SuperBuild was a five-year initiative, beginning in 2000, implemented by the Provincial Government to invest a total of $20 billion towards developing the province’s infrastructure. One of the focuses of the SuperBuild initiative was to “develop Ontario’s Intellectual Capital” through investing in higher education to address the needs of students and communities (source: “Building Ontario’s Future A SuperBuild Progress Report.” Ontario Ministry of Finance, December 2000).
According to Whitehead, $150 million went to the University of Toronto to expand its campus (source: Terri Whitehead, “Brian MacKay-Lyons Architect’s Rationalist Academic Resource Centre Contrasts Elegantly with a 1960s University of Toronto Campus,” Architectural Record 192, no. 8, 2004). This marked a new period of physical growth for UTSC.
As Jeff Rybak described in an oral history, when he began his time as a student at UTSC in 2002, the campus consisted of the Andrews Building, the Bladen Wing, portables, and residences.
“Basically nothing had been added to the campus since the early 80s. And then things blew up.”
— Jeff Rybak, former student (Source: Jeff Rybak, 2019)
Page Bibliography
Ainsworth, Amelia and Azreen Sikder. Interview with Jeff Rybak. Oral history conducted by Amelia Ainsworth and Azreen Sikder, Scarborough Oral History Project, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, 2019. https://sohp.digital.utsc.utoronto.ca/islandora/object/nearbystudies:1194.
“Building Ontario’s Future: A SuperBuild Progress Report.” Ontario Ministry of Finance, December 2000. Accessed at https://www.fin.gov.on.ca/en/publications/2000/sbfine00.html.
Whitehead, Terri. “Brian MacKay-Lyons Architect’s Rationalist Academic Resource Centre Contrasts Elegantly with a 1960s University of Toronto Campus.” Architectural Record 192, no. 8, (2004).
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UTSC Library, Archives & Special Collections, UTSC Archives Legacy Collection, identifier: o2011002B9-MD2-1_01. This image is available at https://collections.digital.utsc.utoronto.ca/islandora/object/utsc%3A739.
- Academic Resource Centre – AC
- Arts and Administration Building – AA
- Bibliography
- Bladen Wing
- Environmental Science and Chemistry Building – EV
- Highland Hall – HL
- Instructional Centre – IC
- Introduction
- Leigha Lee Browne Theatre
- Library
- N’Sheemaehn Child Care Centre
- Residences
- Science Research Building – SY
- Social Sciences Building – MW
- Student Centre – SL
- The Original Scarborough College
- Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre – TPASC