Homemaking: The Story of Residences
The residences that can be seen today, both townhouses and Joan Foley Hall, were not initially planned for Scarborough College at its inception. Rather, it was expected that the campus would serve the local community and thus, not have residences (source: John Ball, The First Twenty-Five Years).
However, the need for residences was made apparent as a student sleep-in occurred in October 1968 to protest the government’s delay in approving the addition of residences to the campus (source: Doug Murray, “Scarborough Sleeps In,” The Varsity, October 9, 1968). This led to the establishment of a co-operative using seven nearby houses as residences to house 50 students (source: John Ball, The First Twenty-Five Years).
The Student Village
By 1971 plans were made for townhouse-style residences to house 250 students, which opened in the fall of 1973 on the east side of the campus (source: John Ball, The First Twenty-Five Years).
The Student Village was brought about by student initiative, through students lobbying Scarborough councilors, the Minister of Housing, as well as local MPs and MPPs (source: David Onley, 2015).
The West Village
36 more townhouses were added in December 1984, accommodating an additional 144 students. The West Village, which features townhouse-style residences located to the west of the campus, opens in 1990 to accommodate an additional 142 students (source: John Ball, The First Twenty-Five Years).
Joan Foley Hall
Joan Foley Hall, a four-storey student residence, opened in 2003. This structure featured 231-bed apartment-style residences (source: “Historical Timeline” University of Toronto Scarborough About Us, accessed on February 24, 2022 at https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/aboutus/historical-timeline).
A photograph of the exterior of Joan Foley Hall, taken in 2006.
Page Bibliography
Ball, John. The First Twenty-Five Years 1965-1989: Scarborough College, University of Toronto. Scarborough, Ontario: Scarborough College, University of Toronto, 1989.
Bedakian, Shant. Interview with David Onley. Oral history conducted by Shant Bedakian, Scarborough Oral History Project, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, 2015. https://sohp.digital.utsc.utoronto.ca/islandora/object/nearbystudies:368.
Murray, Doug. “Scarborough Sleeps In.” The Varsity, October 9, 1968. Found in UTSC Archives Legacy Collection, History of Scarborough College Subseries, History of Scarborough College by John L. Ball [2/2] File 1-10.
No author listed. “Historical Timeline.” University of Toronto Scarborough About Us. Accessed on February 24, 2022 at https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/aboutus/historical-timeline.
Images (in order of appearance)
UTSC Library, Archives & Special Collections, UTSC Photographic Services Collection, identifier: 2012-001C-6-1-52. This image is available at https://collections.digital.utsc.utoronto.ca/islandora/object/photoservices%3A529.
UTSC Library, Archives & Special Collections, UTSC Photographic Services Collection, identifier: 2012-001C-2-4-52. This image is available at https://collections.digital.utsc.utoronto.ca/islandora/object/photoservices%3A481.
“FoleyHall” by SM108, available as public domain and can be found at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FoleyHall.jpg
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