Sir Wilfrid Laurier Collegiate Institute

Public high school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Sir Wilfrid Laurier Collegiate Institute, initially known as Guildwood Secondary School is a high school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.^[2] It is located in the Guildwood neighbourhood in the southern part of the former suburb of Scarborough. It is named in honour of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the seventh Prime Minister of Canada. The school was established by the Scarborough Board of Education, and is now part of the Toronto District School Board. The motto of the school Hoc Tempus est Tibi which translates into English as "This Time is for You".

History

In 1962, the Scarborough Board of Education acquired the 14.2-acre site for Guildwood Secondary School at a cost of $303,751.00.^[3] A year later, Guildwood was renamed to Sir Wilfrid Laurier Collegiate Institute, after Canada's seventh prime minister, Sir Wilfrid Laurier.

Construction for Laurier began in 1964 and opened on September 7, 1965, as its twelfth collegiate in Scarborough. The building was designed by architects Hugh L. Allward and George P. Gouinlock with Bennett and Pratt its contractors. The original school building featured 23 standard classrooms, 1 art room, 1 music room, 5 science labs, 1 library, 2 home economics, 1 vocational shop, 3 typing rooms, auditorium, 2 gymnasiums, cafeteria, 2 geography rooms and 1 business machines room.^[4]

Additions consisted of a second gymnasium in 1970, academic wing in 1972 and a pool in 1975. The school has a capacity of 1416 students and its enrolment has been rising to the point where the school is slightly over capacity,^[1] despite an overall trend in the Toronto District School Board of declining student enrolment. The population is diverse, with about 40% speaking a primary language other than English and 15% having lived in Canada for less than 5 years.

Academics

Laurier's academic reputation has been making progress in the last few years. In 2006, Laurier was recognized for making the greatest progress to its literacy program in Ontario by bringing its literacy rate among its students up 9% to 83%, and in 2007^[5] gained certification as an IB World School. The internationally respected International Baccalaureate Programme is offered to students in their Grade 11 and 12 years, in rough alignment with regular Ontario high school credits allowing students to obtain both an IB Diploma and an OSSD. Students take "Pre-IB" courses in Grade 9 and 10 before entering the IB program in Grade 11. All IB exams are marked internationally by an external marker ensuring consistency among all IB Candidates.

Notable alumni

Bruce Bell - NHL defenceman for the Quebec Nordiques, St. Louis Blues and New York Rangers.
Shaquille Murray-Lawrence — Former CFL football player and member of the Canadian 4 man Bobsled Team
Joel Ward – NHL forward for the Washington Capitals, Nashville Predators and Minnesota Wild.^[6]
Dave Lumley – NHL forward for several Stanley Cup champion Edmonton Oilers teams
Dianne Buckner – Host of CBC Television's Venture and Dragons' Den
Denis Simpson – actor and singer. Performed as a member of The Nylons and the TV program the Polka Dot Door.
Paul Bernardo – serial rapist and murderer^[7]
Carol Klimpel – Olympic swimmer
Daniel Mullings – basketball player

References

^ ^a ^b Brown, Louise (31 January 2015). "Behind the schools on the closings hit list". Toronto Star. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
^ "Sir Wilfrid Laurier Collegiate Institute". Archived from the original on 2011-09-16.
^ "MINUTES AND APPENDIX of the METROPOLITAN SCHOOL BOARD 1962" (PDF). METROPOLITAN SCHOOL BOARD. p. 221. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
^ http://www.metropolicyarchive.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/HSS-1146450-1963D_MSBT-Minutes-1963.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ "EQAO School and School Board Profiles and Reports". Archived from the original on 2013-01-22. Retrieved 2012-10-23.
^ "Blue Devils Alumni - Sir Wilfrid Laurier C.I." Archived from the original on 2014-01-21. Retrieved 2013-07-25.
^ Fowles, Stacey May (7 July 2016). "Boy Next Door: Growing up in the shadow of Paul Bernardo". The Walrus. Retrieved 10 January 2019.

External links

Sir Wilfrid Laurier Collegiate Institute
TDSB Profile

Secondary education in Toronto

English-language public schools
Toronto District SB	A. Y. Jackson Agincourt Albert Campbell Alderwood† Avondale ASE 1 Bendale* Birchmount Park Bloor Bickford Park* Brockton* Burnhamthorpe C. W. Jefferys CALC (Parkview) Cedarbrae Central Etobicoke Central Technical Central Toronto City Contact Danforth David and Mary Thomson Delphi Don Mills Downsview Dr Norman Bethune Drewry Earl Haig East York EYASS Eastdale Emery Etobicoke ESA (Royal York) EYRAC Forest Hill Frank Oke George Harvey George S. Henry Georges Vanier Greenwood Harbord Heydon Park Humberside Humbergrove* Inglenook Jarvis John Polanyi Keiller Mackay† Kingsmill* Kipling L'Amoreaux Lakeshore (New Toronto) Lakeview* Lawrence Park Leaside Lester B. Pearson Lewis S. Beattie* Malvern Maplewood Marc Garneau Martingrove Midland* Monarch Park Nelson A. Boylen* Newtonbrook Native Learning Native Learning East North Albion North Toronto Northern Northview Heights Oakwood Oasis Parkdale Parkview R. H. King Richview Riverdale Rosedale Heights Runnymede Scarborough Centre Scarlett Heights* SEE SLE SEED Silverthorn Sir John A. Macdonald Sir Oliver Mowat Sir Robert L. Borden* Sir Wilfrid Laurier Sir William Osler South East Stephen Leacock Subway Academy I Subway Academy II Student School Tabor Park* Thistletown Timothy Eaton† Ursula Franklin Vaughan Road* Victoria Park Vincent Massey* W. A. Porter West Hill West Humber West Park* Western Weston Westview Wexford William Lyon Mackenzie Winston Churchill West End Woburn Yorkdale York Humber (Emmett) York Humber (Humber Blvd.)* York Memorial York Mills
Toronto Catholic District SB	A.P.P.L.E Bishop Allen Bishop Marrocco/Thomas Merton Brebeuf Brother Edmund Rice† Cardinal Carter Chaminade Dante Alighieri Don Bosco* Father Henry Carr (Marian Academy) Father Henry Carr (Kipling)† Father John Redmond Francis Libermann James Cardinal McGuigan Loretto Loretto Abbey Madonna Marshall McLuhan Mary Ward Michael Power/St. Joseph Monsignor Fraser Monsignor Percy Johnson Neil McNeil Notre Dame Regina Pacis* Senator O'Connor St. Basil-the-Great St. Joan of Arc St. John Henry Newman St. John Paul II St. Joseph's St. Joseph's Morrow Park St. Mary St. Michael's Choir St. Mother Teresa St. Oscar Romero St. Patrick

English-language public schools

Toronto District SB

Toronto Catholic District SB

French-language public schools
CS Viamonde	Étienne-Brûlé Le Collège français Toronto Ouest
CS catholique MonAvenir	Monseigneur-de-Charbonnel Père-Philippe-Lamarche Saint-Frère-André

Private schools
Non-religious	A.R.S. Armenian Abelard Arrowsmith Bayview Glen Beach* Bond Branksome Hall Brighton Crescent Crestwood Dragon* Greenwood Halton Hudson Linden Lycée Français Metropolitan Nile Toronto French Toronto Prep UTS Upper Canada WillowWood York
Religious	Bialik Hebrew Bishop Strachan Bnei Akiva Crawford Adventist De La Salle Havergal Hawthorn Mariyah Islamic Netivot HaTorah North Toronto Christian Royal St. George's St. Clement's St. Michael's Tanenbaum Community Hebrew Tiferes Bais Yaakov Whitefield Christian

Miscellaneous
Lists	List of secondary schools in the Toronto District School Board List of schools in the Toronto Catholic District School Board List of schools of the Conseil scolaire Viamonde

Italics - Alternative school or adult secondary school | * - Non-operational | † - Demolished or sold off