Campus Glendon de l'Université York | |
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Other name | Glendon Campus |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1966 |
| Endowment | CA$270 million |
| Chancellor | Kathleen Taylor |
| President | Interim President - Lisa Phillips |
| Principal | Marco Fiola |
Administrative staff | 225 |
| Undergraduates | 2,071[1] |
| Location | ,, |
| Campus | Midtown,suburban, 34.4 ha (85 acres) |
| Language | Bilingual (English & French) |
| Colors | Blue and gold |
| Affiliations | ACUFC, CNFS,[2] CUFO[3] |
| Website | www.glendon.yorku.ca |
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Glendon College is a publicliberal arts college inToronto,Ontario, Canada. Formally the federated bilingual campus ofYork University, it is one of the school's nine colleges and 11 faculties with 100 full-time faculty members and a student population of about 2,100. Founded as the first permanent establishment ofYork University, the school began academic operation under the mentorship of theUniversity of Toronto in September 1960.[4] Under theYork University Act 1959 legislation, York was once an affiliated institution of the University of Toronto, where the first cohort of faculty and students originally utilized theFalconer Hall building[5] (now part of theFaculty of Law)[6] as a temporary home before relocating north of theSt. George campus toGlendon Hall — an estate that was willed byEdward Rogers Wood for post-secondary purposes.[7]
In 1962, a landlot grant was offered by the Province of Ontario to build a new university, which eventually ceased the bilateral partnership between the two schools. York University became an independent institution;[8] however, Glendon refused to transfer to the mainKeele Campus, as the University of Toronto had no interest in reacquiring or maintaining the donated Wood property.[9]Murray G. Ross and diplomatEscott Reid, who mutually proposed a novel plan for the college to educate students for fields incivil service,governance and academia, were appointed president and principal in 1959 and 1965, respectively.[10] In 1966, Glendon was officially inaugurated by Prime MinisterLester B. Pearson with the objective of "helping its students develop an informed and active interest in public affairs; by encouraging them to become committed to improving the community in which they live; the country of which they are citizens; and the world which they occupy."[11][12]
Glendon College's undergraduate curriculum emphasizes languages, communication, international affairs, and public policy. Due to this, the Government of Ontario declared Glendon the country's first "Centre of Excellence for French language and Bilingual Postsecondary Education," in collaboration withCollège Boréal.[13][14] Because of Glendon's bilingual nature, the campus received partial designation as an institution offering French services under the province'sFrench Language Services Act.[15]
Language skill assessments are given to new students to determine the level needed to take to fulfil Glendon's second-language requirement. Students who attain higher levels can either take advanced-level language instruction in their second language, or a discipline course taught solely in their second language. In addition, a variety of non-credit classes and programmes are offered by the college to students, faculty and the general public including introductory courses in foreign languages (Arabic,Cantonese,German,Italian,Japanese,Mandarin Chinese,Persian,Portuguese,Romanian,Spanish,Tibetan); indigenous languages inInuktitut andOjibway; and professional development courses in English and French. Students also have the opportunity to take other language courses available through the Languages, Literature and Linguistics department at York University.[16]
This bilingual approach to university education is said to be unique in Canada, because all students within Glendon College are required to study bothEnglish andFrench. Canada's other bilingual post-secondary institutions, including portions ofConcordia University,Laurentian University,University of Alberta (Faculté St-Jean), and theUniversity of Ottawa, often educate students in one language or the other. Although each one offers students the option of a fully bilingual education, Glendon is the only institution in Canada where allanglophone andfrancophone students are required to take at least one compulsory class in their second language, regardless of their initial ability in the language.
In December 2025, Ontario Heritage Trust unveiled a Provincial Plaque at Glendon College commemorating the 100th anniversary of Glendon Hall and recognizing its pivotal role in advancing bilingual education across Canada.[17]
Glendon is a primarily undergraduate institution where academics are rooted in the liberal arts tradition, although the college mainly specializes in thesocial sciences andhumanities. Glendon offers Bachelor of Arts (BA, Internatational Bachelor of Arts (iBA), Bacehlor of Science (BSc), Bachelor of Education (BEd), honours and specialize honours degress, with bilingual, single-language, and double-major options across the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.[18] Glendon has a unique concurrent and consecutive Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) focused specifically on preparing teachers for French immersion, extended French and core French teaching positions in anglophone schools. Recently, Glendon initiated its first BSc/iBSc degrees in psychology and biology, a new BA/iBA degree in communications, and a business administration and international studies dual degree (BBA/iBA) in partnership with theEMLYON Business School inFrance.
There are also concurrent/consecutive certificate programs in a variety of fields (teaching English as an international language (D-TEIL), law and social thought, rédaction professionnelle (offered in French only), refugee and migration studies, sexuality studies, Spanish/English – English-Spanish translation, and technical and professional communication).
Since its inception in the early 1960s, Glendon has expanded to include graduate programs in French Studies (M.A.), Public and International Affairs (M.P.I.A.), Translation Studies (M.A.), and Conference Interpretation (M.C.I.). The translation and interpreting master's programs build on the college's strength in languages, while the public and international affairs degree is affiliated with the Glendon School of Public and International Affairs. Additionally, there is a doctoral degree in Francophone Studies (Ph.D.).
Students at Glendon and the Keele Campus may enroll in courses on either campus, subject to program requirements, with access to shared university resources. Students may take a free shuttle between campuses.[19]
Mirroring the campus life of small-scale American institutions likeSwarthmore andWilliams, Glendon has a tight-knit community within the larger student population of their sister campus. Various campus events are organized by the Glendon College Student Union/l'Association Étudiante du Collège Glendon (GCSU/AÉCG) and its membership includes all students enrolled in courses at Glendon College and elects a council to represent them. Students can join and access a number of clubs and organizations on both of the campuses. Glendon has a newspaper (Pro Tem), York University's premier and longest student-run campus publication that is published in both English and French; acampus radio station (Radio Glendon); the Grand Rassemblement de l’Éducation en Français (GREF): Glendon's French-language publishing house; and ablack box theatre company, Theatre Glendon/Théâtre Glendon, in addition to similar media fromYork University.
Glendon is characterized by small class sizes, with an average undergraduate class size of approximately 24 students, supporting close faculty-student interaction and individualized academic advising.[20] Other facilities exist for students, such as a student lounge, a cafeteria, campus gym memberships, workshops, IT services, and a liaison office for prospective students. The college also encourages students to utilize academic resources on both campuses. The college's proximity toYonge and Eglinton andDowntown Toronto makes its location ideal for students who want to partake in the city's diverse array of social and cultural attractions. Glendon College is also where the first issue of theToronto Special newspaper was published, according to theNational Post. The Salon Francophone, situated in the main building, is a social resource centre and a club, which organizes multiple activities to promote the French language.
Glendon was initially planned on being aresidential college where students were required to live on campus, however, over the past few decades increases in the student population outnumbered the available residential spaces. Therefore, the majority of students commute, while only around 400 students live on campus. Glendon's international profile attracts students from over 100 countries, in particular, a significant number offrancophone students from across Canada (notablyQuebec) and around the world, includingFrance,Haiti,Belgium,Morocco, andAlgeria. Approximately 1/3 of the student population are francophone.[21] Additionally, Glendon has a visiblehispanophone presence with more than 20% studyingSpanish as a third language.[22] The Spanish Resource Centre library at Glendon is a joint initiative between theMinistry of Education of theGovernment of Spain and the Hispanic studies department ofYork University.[23]
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Glendon College is situated on a park-like campus in midtown Toronto and includes landscaped grounds, wooded ravines, and heritage buildings.[24] Glendon occupies the former country estate ofEdward Rogers Wood, a prominent Toronto financier and philanthropist of the early 1900s. The estate was built in 1924 and is located at the intersection of Bayview and Lawrence Ave. between the midtown neighbourhoods ofLawrence Park andBridle Path. The estate was the original York University campus when it was bequeathed by theUniversity of Toronto, and it remained aliberal arts college when York'sKeele Campus was inaugurated in 1966. The college is formally one of York's nine colleges and eleven faculties, and it is considered semi-autonomous within York University.
Glendon's founder and first principal was Canadian diplomatEscott Reid, who foresaw the institution's key mandate to educate future leaders of Canada in both official languages. Historically, the manor served as a temporary home for theOntario College of Art in 1952,[25] and the Faculty of Law of theUniversity of Toronto in 1956.[26] Moreover, the natural landscape of the 85-acre estate was used as anarboretum by thebotany andforestry department at the University of Toronto.[27]
Presently, the college is the institutional home of the Glendon School of Public & International Affairs, the first bilingual graduate school in Canada to offer a MPIA, in collaboration withThe Global Brief, Canada's topinternational affairs publication.[28] The graduate school also operates an interdisciplinary research institute for public policy — theCentre for Global Challenges. The Faculty of Graduate Studies also manages aPhD program and three other distinctMA programs. The Centre of Excellence for French language and Bilingual Post-secondary Education is Glendon's recent expansion and was created to accommodate the growth of incoming students and the increasing demand for multilingual post-secondary education in Southern Ontario.[29] The campus has also played host to several productions, namelyAmerican Psycho 2: All American Girl (2002) andThe Time Traveler's Wife (2009), which were extensively filmed in and around Glendon. Often, students are incorporated into shooting when the campus is sealed off for the weekends.
In 2011, theCanadian Language Museum was established to promote an appreciation of all the languages used in Canada and their role in the development of this nation.[30]
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