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  Encyclopedia: Guelph, Ontario
Guelph (pronounced gwělf) (2004 population 125,872, metropolitan population 155,635) is a city located in southwestern Ontario, Canada, roughly 100 kilometres west of downtown Toronto along Ontario provincial highway 401.
Guelph is also notable for its indie rock scene, which has spawned some of Canada's most important indie bands, including King Cobb Steelie, Royal City, and The Constantines.
Guelph's current population is estimated to be around 125,872 and is projected to have a population around 153,000 by the year 2027.
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Illinois Institute of Technology Illinois Institute of Technology, in Chicago; coeducational; founded 1940 by a merger of Armour Institute of Technology (founded 1892) and Lewis Institute (1896).
The National Institute of Arts and Letters, founded in 1898, served as the parent body for the American Academy of Arts and Letters, founded in 1904, until the two were amalgamated in 1976.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, at Blacksburg; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered and opened 1872 as an agricultural and mechanical college.
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 GCVI - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute (GCVI) is the third oldest continuously operating high school in the province of Ontario, Canada.
The school was founded in the early eighteen hundreds by John Galt (founder of Guelph, Ontario) and originally housed in a small four window building known as the Priory.
Following the 140th reunion in 1994, the GCVI Community decided to maintain their alumni committee and begin the planning for a reunion in 2004 to mark the 150th anniversary of the Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute.
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 W. Frye Colwill and Turn of the Century Guelph
Guelph's industrial growth during the first decade of the new century took place primarily in St. Patrick's Ward, usually simply referred to as "the Ward", stimulated in part by the development practices of a local entrepreneur, J.W. Lyon.
And in the field of urban services, Guelph was a leader in the move toward municipal ownership of public utilities, led by aggressive entrepreneurs such as Lyon and G.B. Ryan, who vigorously led the city's takeover of the streetcar, water and sewer, and electric power systems.
Guelph was one of the earliestof one hundred and eleven Ontario communities to receive a library grant from Andrew Carnegie as part of his massive support for free libraries early in the twentieth century.
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 2003 Guelph Arts Council Youth Awards
This past year, nine deserving students from Guelph high schools were presented with a cash award and a hand-lettered citation designed by local calligrapher Susan Nelson.
In 1994 this fund was increased by an endowment from R.E. Smith and D.C. Jordan in support of the award for Centennial Collegiate.
She also contributed at Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, and was a member of the Guelph Youth Singers from 1995 to 2003.
www.guelphartscouncil.org /2004/youth_2004-01-16.html   (804 words)

  
 Module 12
At this point in our study of Guelph, however, it should be possible to define some elements of Guelph's character in terms of what the city does for a living, and the ethnic mix of its population, as well as the more personal aspects such as ideas and attitudes.
The Guelph Civic Museum's permanent displays effectively portray some of the character of earlier periods of Guelph's history, and the Museum staff is now doing new research into the history of some of the ethnic and racial groups that have made up Guelph's population.
Guelph is not being swallowed up by larger places in a physical sense, nor has it become a part of some larger regional political jurisdiction.
www.uoguelph.ca /history/urban/mod12.html   (7284 words)

  
 2004 Guelph Arts Council Youth Awards
For over twenty years, Guelph Arts Council has acknowledged the excellence, creativity and talent of local youth in the performing and/or visual arts through the Youth Awards Program.
This past year, six deserving students from Guelph's high schools were presented with a cash award in recognition of their efforts.
She served on Centennial Forum, organizing cultural and social events in the school.
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 Guelph/Fergus/Elora Arts -- Brought to You by whatsUP.ca
Founded in 1985, the Guelph guild has tripled in size and has 50 members, some of whom travel from Hamilton, Kitchener-Waterloo and Cambridge to attend guild meetings.
Geills was born in Guelph in 1878 and was the fourth child of David and Janet McCrae.
She attended Central Public School and Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute and on December 21, 1905, married James Frederick (Fred) Kilgour.
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 George Drew - free-definition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Drew, a former mayor of the City of Guelph, became leader of the Conservative Party of Ontario in 1938.
Drew won by responding to the mood of the times, and running on a relatively left-wing platform, promising such radical reforms as free dental care and universal health care.
Drew was strident in his criticism of the federal Liberal government of William Lyon Mackenzie King, attacking its leadership in the Canadian war effort, chastising it during the Conscription Crisis of 1944 for not instituting full conscription, and accusing it of attempting to centralize power.
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 guelpharts.ca: News and Media: Doors Open Guelph 2005
A joint undertaking of Guelph Arts Council, Guelph Visitor and Convention Services and Heritage Guelph, Doors Open Guelph 2005 is also supported by the City of Guelph and is part of Doors Open Ontario, an Ontario Heritage Foundation province-wide initiative to celebrate community heritage.
Situated on a hill overlooking downtown Guelph, this church is the most visible and recognizable symbol of Guelph's architectural heritage.
Johnston Hall, an imposing Collegiate Gothic limestone building, is the centrepiece of the University of Guelph's front campus.
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 The Gordon Couling Home Page
In 1949 he became a lecturer and assistant professor of art and home planning at the MacDonald Institute, Federated College of Ontario, although he did not have his PhD, his life and work experience, as well as his OCA schooling, were sufficient to have him hired.
He was such a success as a lecturer and assistant professor that in 1965 he was promoted to full-fledged professor in the Department of Fine Art, when the three colleges (MacDonald Institute, Ontario Agricultural College and Wellington College) had combined to become the University of Guelph.
Chairman of the Guelph and Wellington County Branch of the Architectural Conservatory, 1969-75
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 Nunatsiaq News
Hard, but inspiring, lessons are what the 20 Grade 10 and 11 students and three supervisors from Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute experienced while living with Pond Inlet students and families.
On the third day, the Guelph students and their 20 Pond Inlet counterpart huddled onto qamutiks and jostled toward the underground ice caves, first stopping at an old grave site.
As the trip rolled to a close, the Guelph students were shaking their heads at their good fortune.
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 Genealogical Research
Guelph: Wellington County Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society, 2002.
For the City of Guelph there are plot records (transcriptions of office records associated with burials) and monumental inscriptions (transcriptions of words that appear on the gravestones in cemeteries) for Woodlawn Cemetery, as well as indexes and inscriptions for the Catholic cemeteries.
Also available are births, deaths, and marriage notices and transcriptions compiled from the Guelph Advertiser 1847-1849, Herald 1850-1851, and the Guelph Herald and Wellington District Advertiser and the Guelph Weekly Herald 1842-1906.
www.library.guelph.on.ca /localhistory/genealogy.cfm   (820 words)

  
 Fonds Description
Hugh Douglass, a noted Guelph educator, artist, and local historian, was born outside Alymer in Elgin County, Ontario on October 22, 1914 and died near Atglen, Pennsylvania on December 8, 1991.
Educated at the University of Toronto, Douglass taught art and French at Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute between 1955 and 1965.
He founded the Guelph Historical Society in 1960, and acted as president for a number of years.
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 GuelphMercury120204   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Grade 12 student joined 400 other “high risk’ students in a drumming circle at Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute yesterday.
During the entire School day, the pounding of 100 drums burst through the cracks in the high school gymnasium walls and vibrated the floor.
Badoe, who moved to Guelph from Ghana 12 years ago, holds drumming circles at the University of
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 Canadian star shines in Youngstown - The Jambar - Sports and Recreation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Guelph, Ontario, has a population of more than 100,000 residents and is rapidly growing as one of Canada's leading metropolitan areas.
At the top of her novel of softball accomplishments comes the Guelph native's most recent accolade.
It was in her junior year in high school when YSU Head Coach Christy Cameron began the recruiting process.
www.thejambar.com /media/paper324/news/2004/10/21/SportsAndRecreation/Canadian.Star.Shines.In.Youngstown-774881.shtml   (786 words)

  
 French contest winner off to France
Norquay was awarded a one-month stay at the Summer Language Institute at the University of Tours in France.
Janis Croteau, of Pauline Johnson Collegiate and Vocational Institute in Brantford, was third, winning a $250 scholarship.
Croteau was co-winner of the Carl A. Pollock Award for the highest mark in the contest's oral component, along with Blake Kennedy of Guelph Collegiate and Vocational Institute.
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 The Eclectic Caver » Gloomy tunnels under Guelph   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
In the middle of Guelph there is a high hill, “The Church of our Lady”, an imposing gothic cathedral, crowns it.
This dip demarcates the base of the hill upon which the cathedral stands, it can be seen to run up from the nearby railway embankment in a sinuous, meandering depression, past Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute, and up to exhibition Park.
As Jeremy Chute, a Guelph cartographer points out, to manage space and storm water better, urban planners generally bury urban creeks in culverts and in this way they can build over them forgetting they are even there.
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 Thames Valley Renegades -- Girls Fastball   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Carolyn is a Grade 11 Student at Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute in Guelph.
Outside of school, Carolyn began playing T-Ball at the age of five, she continued into softball and her coaches persuaded her to try out for the Guelph Competitive team.
She joined the Guelph Gators at the age of 10, as a first year Squirt.
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 Guelph.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
GCVI is the oldest high school in Guelph.
John McCrae is beautifully situated on the Speed River and city park areas with a large play area of grass, maple trees, wild flower garden, playing fields and modern playground equipment.
The University of Guelph is ranked the best quality university in Ontario and second in Canada among comprehensive universities by Maclean's magazine.
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 Trigenics Practitioner, Chiropractor, Strengthening and Conditioning, Rehabilitation
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McAllister’s journey in healthcare began as a co-op student at the Homewood Sanitarium in Guelph, Ontario while attending high school at The Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute.
He has also attained his Clinical Orthotic Technician Certification in 1997, and was board certified as a National Classifier for Equestrian Riders with the International Para-Olympic Equestrian Committee in 1998, and has passed his boards as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist with the NSCA in 2001.
McAllister was also a member of the medical team for the 2002 Ontario Winter Games in Guelph, and was the medical director for the 2002 Toronto International Bodybuilding Championships, as well as participating as the medical director for the World Team Strongman Competition in Wasaga Beach, Ontario in 2002.
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 Cortney Patteson :: Profile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
tallied her first collegiate hit March 6 versus UNC-Wilmington.
Coached by Dave Vallance as a member of the Guelph Gators Fastpitch Team.
Guelph C.V.I.’s Most Valuable Player and captain as a senior.
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 World War 1 and 2 - John Kenneth Macalister
John Macalister graduated the Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute (GCVI) and from the University of Toronto, then as a Rhodes Scholar studied at Oxford University.
He was expanding his education further at the Institute of Corporate Law in Paris, France when World War II began in 1939.
Macalister tried to join the infantry but his eyesight was such that he needed thick glasses and as such could not be placed on active duty.
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 GCVI biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
John Diefenbaker had replaced George Alexander Drew (a former GCVI Student) as leader of the Conservative Party less than a year before becoming Prime Minister in 1957.
During the Ontario provincial elections of 1943 and 1948, both the Premier (George Alexander Drew) and Opposition Leader (Ed Joliffe) were former GCVI Students, so regardless of who won the election the Premier of Ontario would have been a student at Guelph Collegiate.
George Alexander Drew was the second GCVI student to hold the position of Federal Leader of the Opposition, following Hugh Guthrie, who held the post for little under a year in the early half of the 1900?s.
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 Graham Nasby - C.V.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The program at Guelph, entitled Engineering Systems and Computing, has a strong concentration in both software and hardware design, while also providing a solid engineering education.
Soon after it attracted the attention of the University of Guelph's Office of Research, who decided to help work towards patenting the design.
However, in the final stages of the of the patenting process it was discovered that a Japanese firm had independently filed an international patent for a similar design less than a year earlier, so the project had to be abandoned.
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 St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church - Kitchener Ontario Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Due to a decrease in religious vocations, the convent was sold in 1970.
A member of Sacred Heart parish there, he was educated at Sacred Heart Separate School and Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute.
He studied for the priesthood at St. Augustine's Seminary, Toronto, and was ordained May 26, 1956, at the Cathedral of Christ the King by Bishop Joseph F. Ryan.
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 Doors Open Ontario - Doors Open Guelph 2005
Doors Open Guelph 2005 is a collaborative initiative of Guelph Arts Council, Guelph Visitor and Convention Services and Heritage Guelph.
The stone arch and oak doors from the original collegiate form an impressive entrance to the auditorium
Johnston Hall, an imposing Collegiate Gothic limestone building, is the centrepiece of the university’s front campus.
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 Mirago : Regional: North America: Canada: Ontario: Localities: G: Guelph: Education: Secondary Schools
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Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute - Offers a school profile, list of student services, clubs, and sports activities.
Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute - Provides links, lists events, gives information about the school, its clubs, councils and the alumni.
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