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Delighted Etobicoke Collegiate Institute students cheer Vern Rout after hearing he's been named teacher of the year.
Delighted Etobicoke Collegiate Institute students cheer Vern Rout after hearing he's been named teacher of the year.

Delighted Etobicoke Collegiate Institute students cheer Vern Rout after hearing he's been named teacher of the year.

Date10/26/1978
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Top teacher: Etobicoke Collegiate institute music teacher Don Strathdee, shown with Andrea Ellison on flute, will retire at the end of the month after teaching at the school for 34 years
Top teacher: Etobicoke Collegiate institute music teacher Don Strathdee, shown with Andrea Ellison on flute, will retire at the end of the month after teaching at the school for 34 years
6/8/1987
A Principal says farewell after 40 years, Retirnig after 40 years of teaching, William Darbyshire waves farewell to students, former students and teachers at Riverdale Collegiate as they applaud during presentation yesterday.
A Principal says farewell after 40 years, Retirnig after 40 years of teaching, William Darbyshire waves farewell to students, former students and teachers at Riverdale Collegiate as they applaud during presentation yesterday.
6/4/1971
Toronto Industrialist Roy C. Hill joins the chorus line at Emery Collegiate Institute, where students have been taking part in a course on the 1920s and 30s and donned costumes of the era to show what they learned
Toronto Industrialist Roy C. Hill joins the chorus line at Emery Collegiate Institute, where students have been taking part in a course on the 1920s and 30s and donned costumes of the era to show what they learned
9/30/1970
Club founder: Ken Johnson, teacher at East York Collegiate, school attended by students pictured above, started the Black Students' Union four years ago
Club founder: Ken Johnson, teacher at East York Collegiate, school attended by students pictured above, started the Black Students' Union four years ago
9/18/1979
Telling it like it is: Paul Maingot, top and above right with Kirk, second from right, and Kevin, third from right, told students at Lawrence Park Collegiate institute above living with AIDS and HIV
Telling it like it is: Paul Maingot, top and above right with Kirk, second from right, and Kevin, third from right, told students at Lawrence Park Collegiate institute above living with AIDS and HIV
2/8/1990
From lab to limelight: Bob Saunders, head of science at Sir Wilfred Laurier Collegiate, has been named Ontario's top science teacher of 1987
From lab to limelight: Bob Saunders, head of science at Sir Wilfred Laurier Collegiate, has been named Ontario's top science teacher of 1987
1/21/1988
Student representatives Manuel Azevedo (seated) and John Martyniuk (centre) meet with the chairman of the students' rights work group, Trustee Vern Copeland whose job is to mediate among them.
Student representatives Manuel Azevedo (seated) and John Martyniuk (centre) meet with the chairman of the students' rights work group, Trustee Vern Copeland whose job is to mediate among them.
4/4/1973
Alex Balfour, who is retiring as principal of Pine Grove Public School after 33 years as a teacher and principal, reclines in the chaise longue given him as a farewell present and shows Jim Singleton of the Halton County Board of Education what he's going to do in retirement. Balfour's been in Oakville since 1952.
Alex Balfour, who is retiring as principal of Pine Grove Public School after 33 years as a teacher and principal, reclines in the chaise longue given him as a farewell present and shows Jim Singleton of the Halton County Board of Education what he's going to do in retirement. Balfour's been in Oakville since 1952.
6/27/1973
Class of '87: Dr. Hilroy Thomas, right, is opening private schools in Scarborough and Etobicoke to help students, labled under-achievers, make the grade. He says individual attention and small classes can raise a student's grade by one year. These students are catching up this summer.
Class of '87: Dr. Hilroy Thomas, right, is opening private schools in Scarborough and Etobicoke to help students, labled under-achievers, make the grade. He says individual attention and small classes can raise a student's grade by one year. These students are catching up this summer.
8/17/1987
A Sarnia pediatrician convicted of sexually assaulting nurses and patients' mothers over a 16-year period has been ordered not to practise medicine for six months. And Dr. Kunwar Singh, 49, will lose his licence for a minimum 18 months if he's convicted of a similar charge within the next four years, a disciplinary hearing of the College of Physicians and Surgeons has ruled. [Incomplete]
A Sarnia pediatrician convicted of sexually assaulting nurses and patients' mothers over a 16-year period has been ordered not to practise medicine for six months. And Dr. Kunwar Singh, 49, will lose his licence for a minimum 18 months if he's convicted of a similar charge within the next four years, a disciplinary hearing of the College of Physicians and Surgeons has ruled. [Incomplete]
11/27/1991
His 31 years with the North York Board of Education give teacher Walker Dear (middle) the second-longest service record of high school teachers in the borough. Technical director at Downsview Secondary School since 1962, he retires June 30. With him are two of his former students who now are teachers at the school. Gordon Brown (left) and Stan Tsoki as they recall some of the years.
His 31 years with the North York Board of Education give teacher Walker Dear (middle) the second-longest service record of high school teachers in the borough. Technical director at Downsview Secondary School since 1962, he retires June 30. With him are two of his former students who now are teachers at the school. Gordon Brown (left) and Stan Tsoki as they recall some of the years.
5/16/1978
Leads the way: Teacher Ed Rogan leads his students from Our Lady of Sorrows School in Etobicoke through a run during their lunch hour.
Leads the way: Teacher Ed Rogan leads his students from Our Lady of Sorrows School in Etobicoke through a run during their lunch hour.
3/3/1981