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Ryerson Polytechnical Institute
Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted March, 2004
Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted May, 2013
On the north side of Gould Street across from Bond Street stands a statue of Egerton Ryerson. Just to the west of the statue you can see this Ontario Heritage Trust plaque. Here's what it says:
Coordinates: 43.657967 -79.379167 |
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Named after the Reverend Egerton Ryerson founder of the province's educational system, the Ryerson Institute of Technology was established in 1948 to provide technological education for post-secondary school students. The buildings and many staff members of the former Toronto Training and Re-establishment Institute for veterans, located on this site, were transferred to the new institute. Diploma courses were offered in various schools of technology, commerce, and the applied arts, and the Institute rapidly became a leading centre for technical education in Ontario. In 1964 it was renamed Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, and administration was transferred from the Ontario Department of Education to a Board of Governors. Seven years later Ryerson became a degree-granting institution.
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> Posted September 13, 2009
I graduated in 1962 from then Ryerson Institute of Technology. It was a good and memorable experience and I met new friends there. We drank coffee and ate tarts at the union across the street.
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