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Trent University was originally founded in 1963, as a public, non-denominational university in the town of Peterborough, in Ontario’s Trent Valley. In 1964 it had only 100 students. The university consists of several individual colleges. The first was Catherine Parr Traill College, the home of the university’s Modern Languages, Canadian Studies, Cultural Studies and English […]
The University of Prince Edward Island – UPEI – was founded in 1820 as Kent College. It was later named Prince of Wales College. Another institution that was to become an important part of UPEI, the Central Academy, received the UK’s Royal Charter in 1834. By 1860 the Colleges were merged under the name of […]
Wilfrid Laurier University was founded by the Lutheran Synod in 1910 as the Evangelical Lutheran Theological Seminary of Eastern Canada. The same institution bean offering non-religious courses in 1914 under the name Waterloo College School. Ten years later, the Waterloo College of Arts was formally created, and was soon affiliated with the University of Western […]
Carleton University was founded in 1942 as a non-denominational college, partially funded by charitable donations from around the Ottawa community. It was an attempt to revitalise the community at the end of the Great Depression by giving young people who were already in the work force access to better education and employment prospects. Though its […]
The University of New Brunswick is not only the oldest English speaking university in Canada, it is among the oldest public universities in the Americas. Its first campus was founded in 1785 at Fredericton. At the time, the institution was known as the Academy of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The name changed to the College […]
The University of Lethbridge is unique in that it offers students of all levels the chance to work beside some of the tip researchers in Canada in state of the art facilities like the Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience and highly accredited institutions like the Dhillon School of Business. It is also the only school […]
Seneca College was founded just over 50 years ago, in 1967. Its beginnings were humble, though it began to grow quickly. Its first building still stands in what is now known as Newham Campus. Ground was broken for its second campus in Buttonville at the same time, this one dedicated to its still thriving aviation […]
The University of Winnipeg’s history goes back nearly 150 years to its two founding institutions – Wesley College (founded 1888) and Manitoba College (founded 1871). In 1938 these two schools merged to form United College. This institution was associated with the University of Manitoba until 1967, when it received its charter and became the University […]