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Building of the Cégep Garneau, Québec City.
CA-K1203Institutions

Cégep Garneau, Québec City

The Collège d’enseignement général et professionnel François-Xavier-Garneau was created in August 1969 from the Collège des Jésuites, the École normale Mérici and the École normale Laval, starting with 550 students. In 2012 it chose to call itself a cégep and adopted Garneau as its key name; it honours the historian François-Xavier Garneau.

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INRS building, Québec City.
CA-K1198Institutions

Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS)

The Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) was founded by the Government of Quebec in 1969 to contribute to Quebec society through research and graduate training. It awarded the very first doctorate granted in the Université du Québec network.

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Carleton University campus, 2022.
CA-K1192Institutions

Carleton University, Ottawa

Carleton College was established in Ottawa in 1942 to expand access to higher education, including for young people working to support themselves after the Great Depression. The Ottawa Association for the Advancement of Learning was formed on June 18, 1942, to operate the college, with Henry Marshall Tory among its leaders.

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The Schlegel Centre at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo.
CA-K1189Institutions

Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo

Wilfrid Laurier University traces its roots to the Evangelical Lutheran Seminary, opened in Waterloo in 1911. Known for a time as Waterloo Lutheran University, it took its present name in 1973, opened a Brantford campus in 1999 and welcomed its first Milton students in September 2024.

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Alumni Hall, University of Windsor.
CA-K1188Institutions

University of Windsor and Assumption College

The University of Windsor’s story began in September 1857, when the first students arrived at its predecessor, Assumption College. Assumption admitted its first women students in 1950 and, on July 1, 1953, ended its affiliation with the University of Western Ontario and gained its own university powers by an act of the Ontario Legislature.

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University College, Western University, London.
CA-K1187Institutions

Western University, London

Western University was founded on March 7, 1878, by Bishop Isaac Hellmuth as The Western University of London Ontario, and first admitted students in 1881 in arts, divinity, law and medicine. It bought its present campus from the Kingsmill family in 1916 and was renamed The University of Western Ontario in 1923. Brescia University College fully integrated with Western in 2024.

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OCAD University’s Sharp Centre for Design at night.
CA-K1181Institutions

OCAD University, Toronto

OCAD University began in Toronto as the Ontario School of Art in 1876, founded by the Ontario Society of Artists with 14 registered students. It was incorporated as the Ontario College of Art in 1912 and adopted the OCAD University name in 2010. The Sharp Centre for Design opened in 2004.

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Tyndale University, Toronto.
CA-K1180Institutions

Tyndale University, Toronto

Tyndale University traces its origins to the Toronto Bible Training School, founded in 1894. It adopted the name Tyndale College & Seminary in 1998; Ontario legislation authorized its arts degrees in 2003 under the name Tyndale University College & Seminary.

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Redeemer University, Ancaster.
CA-K1179Institutions

Redeemer University, Ancaster

Redeemer University grew out of the Ontario Christian College Association, founded in 1976 with a Reformed constitution. In 1980 the Ontario Legislature passed the Redeemer College Act, recognizing Redeemer Reformed Christian College and its charter.

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