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11-522: The plan was originally proposed by Canadian statesman Sidney Earle Smith in a speech in Montreal on 1 September 1958 and was established in 1959, at the first Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (CCEM) held in Oxford, Great Britain. Since then, over 25,000 individuals have held awards, hosted by over twenty countries. The CSFP is one of the primary mechanisms of pan-Commonwealth exchange. There

22-550: A major period of the university's expansion. A strong Conservative in the Red Tory tradition, Smith became a prominent member of the Progressive Conservative Party . In 1956, he was considered a possibility for the party's leadership, but decided not to run, disappointing those in the party establishment who wished to prevent the populist John Diefenbaker from becoming leader. After Diefenbaker won

33-780: A surprise minority government in 1957, Smith was appointed as Secretary of State for External Affairs. Despite Smith's brilliance and popularity in academia, his success in this new role was limited. After holding the position for two years, he died suddenly of a stroke in 1959. Sidney Smith Hall, the central building of the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto , is named after him. Martin Friedland, The University of Toronto: A History. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002. University of Toronto Faculty of Arts and Science The Faculty of Arts & Science

44-413: Is a division of the University of Toronto (U of T) which offers arts and science teaching and research institutions. With more than 27,000 undergraduate and 4,500 graduate students, Arts & Science represents over half the student population on the downtown campus. The Faculty of Arts & Science hosts 73 per cent of the university's undergraduates and one third of graduates who pursue degrees in

55-529: Is no central body which manages the CSFP. Instead, participation is based on a series of bi-lateral arrangements between home and host countries. The participation of each country is organised by a national nominating agency, which is responsible for advertising awards applicable to their own country and making nominations to host countries. In the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland , which

66-941: Is the biggest contributor to the Plan, this process is managed by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in Britain, a non-departmental public body , and funded by the Department for International Development . Since 2008, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office no longer contributes financially to the plan and the number and type of scholarships available for students from more developed Commonwealth countries (Australia, The Bahamas, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Cyprus, Malta, New Zealand, and Singapore) to study in Britain has been reduced. [1] . Other countries, such as Australia, no longer offer scholarships as part of

77-533: The University of King's College , followed by an LL.B. from Dalhousie University . Smith became a lawyer and a professor of law , lecturing at Osgoode Hall Law School and then at Dalhousie University . In 1929, he became dean of Dalhousie's law school. In 1934, he left the Maritimes to become president of the University of Manitoba . In 1945, he was appointed the president of the University of Toronto . He remained in that role for twelve years, overseeing

88-500: The humanities , social sciences and sciences . The faculty has 800 professors who teach some 2,000 courses arranged in more than 340 undergraduate and 130 graduate programs hosted by 29 departments, 16 centres and institutes, and seven colleges . The Department of Economics has been previously ranked as one of the top 25 worldwide economics faculty rankings, placing 23rd and 18th during the years (1995–99) and (2004–08) respectively. The Department of Philosophy ranked 15th overall in

99-962: The CSFP. New reforms were developed to strategically align scholarships with mutual interests for business and innovation between Commonwealth nations. During the state visit of President Tony Tan to the UK in October 2014, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II announced that the Royal Commonwealth Society of Singapore would be re-established to promote the Commonwealth and to provide new Commonwealth Scholarships and Fellowships in Innovation for Singaporeans. The first Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship for Innovation were presented in August 2017 to Joshua Cheong and Dr Khoo Hsien Hui by

110-833: The English-speaking world and 1st in Canada in the Philosophical Gourmet Report . The Department of Sociology ranks among the top 10 in North America. In the 2010 Academic Ranking of World Universities , the Department of Computer Science placed first overall in Canada, and ranked 10th worldwide. For the 2012–2013 entrance year, Arts had an entry average of 86.6% and Science had an entry average of 88.8%. Commerce had an entry average of 91.7%. For professional and graduate studies, admission

121-462: The Rt. Hon. Sajid Javid . Sidney Earle Smith Sidney Earle Smith PC QC (9 March 1897 – 17 March 1959) was an academic and Canada 's Secretary of State for External Affairs in the government of Prime Minister John Diefenbaker . Born and raised on Nova Scotia 's Port Hood Island , Smith grew up speaking both English and Gaelic . He received a B.A. and an M.A. from

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