Oakwood Collegiate Institute
| Oakwood Collegiate Institute | |
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991 St. Clair Ave West Toronto, Ontario, M6E 1A3 Canada |
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| Coordinates | 43°40′43″N 79°26′11″W / 43.678621°N 79.436420°WCoordinates: 43°40′43″N 79°26′11″W / 43.678621°N 79.436420°W |
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| School type | Public, High School |
| Established | 1908 |
| School board | Toronto District School Board |
| Principal | Steve Yee |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 689 (Budgeted enrolment 2013-14) |
| Colour(s) | Double Blue and Gold |
| Mascot | Barons |
| Website | schools |
Oakwood Collegiate Institute (known to students as OCI or Oakwood) is a public high school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located near the neighbourhoods of Regal Heights, Oakwood-Vaughan and Bracondale-Hill/Hillcrest.
Oakwood was founded in 1908. Originally situated above King Edward Public School (Jr. & Sr.), in 1911 the permanent location opened at the corner of St. Clair Ave. West and Oakwood Ave. Oakwood celebrated its 100th anniversary in May 2008 through the co-operation of the school and the Oakwood Collegiate Alumni Association (OCAA).Among its distinguished alumni: Writer and television star Patrick Watson, Spoken Word Poet and writer Boonaa Mohammed, writer Michael Hornyanski, CBC Children's Television executives Fred Rainsberry and John Kennedy, R&B singer Jully Black, jazz musician Jane Bunnett, Bob Ezrin, producer of Pink Floyd's Pink Floyd's The Wall, and Stephen Lewis, former leader of the NDP, broadcaster and diplomat, and renowned magician James Randi.Joe Spence graduated in 1949.went on to work in TV sports at CTV and then read the news on CBC Ottawa from 1973-1995. The school's motto, tempus litteris demus, is translated from the Latin in this context to mean "take the time to learn."
Oakwood's population studies in a three storey building and has a gym, weight room and art department located in the basement. The "centre" of the building is the school's auditorium, and can be accessed from the first and second floors. Two wings just out from the main building, one in a westerly direction (towards Dufferin St.), and one in a southerly direction (towards Davenport Rd.)
The basement houses the departments of Visual Arts and Technological Design, as well as the school's athletic facilities: two gyms, a smaller "games room" used for intramural sports, a pool with a viewing gallery, and a weight room.
During the last stretch of the Ontario New Democratic Party government of Bob Rae, Oakwood was next on the list of schools to be renovated, directly after Riverdale Collegiate Institute. After Rae had lost the 1995 provincial elections to the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario under Mike Harris, the plans for renovation were scrapped. Among them were plans for a re-orientation of the auditorium (which would face east, not south), and an orchestra pit.
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