Skip to main content
Digital Archive Toronto Public Library Homepage
Confrontation: Vice-president Harry Eastman (left) explains why U of T want to raise its fees - by a average 14.6 per cent - to student council president David Jones (above), while John Whitten, chairman of U of T's planning and resources committee, looks
Confrontation: Vice-president Harry Eastman (left) explains why U of T want to raise its fees - by a average 14.6 per cent - to student council president David Jones (above), while John Whitten, chairman of U of T's planning and resources committee, looks

Confrontation: Vice-president Harry Eastman (left) explains why U of T want to raise its fees - by a average 14.6 per cent - to student council president David Jones (above), while John Whitten, chairman of U of T's planning and resources committee, looks

Date2/25/1980
Names
(photographer)
Format
Medium
Language
ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0126951F
Transport of the future, an air-cushioned vehicle for use on rough terrain, is being developed at the U of T Institute for Space Studies. Dr. Rod Tennyson explains how it works to Henry McKay.The vehicle would be particularly useful in the far North. The institute thinks air curtains might serve as covers for buildings one day instead of roofs.
Transport of the future, an air-cushioned vehicle for use on rough terrain, is being developed at the U of T Institute for Space Studies. Dr. Rod Tennyson explains how it works to Henry McKay.The vehicle would be particularly useful in the far North. The institute thinks air curtains might serve as covers for buildings one day instead of roofs.
11/12/1970
James Ham: High fees don't make any difference to poor, U of T president says
James Ham: High fees don't make any difference to poor, U of T president says
11/24/1978
Tense confrontation occurred this week as U of T president Claude Bissell address a fall full of students and faculty
Tense confrontation occurred this week as U of T president Claude Bissell address a fall full of students and faculty
10/1/1989
U of T's head Bissell, lives at 93 Highland Ave in Resedale, A lovely estate, owned by the U of T
U of T's head Bissell, lives at 93 Highland Ave in Resedale, A lovely estate, owned by the U of T
6/27/1968
Testing the tax: U of T economist Peter Dungan and a colleague concluded in a study that a 9 per cent federal sales tax is likely to push by inflation.
Testing the tax: U of T economist Peter Dungan and a colleague concluded in a study that a 9 per cent federal sales tax is likely to push by inflation.
8/15/1989
Mike Byrd, 34, is deputy superintendent at Vanier Centre. The centre, which was opened in 1969, to replace the old Mercer Reformatory in Toronto, is a therapeutic community, Byrd explains. The residents, 75 per cent of whom are under 25 years of age, live in cottage-style buldings, where each spends leisure time in her own room.
Mike Byrd, 34, is deputy superintendent at Vanier Centre. The centre, which was opened in 1969, to replace the old Mercer Reformatory in Toronto, is a therapeutic community, Byrd explains. The residents, 75 per cent of whom are under 25 years of age, live in cottage-style buldings, where each spends leisure time in her own room.
2/15/1973
Libby Jones at U. of T. Auction. She was sold for $107 which went to United Appeal
Libby Jones at U. of T. Auction. She was sold for $107 which went to United Appeal
10/26/1965
I. W. Smith sits at the wheel -- and the special guidance device -- of a van his students designed for quadriplegics. Smith directs a project-oriented course at U of T's Cockburn Centre for Engineering Design.
I. W. Smith sits at the wheel -- and the special guidance device -- of a van his students designed for quadriplegics. Smith directs a project-oriented course at U of T's Cockburn Centre for Engineering Design.
1/3/1977
Gordon Slemon: Complaints that U of T's engineering school was deteriorating were justified, engineering dean says.
Gordon Slemon: Complaints that U of T's engineering school was deteriorating were justified, engineering dean says.
7/18/1978
Keeping track: Bert Pinnington, in charge of the U of T's alumni operation, says alumi detectives like Carrie Ingram track down grads by guess and by God
Keeping track: Bert Pinnington, in charge of the U of T's alumni operation, says alumi detectives like Carrie Ingram track down grads by guess and by God
12/3/1981
Leapin' lizard of Erindale, Keep your head up if you go to Science Expo '88 at the U of T's Erindale Campus
Leapin' lizard of Erindale, Keep your head up if you go to Science Expo '88 at the U of T's Erindale Campus
3/28/1988
Great detective: Christopher de Hamel, here with a 13th-century manuscript from U of T's Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, revealed private collection of Baron de Rothschild.
Great detective: Christopher de Hamel, here with a 13th-century manuscript from U of T's Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, revealed private collection of Baron de Rothschild.
2/20/1988