History and Tradition
1910:
September 12 - UTS opens its doors for its first session;
H. J. Crawford is the Schools' first Headmaster.
325 students: 150 in Junior School, 175 in Senior School.
1912:
June 8 - Cadet Corps officially inaugurated as part of the Prime Minister's Honour Guard at the Exhibition grounds. Would remain part of UTS life until the early-1970s.
1913:
First graduating class, 14 of 16 attaining honour matriculation.
November 27 - First Old Boys' Banquet.
1914:
Inaugural volume of The Annals published - first attempt at a UTS yearbook.
First mandatory entrance examination.
1919:
March 22 - Senior hockey team wins the inaugural Memorial Cup, becoming the Dominion Junior Hockey Champions.
1920:
February - UTS Monthly (later re-named The Twig) publishes its first issue.
October 22 - Remembrance Service at Convocation Hall dedicating plaques honouring those who served and died in the WW1.
1922:
August 22 - H. J. Crawford dies, W. C. Ferguson becomes acting Headmaster.
1923:
January - J. G. Althouse named second Headmaster of UTS.
1923-24:
Huron Wing and Auditorium built.
1931:
Western extension added.
1934:
Dr. Althouse named Dean of Ontario College of Education;
A. C. Lewis becomes UTS' third Headmaster.
1943:
Junior School closed.
1944:
January - Lewis succeeds Althouse as OCE Dean; W. Brock MacMurray, a UTS alumnus (class of 1924), named fourth UTS Headmaster.
1949:
Spadina Wing (UofT Department of Sociology) is opened.
1952:
Grades VII and VIII reintroduced.
1967-69:
UTS undergoes substantial social changes: bolted-down wooden desks removed from classrooms, Student Council established, dress code relaxed.
1970-71:
Derek Bate - Assistant Headmaster since 1967 - becomes acting Headmaster while Mr. MacMurray is on leave.
1972:
Brock MacMurray retires after 28 years as Headmaster;
Donald Gutteridge becomes UTS' fifth Head, adopting the title "Principal".
1973:
September 12 - 63 years to the day after first opening, UTS becomes a co-educational institution, admitting girls to both grades VII and VIII.
1978:
First co-educational graduating class.
The "Old Boys Association" is renamed the "Alumni Association".
1983:
William Warden named sixth Principal of UTS.
1988:
Al Fleming (class of 1954) takes his place as the seventh Principal, the second alumnus to hold the position.
1993:
April 23 - Announcement by the provincial government that UTS' annual grant will be eliminated.
1994:
Preserving the Opportunity Campaign established to create a $10million endowment for UTS.
1995:
Stan Pearl named eighth Principal.
1996:
September - UTS increases the size of the incoming class from 78 to 104, a move to increase enrolment to over 600 within six years.
December - Endowment campaign concludes, exceeding target figure by over $4million.
2000:
90th anniversary of UTS.
Linda Newnham becomes the ninth Principal.
2001:
May 15 – Robin Brooke-Smith becomes the tenth Principal.
2001:
September – OISE/UT Dean forms the UTS Interim Board which is tasked with examining the issues associated with governance of UTS and making formal recommendations regarding the operation of a permanent Board of Directors.
2002:
Spring - Consultation process, led by the UTS Interim Board, begins with UTS stakeholders to determine the future direction of the School.
2003:
Spring – Feedback from consultation process overwhelmingly supports UTS becoming an independent corporation, affiliated with the University of Toronto. The Interim Board submits its recommendation to the University’s Governing Council.
2003:
November – UTS teachers separate from the U of T’s Faculty Association (UTFA), organize under the Ontario Secondary Schools Teachers Federation (OSSTF) and negotiate a Collective Agreement with the University’s Governing Council.
2004:
January – UTS becomes an independent, not-for-profit school, signs an Interim Affiliation Agreement with the University of Toronto. First UTS Board elected. The Directors represent UTS’ key stakeholder groups: alumni, parents and the University of Toronto as well as one director with no affiliation to UTS. They include: Robert E. Lord ‘58, Doug Bradley (UTS parent), Leslie Dunlop ‘79, Jane Gaskell (Dean, OISE/UT), Vivek Goel (Deputy Provost U of T), David Gurin (UTS Parent), Pauline Laing (former Director of Curriculum for the Ontario Ministry of Education), Tom Magyarody (UTS Parent), and F. David Rounthwaite ’65. Robert E. Lord is elected Chair of the UTS Board, F. David Rounthwaite is elected Secretary and Doug Bradley is elected Treasurer. Dr. John Robert Evans ’46 is nominated Honourary Chair. Malcolm Levin becomes the eleventh Principal.
2005:
July – UTS, as successor employer, negotiates its first agreement with OSSTF.
2005:
September – Ron Mintz becomes the twelfth Principal.
2006:
February – UTS and U of T sign an Affiliation Agreement Term Sheet outlining a framework for a long term affiliation agreement.
2006:
June 30 - UTS and U of T sign a 15-year Affiliation Agreement (July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2021).
2006:
July – Michaele M. Robertson becomes the thirteenth Principal.
2007:
January – UTS brings all Human Resources, payroll and benefits, and financial systems in-house.
2007:
February – UTS, as successor employer, concludes negotiating a Collective Agreement with USW, representing administrative and IT staff.
2008:
October - UTS’ strategic plan, Building the Future, released to UTS community.
2009:
September 11 - UTS Centennial celebrations kick-off with student-focused daylong event.
