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Create AccountUniversity of New Brunswick Chamber Music and All That Jazz Festival. Annual festival of concerts and workshops, organized in 1966 by Joseph Pach and Arlene Pach and held annually until 1983.
The University of Ottawa was founded in Bytown, Canada West, as the College of Bytown in 1848. Bishop Joseph Bruno Guigues, the first bishop of what would become Ottawa, Ontario, was the college’s patron. It was originally sited beside the Bishop’s seat, which remains the Notre Dame Cathedral on Sussex Drive. As the college grew, it moved to the university’s current location in Sandy Hill and off of Main Street. The Main Street campus, which is 2.5 km south of the main campus, now houses the University of Saint Paul.
The development of post-secondary education in Prince Edward Island can be traced back to the early years of the colony. A particular champion was Lieutenant-Governor Edmund Fanning (1786-1805).
The University of Regina's main campus and original College Avenue campus, covering 930 acres, are both located in Wascana Centre, one of the largest urban parks in North America. The University counts more than 14 000 full-time and part-time students.
Conservatory of Performing Arts (formerly the Regina Conservatory of Music; Conservatory of Music and Dance), University of Regina. Institution initiated as the music program of Regina College in 1911 and named the Conservatory of Music in 1912, with J.E. Hodgson as director.
The University of Saskatchewan was founded in 1907. In 1879 the Church of England (see Anglicanism) established Emmanuel College in Prince Albert to train in theology, classics and Indigenous languages. In 1883 it became known as the University of Saskatchewan.
University of Sudbury University of Sudbury, see Laurentian University.
The University of Toronto is Canada’s largest university. Situated in present-day Toronto, its origins go back as far as 1827. Over the course of its history, the university has trained many famous Canadian personalities. Today, the university has more than 93,000 students studying in over 80 departments.
University of Toronto, Opera Division (Royal Conservatory Opera School,1946-69; Opera Dept, Faculty of Music, University of Toronto 1969-78). The first opera classes at the TCM (RCMT) were those initiated by Ernest MacMillan in 1926 when he became principal there.
University of Toronto Quarterly began publication in Oct 1931 (though an undergraduate magazine of the same name appeared 1895-96). Its first editor, philosopher G.S.
The University of Victoria, in Victoria, BC, was founded in 1903 as Victoria College and affiliated with McGill University, offering first- and second-year arts and science courses towards a McGill degree.
The University of Waterloo is a public research university whose main campus is located in Waterloo, Ontario. Founded in 1957, the institution received its Ontario charter in 1959. It began as a nondenominational engineering and science faculty associated with the University of Western Ontario.
Ontario's third largest university, Western University was founded in 1878 as the Western University of London, a denominational school of the Church of England.
The University of Windsor's iconic Dillon Hall, formerly the Assumption College building, was built in 1928 and is named for Rev. Daniel Dillon who was president of Assumption from 1922 to 1928 (courtesy University of Windsor).University of Windsor The University of Windsor in WINDSOR, Ont, was founded in 1963. The university began as Assumption College, founded in 1857 by Reverend Pierre Point (pastor of Assumption Parish) to provide a liberal education. In 1858 it received its...
View of the University of Winnipeg (courtesy University of Winnipeg).University of Winnipeg The University of Winnipeg, in Winnipeg, was established in 1967 from the former United College, then a member college of UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA and affiliated with the UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA. United College was founded in 1938 through the amalgamation of Manitoba College (founded in 1871 by the PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH) and Wesley College (founded in 1888 by the METHODIST Church). The University of...
