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Woodsworth, James Shaver Woodsworth, James Shaver, Methodist minister, social worker, politician (b at Etobicoke, Ont 29 July 1874; d at Vancouver 21 Mar 1942). Woodsworth moved to Brandon, Man, in 1885 where his father became superintendent of Methodist missions in the Northwest. Woodsworth was the spokesman for these people and for the unionists and farmers who looked to the CCF. www.canadianencyclopedia.ca /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&ArticleId=A0008704

Woodsworth College - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Woodsworth College, named after politician and clergyman James Shaver Woodsworth (1874-1942), is a college within the University of Toronto. Known as the Woodsworth Residence, it is a 17 storey glass tower housing 371 students. Since 2000, Woodsworth has embarked on 'direct entry,' where students are accepted directly from high school. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Woodsworth_College   (282 words)

J. S. Woodsworth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia J.S. Woodsworth is regarded as a seminal influence on Canadian social policy, and many of the social concepts he pioneered are represented in contemporary programs such as social assistance and medicare, which are held as fundamentally important across the Canadian political spectrum today. Woodsworth's memory is held in great respect in Canada, despite the fact that the party he founded, today called the New Democratic Party, has largely abandoned his idealistic vision of a socialist Canada. Woodsworth left All People's in 1913 to accept an appointment as Secretary of the Canadian Welfare League. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Woodsworth   (282 words)

Woodsworth - Sask New Democrats Woodsworth returned to Canada in July, 1900 and went on to Brandon Manitoba where on August 26, he was ordained as a Methodist minister. James Shaver Woodsworth's lifetime of work affected the life of every Canadian during his career as a church minister, as a social worker and as a Member of Parliament. During his time on the west coast, Woodsworth joined the longshoremen's union, helped organize the Federated Labour Party of British Columbia and wrote for the labour paper. www.saskndp.com /history/woodsworth.html   (282 words)

J. S. Woodsworth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The oldest of six children, Woodsworth was born in Applewood Farm, near Toronto, Ontario, to Esther and James Woodsworth. J.S. Woodsworth is regarded as a seminal influence on Canadian social policy, and many of the social concepts he pioneered are represented in contemporary programs such as social assistance and medicare, which are held as fundamentally important across the Canadian political spectrum today. James Shaver Woodsworth (July 29, 1874– March 21, 1942) was a pioneer in the Canadian social democratic movement. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Shaver_Woodsworth   (1632 words)

James Shaver Woodsworth James Shaver Woodsworth was born on July 29th, 1874 at Applewood Farm near Toronto Woodsworth didn’t live in the area for long, though, because in 1882, when young James was only Woodsworth was just about to give up but then he was offered the post of the superintendent of the www.k12.nf.ca /gc/SocialStudies/chist1201/webpages/Kristie%20Ann%20Morgan/webpage1.html   (1632 words)

J.S Woodsworth James Shaver Woodsworth was born in Ontario in 1874. Woodsworth's writings attracted the attention of social reformers across the country, and in 1913 he left Winnipeg to become Secretary of the Canadian Welfare League for all of the western provinces. Woodsworth too was arrested, but in the end, the charges were never prosecuted. timelinks.merlin.mb.ca /referenc/db0031.htm   (1632 words)

Historic Authors: James Shaver Woodsworth (1874-1942) Woodsworth was involved in the creation of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and became House Leader of the seven CCF members elected to Ottawa in 1935. Although his involvement in the Winnipeg General Strike was minimal, his strike work and his subsequent arrest made Woodsworth's reputation among supporters of labour, and he was elected to Parliament from Winnipeg North Centre in 1921 as an Independent Labour candidate, serving the riding until his death. There Woodsworth worked chiefly with new immigrants, his efforts and ideas discussed in his books Strangers within Our Gates (1909) and My Neighbour (1911). www.mbwriter.mb.ca /mapindex/w_profiles/hist_woodsworth.html   (1632 words)

News@UofT -- New Woodsworth residence opens -- May 7, 2004 Founded in 1974, the college is named after James Shaver Woodsworth (1874-1942), an advocate for social justice, member of parliament and founder of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), the forerunner of the New Democratic Party. Woodsworth College, one of seven colleges in the Faculty of Arts and Science, has grown to house the largest student body in the faculty, says Pekka Sinervo, dean of arts and science. Woodsworth College serves 6,300 full and part-time students and is celebrating its 30th anniversary. www.news.utoronto.ca /bin5/040507b.asp   (541 words)

Encyclopedia: University of Toronto 30 km to the west the Erindale College was established in Mississauga and University of Toronto at Scarborough was established 30 km to the east in that suburb. George campus is the University of Toronto at Mississauga (UTM) or Erindale College in suburban Mississauga. University College is the name of the original portion of the University of Toronto from before federation. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/University-of-Toronto   (627 words)

National Report 1999 :: University of Toronto - Colleges U of T's colleges are good places to mature, says Jana Luker, dean of students at University College. Colleges have a tradition of creating their own academic programs, lecture series, scholarships, bursaries and library collections, all of which add value to the active, small- town environment peopled by a community of students and staff. Some of the colleges have been part of the university landscape for many years (like St. Michael's, which opened in 1852, and Victoria, which moved from Cobourg in 1892) while others are relatively recent additions to the map (New College in 1962, Scarborough in 1965). www.nationalreport.utoronto.ca /national/1999/colleges.htm   (414 words)

Varsity News -- Woodsworth students go on refund rush Woodsworth students have one week left to obtain a refund from the controversial new $30.00 levy included with their tuition this year for the first time. The controversy stems from the implementation of Woodsworth College's own branch of the Ontario Student Opportunity Trust Fund, a provincial government initiative designed to raise money for student aid whereby every dollar donated from a private source will be matched by the government. Concerns were raised in the spring of 1997 when Woodsworth students voted against the $30.00 levy in a referendum. www.varsity.utoronto.ca /archives/119/oct13/news/woodsworth.html   (458 words)

Learn more about University of Toronto in the online encyclopedia. In practice, however, they are simply residential in nature and, while U of T's colleges are based on the college system in use at Oxford and Cambridge, they do not have tutors as such. It is bounded by Spadina Avenue to the west, Bloor Street to the north, Queen's Park Crescent to the east, and College Street to the south. Every arts and science student at U of T is a member of one of its seven "colleges" (the federated universities and constituent colleges), which acts, ideally, as a smaller-scale intellectual and social community for its members. www.onlineencyclopedia.org /u/un/university_of_toronto.html   (657 words)

2005-2006 Faculty of Arts and Science Calendar Woodsworth College was formally constituted in 1974 to offer credit courses primarily for part-time students in a number of faculties. The Woodsworth College Residence provides students with an exceptional residential experience in a modern building that is conveniently located, close to classrooms, libraries, athletic facilities and the subway. J. Guillaume, BA, MS New College, established in 1962, is open to students of all Faculties and Schools in the University. www.artsandscience.utoronto.ca /ofr/calendar/colleges.htm   (1869 words)

Choosing a College - Faculty of Arts & Science, University of Toronto Woodsworth College is a blend of Victorian and modern architecture, conveniently located at the corner of St. George and Bloor Streets. The college has been proud of its twin traditions of academic strength and openness to diversity since it was founded in 1853 as the "Provincial College" to provide university education in Ontario without regard to privilege. A small college with 1,500 students, Trinity is known for student academic achievement, active student life, and a strong sense of community and public service. www.collegechoice.artsci.utoronto.ca /collegechoice2.html   (563 words)

Profile: Alex Waugh and Woodsworth College -- When the doors of Woodsworth College close behind Alex Waugh when he retires in June, he can be confident that during his 32 years of service he helped open doors for others - expanding both their educational and esthetic experience here on campus and in the world. For Waugh, the vice-principal and registrar of Woodsworth, expanding opportunities for the college's many part-time students - and helping create an inspired physical space for all at U of T to enjoy - has been the raison d'etre of his career. He is currently involved in a residence building project that will house 375 Woodsworth students at St. George and Bloor, replacing the older graduate residence. www.newsandevents.utoronto.ca /bin/000515a.asp   (700 words)

Summer Abroad Programs - University of Toronto, Woodsworth College Woodsworth College Residence, 321 Bloor St. West (S-E corner of St. George and Bloor) www.summerabroad.utoronto.ca /index.php/home/C57/home   (341 words)

James Shaver Woodsworth - Canadian Heritage Gallery James Shaver Woodsworth (1874-1942), a Methodist minister and a city-mission leader in the Winnipeg slums, became a supporter of trade-union collectivism and was a member of parliament, 1921-1933. Click here to view a larger picture; to return, use your browser's back button. You can order reproductions of this image as a Print, suitable for framing, produced on 38# photo-quality paper. www.canadianheritage.org /reproductions/20870.htm   (341 words)

Admissions We are one of the seven undergraduate Colleges on the downtown campus of the University of Toronto. Victoria College offers its members the benefits of a vibrant social and intellectual community of students and scholars with all the advantages of Canada's pre-eminent research university. All students enrolled in the Faculty of Arts and Science have membership in one of the Colleges. vicu.utoronto.ca /Registrar/Admissions/admissions.htm   (143 words)

J. S. Woodsworth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia James Shaver Woodsworth (July 29, 1874 – March 21, 1942) was a pioneer in the Canadian social democratic movement. The oldest of six children, Woodsworth was born in Applewood Farm, near Toronto, Ontario, to Esther and James Woodsworth. J.S. Woodsworth is regarded as a seminal influence on Canadian social policy, and many of the social concepts he pioneered are represented in contemporary programs such as social assistance and medicare, which are held as fundamentally important across the Canadian political spectrum today. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Shaver_Woodsworth   (1602 words)

U. of T. The Bulletin, March 8, 1999, Articles Woodsworth’s fourth principal, and the first woman to hold the position, Hildyard speaks with a soft British accent. For Angela Hildyard, Woodsworth College’s new principal, there was never any doubt that her life would be devoted to education. Woodsworth has traditionally been known as a college for the part-time student, “but if you check the numbers now, you’ll find we have almost as many full-time students as some of the other colleges.” www.newsandevents.utoronto.ca /bin/bulletin/mar8_99/art9.htm   (773 words)

Woodsworth College Students who miss a term test will be assigned a mark of zero for that test unless, within one week of the test date, they submit to the instructor a written request for special consideration explaining the reason for missing the test and attaching appropriate documentation (a medical certificate or college registrar's note). www.economics.utoronto.ca /hosios/E202SUM.htm   (312 words)

U of T Magazine -- University of Toronto The project, which is associated with the university's Department of English, and Victoria College's Centre for Medieval Studies and Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, has published 24 volumes about the medieval and Renaissance worlds of theatre, minstrelsy and public ceremonies in England before 1642. Ivey, who became principal shortly after the college's inception, says the scholarship is "more than a gift to students" as it reflects the very essence of the college and the people associated with it. Since the establishment of the college in 1962, faculty and students have made a tremendous contribution toward student support. www.magazine.utoronto.ca /05spring/gifts.asp   (1806 words)

Eye - Shoe baron kicks up stink over U of T residence - 01.10.02 The ruckus is over plans for a new 360-bed Woodsworth College residence on the southeast corner of St. George and Bloor, across from the Bata Shoe Museum. Bata says she's not opposed to students living on the Woodsworth residence site: that's a point she couldn't win before the OMB anyway, since zoning already allows a student residence there. Specifically, Bata doesn't want a proposed university-clothing store to go on the ground level of the new Woodsworth College residence, nor student retail like fast food and copy shops to go on the streetscape of the other impending residence towers. www.eye.net /eye/issue/issue_01.10.02/news/bata.html   (843 words)

ICPC International Observer University of Toronto, Centre of Criminology and Woodsworth College invite applications for a tenure-stream joint appointment at the rank of assistant professor. As the appointment is shared (60% Criminology, 40% Woodsworth College), the appointee will be expected to teach courses in the undergraduate programme in criminology at Woodsworth College and in the graduate programme at the Centre of Criminology. The successful candidate will have a doctorate in the social sciences, humanities, or law; and research and teaching interests in policing, security, and criminal justice institutions. www.crime-prevention-intl.org /io_old/english/news/openings_n23.htm   (248 words)

Varsity News -- Carefree frosh week not for everyone Because of its constituency, Woodsworth College's office of student services supplements the traditional approach to orientation with one which focuses on skills development. "The perception seems to be that only graduate students or Woodsworth students or part time students are the only ones with children." But a mother of four who is entering her second year of full time studies at University College, says although her welcoming through the transitional year program orientation last year was very useful, she still has a hard time. www.varsity.utoronto.ca:16080 /archives/118/sep08/news/frosh.html   (555 words)

Woodsworth College - Alumni Woodsworth College values the important role our alumni play in supporting and strengthening the College and acting as its ambassadors. The Woodsworth College Students' Association and the Alumni Association are sponsoring this event. Events: The AAWC organizes the annual Woodsworth College Booksale to raise funds for student aid and volunteers are always needed to staff this highly successful event. www.wdw.utoronto.ca /index.php?fuseaction=advancement_alumni.alumni   (499 words)

JS Woodsworth J.S. Woodsworth was a clergyman, social reformer, member of parliament, and founder of the Canadian Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and a remarkable Canadian. The J.S. Woodsworth Program is an integral part of the Department of Humanities at SFU, providing direct support for undergraduate courses, enriching the student experience with special lectures and symposia, and bringing to the campus outstanding scholars both as visitors and as holders of the J. Woodsworth Chair in the Humanities, Alan Whitehorn and Ed Broadbent, have offered a wide range of undergraduate courses including Modern Political Ideologies, Citizenship and the Welfare State, Politics and Literature and a special course on J.S. Woodsworth and the History and Philosophy of the CCF/NDP. www.sfu.ca /humanities/jsw.htm   (372 words)

Agreement between the University of Siena and the University of Toronto The existence of the Siena-Toronto Centre (Centro di Coordinamento dell'Attività di Ricerca Toronto-Siena - CCARTS) was ratified with an act of the Board of Administrators of the University of Siena on the 25th of June 1991, in conformity with the 6th paragraph of the Agreement between the University of Siena and the University of Toronto. The Universities of Siena and Toronto, through Woodsworth College, pledge to maintain the exchange program of visiting professors under conditions to be agreed upon as the need pertains. The University of Toronto pledges that Woodsworth College will make available the same facilities and services for summer courses which the University of Siena may wish to offer on the University of Toronto campus, with appropriate notice. www.unisi.it /ricerca/centri/sietor/tortexts/conveng1.htm   (1597 words)

University of Toronto Woodsworth College Photo Gallery Woodsworth College just opened its first residence at the key intersection of Bloor Street and St. George Street, the northern gateway to the historic St. George Campus. All photos were taken on May 30, 2004. Students will live in an air-conditioned suite-style residence with private single bedrooms. www.geocities.com /asiaglobe/gallery/to-woodsworth.htm   (74 words)

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