William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute
| William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute | |
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20 Tillplain Road Toronto, Ontario, M3H 5R2 Canada |
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| Coordinates | 43°45′13″N 79°27′42″W / 43.753581°N 79.461649°WCoordinates: 43°45′13″N 79°27′42″W / 43.753581°N 79.461649°W |
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| School type | High school |
| Mottoes | Merit Has its own Reward |
| School board | Toronto District School Board |
| Principal | Marcia Diakun |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1236 |
| Language | English |
| Area | Toronto |
| Mascot | Lion (The Lyon) |
| Website | www |
William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute is a semestered secondary school located in Toronto, Ontario. It was built in 1960 to accommodate the skyrocketing number of new students in what was then known as North York, and to ease overcrowding at Northview Heights Secondary School. Being located near another high school, Northview Heights Institute of Technology, the school is rumoured to have been called "Southview Heights Institute of Technology", because of the provocative initials. However, it was called Southview Heights Secondary School. Ultimately, William Lyon Mackenzie, the first mayor of Toronto and leader of the Upper Canada Rebellion in 1837, was selected.
Mackenzie is known for the high academic standards of its students. The Fraser Institute ranks it the best TDSB secondary school. Over 95% of its graduating students are accepted into a post-secondary institutions. Additionally, 50% of graduating students earn an 80% average in all of their subjects (down from 66% in 2006, when the average was based on the top three subjects), qualifying them to become Ontario Scholars. In 2013, the students with the highest averages in the whole of the TDSB were Mackenzie students Geoffrey Yu and Ryan Gotesman, with averages of 99.7%. Students often perform well in academic competitions, such as the Leonardo da Vinci competition, International Chemistry Olympiad, and International Olympiad in Informatics.
The school is also known for the student-run organization, SWITCH (Solar and Wind Initiatives Towards CHange). Founded in 2006, SWITCH's goal is to make Canada more environmentally friendly through various environmental initiatives—the most prominent of which is the installation of solar panels and wind turbines on school grounds. Through this organization, Mackenzie has gained national media attention due to events featuring David Suzuki, Steven Page of the Barenaked Ladies, MuchMusic and members of Sum 41. The group was also lauded by 2007 Nobel Peace Prize laureates, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
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