CA-K990Institutions
Father Henry Carr and St. Michael’s College
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Father Henry Carr, a priest of the Congregation of St. Basil, promoted Catholic colleges within secular universities in Canada. In the early 1900s he modernized St. Michael’s College, turning it into a noted arts college federated with the University of Toronto, and later led similar Catholic colleges at the universities of Saskatchewan and British Columbia. In 1929 he co-founded what became the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies.
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Carr as described in his designation.
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Father Henry Carr National Historic Person ↗
Parks Canada (Directory of Federal Heritage Designations)
Importance; plaque text