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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

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

Date6/8/1987
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The nine-week strike by Metro high school teacher's pushed them to the forefront of union activism after years non-militancy. We were forced into it, says union president Jim Forster, shown picketing with teachers outside Oakwood Collegiate in mid-Novembe
The nine-week strike by Metro high school teacher's pushed them to the forefront of union activism after years non-militancy. We were forced into it, says union president Jim Forster, shown picketing with teachers outside Oakwood Collegiate in mid-Novembe
11/13/1975
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
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.
10/26/1978
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
Staying after school: North York teacher Scott Bell marks papers in classroom after end of teaching day.
Staying after school: North York teacher Scott Bell marks papers in classroom after end of teaching day.
12/1/1979
After 40 years: Jack Burke, retiring as principal and teacher of Associated Jewish Schools, has been teaching his own grandchildren there - Michael, 10, David, 8, and Elisa, 12 - as well as the grandchildren of some of his original pupils.
After 40 years: Jack Burke, retiring as principal and teacher of Associated Jewish Schools, has been teaching his own grandchildren there - Michael, 10, David, 8, and Elisa, 12 - as well as the grandchildren of some of his original pupils.
3/28/1980
A Rose for Teacher: Retired after 50 years of teaching at Central High School of Commerce, Humphrey Harvey, 84, has rose pinned on lapel by former pupils
A Rose for Teacher: Retired after 50 years of teaching at Central High School of Commerce, Humphrey Harvey, 84, has rose pinned on lapel by former pupils
9/25/1970
Last practice: Don McIlveen, teacher and coach at Oshawa's Central Collegiate for 31 years, is pleased to be retiring
Last practice: Don McIlveen, teacher and coach at Oshawa's Central Collegiate for 31 years, is pleased to be retiring
6/12/1981
Syd Reynolds will end a third career this month, retiring after 40 years of teaching
Syd Reynolds will end a third career this month, retiring after 40 years of teaching
6/9/1972
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
Top teacher: I was totally surprised when they told me, says Ken Brown, 39, after being named science teacher of the year by the Toronto chapters of a Sigma XI, a scientific research society with chapters all over North America. Brown, head of physics at North York's George S. Henry Secondary School, is the first to receive the honor at the high school level.
Top teacher: I was totally surprised when they told me, says Ken Brown, 39, after being named science teacher of the year by the Toronto chapters of a Sigma XI, a scientific research society with chapters all over North America. Brown, head of physics at North York's George S. Henry Secondary School, is the first to receive the honor at the high school level.
11/27/1985
Teaching toughs: Teacher Lawrence Mitoff has spent 20 years trying to help young offenders learn while they're in jail.
Teaching toughs: Teacher Lawrence Mitoff has spent 20 years trying to help young offenders learn while they're in jail.
9/2/1991