provincial government funding and remove the college from its premises. The school merged with King's College for

4558-667: The dramatic, visual, and musical arts, as well as computer science . Aiding both student and teachers is the Wernham West Centre for Learning, the most comprehensive and endowed secondary school learning facility in Canada. Created in 2002 as a department pertaining to the refinement of academic skills and assisting the students with learning disabilities, its primary focus is to facilitate improved learning skills and abilities, as well as accommodate for students with particular learning disabilities. Participation in extracurricular activities

4644-437: The encompassing running track, was renovated, with the grass replaced by a partially synthetic astroturf /grass hybrid and the track paved with a rubber turf. Several metres below the field, geothermal pipes were laid to provide alternative energy heating for both the Upper School and the adjacent sports complex. A number of these facilities are the result of a decade long, $ 90 million capital building campaign launched in

4730-497: The end of 1960. The crisis forced the school government to rethink their stance on foresight and planning, leading to a years-long program of new construction, salary improvements, and funding sources. Furthermore, in conjunction with Principal Sowby, whom he had helped select, Massey had additional influence on the college and brought about somewhat of a renaissance at the school – a number of distinguished visitors were brought in, and leading minds were hired as masters. At this time,

4816-519: The facilities were improved (work that took place through the summers of 2013 and 2014), and boarders be drawn from across the country. Upper Canada College occupies an open, 17 hectare (43 acre) campus in Deer Park , near the major intersection of Avenue Road and St. Clair Avenue , in the residential neighbourhood of Forest Hill . There are 15 buildings on the site: The main structure (the Upper School), constructed between 1959 and 1960, central on

4902-471: The first black student (Peter Gallego, the son of a former American slave) enrolled in 1831 and First Nations boys, such as Francis Assikinack (son of the Ojibwe leader Jean-Baptiste Assiginack ) in 1840, their representation within the student body was initially disproportionate to the same within the city's population and the school developed a reputation as a " WASP bastion". Michael Ignatieff considered

4988-481: The first time in The Globe and Mail ; and the original manuscript of Robertson Davies ' work The Mask of Aesop , which he wrote in 1952 specifically for the Prep's 50th anniversary. Also in UCC's possession is a chair owned by Sir John A. Macdonald and another that once belonged to George Airey Kirkpatrick . Upper Canada College is incorporated under an act of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and administered by

5074-416: The government on more than one occasion, UCC became fully independent in 1900, nine years after moving to its present location. It is the oldest independent school in the province of Ontario and the third oldest in Canada. UCC maintains links with the Canadian royal family through its members or representatives of the monarch , sometimes serving as the college's Visitor and/or on its Board of Governors. UCC

5160-467: The history of Upper Canada, the province of Ontario, and the city of Toronto dating back to the mid-19th century, the college also has a notable collection of artwork, antiques, and war medals. This includes the Order of Canada insignia presented to Robertson Davies , Foster Hewitt , Charles Band , and Arnold Smith , plus Canada's first Victoria Cross , awarded in 1854 to Old Boy Alexander Roberts Dunn , and

5246-497: The late 1930s, after which the number increased the present ten. Eight of these—Bremner's, Howard's, Jackson's, Martland's, McHugh's, Mowbray's, Orr's, and Scadding's—are for day students and the remaining two—Seaton's and Wedd's—are for boarders. The houses compete in an annual intramural competition for the Prefects' Cup and the boarders also take part in weekend events and trips with boarders from neighbouring girls' schools. Martland's

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5332-494: The law. All Military Senior Military Colleges In addition, these five institutions that were military colleges at the time of their founding now maintain both a corps of cadets and a civilian student body. Many of these institutions also offer online degree programs: Maritime Institutes operate on a military college system. Cadets may apply for Naval Reserve commissions upon obtaining their Merchant Marine Officer's licenses and offer some form of military commissioning program into

5418-577: The model parliament, however 200 students from high schools around the province participated. Past Elections Day speakers have included Art Eggleton , John Tory , John Aimers , Bob Rae , and Rex Murphy . As of 2015, OMP has been replaced by OMUN, a Model UN conference now led by UCC students sometimes in conjunction with the Bishop Strachan School and Branksome Hall. OMUN hosts around 400–500 delegates annually and has multiple international delegations present. UCC hosts 50–100 clubs (depending on

5504-467: The permanent display of his personal coat of arms in the Massey Quadrangle. To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the College's founding, the Prince made a two-day visit to UCC, which included a reception and formal banquet Exhibition Place and distributing prizes to the winners of the first annual Jubilee Association Run. Historian Richard Howard said of Philip in 1979, "In the lengthy history of

5590-400: The property and its facilities during the weeks when UCC students are not in residence. Norval also hosts an open house each season, with the spring Maple Madness focusing on the site's traditional maple syrup manufacturing, as well as cross-country skiing in winter and pumpkin carving in the autumn. The land was purchased in 1913, at a time when the city of Toronto was quickly growing around

5676-600: The royal family serving as UCC's visitor upon the resignation or demise of the Duke of Edinburgh. It was recommended that the next person to occupy the post be non-partisan and of a young age, so as to be likely to serve for a number of decades, as the Duke of Edinburgh had done. The most widely supported figure was Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (now the Prince of Wales). UCC is a non-denominational school with approximately 1,000-day students and 88 boarders ; Senior Kindergarten to Grade Seven students, approximately 400 boys, attend

5762-411: The school's ethnic makeup during his time there, between 1959 and 1965, reflective of the culture of Toronto in general; according to him, "basically Tory, Anglican and fantastically patrician." Peter C. Newman , who attended UCC a decade before Ignatieff, and himself Jewish , said antisemitism was "virtually non-existent." According to school historian Richard Howard, UCC transformed its culture during

5848-532: The school. In it, Peter Dalglish noted that while the student body was more racially diverse, it was still predominantly populated by the upper middle class, with the Asian students being even wealthier than their white counterparts. The college took the criticisms seriously, hiring Dalglish to help open UCC to the broader community. The decision to reverse the 2007 plan to eliminate boarding was made in part because of boarding's inherent ability to allow students from around

5934-500: The statue of the Lord Seaton, installed in 1934) is one building, built in 1932, that contains the two boarding houses, as well as two private residences for the associated boarding masters, adjacent to which is the school chapel, donated by Governor General Vincent Massey . Satellite to this complex are townhouse -style residences for masters and their families; the residence of the college's principal, Grant House, built in 1917; and

6020-538: The strategic plan for the school, the board of governors decided in 2007 to close the 180-year-old boarding programme, citing market changes and the neglect of boarding over preceding decades. However, students, the Old Boy community, and others associated with UCC reacted negatively to the announcement, leading the board to revisit its conclusion. It was subsequently decided that boarding should be retained, but only if, among other requirements, it housed no less than 60 students,

6106-403: The term), with Model UN and DECA being among the most popular. The UCC Green School is an environmental organization composed of student, teachers, and faculty, through which UCC has planted and maintained an educational organic garden, reduced landfill waste and water consumption, and implemented a program of purchasing renewable resources for renovations. The Green School has won awards from

6192-444: The time, despite its benefactors, UCC had no endowment. An emergency building fund was started and, with the assistance of Prince Philip , all of the necessary $ 3,200,000 was raised. Ted Rogers and his family paid for the clock tower, while Robert Laidlaw donated the funds necessary to build Laidlaw Hall. Construction of the present main building began in early 1959, and it was opened by former governor general Vincent Massey near

6278-594: The town of Norval, Ontario , on 420 acres (170 ha) of property on the Credit River . The land was used by First Nations as camping and hunting grounds and Huron and Iroquois travelled along the Credit to Lake Ontario to trade with Europeans. By the early 19th century, the land supported farming; many remnants of this use remain, including apple orchards and artifacts, some of which were unearthed by students during simulated archaeological digs. Norval's main purpose

6364-411: The world to attend UCC. The college's expansion of financial aid beginning in 2012 was intended to socioeconomically diversify the student body. Upper Canada College educates boys from Senior Kindergarten through to Grade Twelve . Graduates receive both the Ontario Secondary School Diploma and the International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma; UCC adopted the IB program in 1996 and the entire curriculum

6450-461: The world. Past speakers have included Mehdi Hasan , Ralph Nader , Stephen Lewis , Michael Ignatieff , Susan Faludi , Gwynne Dyer , Thomas Homer-Dixon , and Edward Snowden , and Martin Luther King III , all of whom have spoken on a variety of topics including human rights, gender issues, justice, globalization, and health ethics. The conference has also received letters of support from both

6536-405: Was appointed as visitor of UCC, a role in which he served until his death in 2021 , making him the longest-acting visitor in the College's history. He visited the college five times (in 1959, 1969, 1979, 1989, and 1993), aided two fundraising campaigns, and gave items to the school, including a signed cricket bat. During his 1959 visit to the school, Philip was made an honorary Old Boy and unveiled

6622-459: Was built in the 1930s and augmented in 1967 by another, larger residence and dining building known as Stephen House, which won a Massey Medal for excellence in architecture for the designer, Blake Millar. Stephen House contains a classroom and laboratory, in addition to the residential spaces for students and staff. There is also a bungalow-style residence for the property caretaker and in 2003 several log cabins were built for writing retreats. Into

6708-541: Was created by Empress Anna at Saint Petersburg in 1731. The Corps of Cadets was established at Warsaw for Lithuanian and Polish nobles in 1765 by King Stanisław August Poniatowski . Similar institutions comprise the Imperial Japanese Army Academy established in 1868. In the United States there are several types of institutions which have a cadet corps these include The colleges operated by

6794-602: Was created with public funds, including an initial land grant of 6,000 acres of crown lands, later increased to 66,000 acres. The school began teaching in the original Royal Grammar School . However, within a year, it was established on its own campus, known as Russell Square, at the north-west corner of King and Simcoe streets. Colborne brought educated men from the United Kingdom's Cambridge and Oxford Universities, attracting them with high salaries. Still, despite ever increasing enrolment, popularity with leading families of

6880-497: Was developed into an outdoor education centre for UCC students and community. Beginning in 1913, an annual picnic was held at Norval, the first being catered by the King Edward Hotel . As the land had originally been cleared for agricultural use, much of the site was open field until over 700,000 seedlings were planted by staff and students through the 1940s, followed by the creation of an arboretum in 1962. The first bunk house

6966-903: Was facing declining enrolment and capital; it considered selling the Deer Park campus and moving again to become a full boarding school on a property purchased in Norval, Ontario . Plans were halted by the outbreak of the First World War, and the college remained where it was. It eventually thrived there, both physically and culturally, as the buildings were expanded and bright instructors attracted. Principal William Grant spearheaded further development. Shortly after assuming his position in 1917, he oversaw recruitment of teachers described as "eccentric, crotchety, quaint, though widely travelled and highly intelligent." His tenure also saw other improvements. Student enrolment doubled, and bursaries increased. Teacher salaries also doubled, and their benefits now included

7052-453: Was founded in 1829 by Major-General Sir John Colborne (later the 1st Baron Seaton ), then Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada , in the hopes that it would serve as a feeder school to the newly established King's College (now known as the University of Toronto ). UCC was modelled on the public schools of Great Britain, such as Eton College . Though now an independent school, the college

7138-519: Was largely reorganised by officers like Ernst von Rüchel , Gerhard von Scharnhorst , August Neidhardt von Gneisenau , and Hermann von Boyen in the course of the 19th century Prussian Reforms . In 1878 the Hauptkadettenanstalt moved to Lichterfelde in the southwestern suburbs of Berlin. The aristocratic Ritter-Akademie ( knight academy ) in Liegnitz , Silesia , established in 1708, had

7224-425: Was later felt the provincial viceroy was associated too much to politics and the office of visitor was not mentioned in the 1901 act that altered the government of UCC. Prince Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII and then Duke of Windsor ), was in 1920 appointed as Upper Canada College's official visitor, at the Prince's request. The College Times wrote then: It will be a great pleasure to all to hear that

7310-472: Was named as the occupant, ex officio . Four years later, an act of the Upper Canada legislature outlined that the visitors of UCC would be the judges of His Majesty's Court of King's Bench. The role was then transferred in 1850 to the governor general of the Province of Canada , on behalf of Queen Victoria , until Confederation , after which the lieutenant governor of Ontario acted as visitor. However, it

7396-405: Was named for John "Gentle" Martland, a master at the College who was most well known for his reform of the boarding houses, making them into something more than simple residences. He toned down the rigid study regimes, cold dormitories, bland menus, and bullying, fostering instead more tolerating discipline, swift punishment for serious offenders, the occasional feast, and organised recreation. Wedd's

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