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23-456: Branksome Hall has an athletics and wellness centre, spaces dedicated to innovation and technology, indoor rock-climbing wall and tennis courts. The school has a boarding program for Grades 7 to 12 and a study abroad program with its sister school, Branksome Hall Asia , on Jeju Island , South Korea. Financial assistance is available for new and returning students in Grades 7 to 12. Branksome Hall

46-708: A Wellness Center that houses the cafeteria, the Olympic Aquatic Center, a hockey rink, a huge gymnasium with floor to ceiling windows, two yoga studios, an exercise room, and other recreational facilities. The classrooms have a large touch screen televisions and video cameras for students to study and review their lectures. The design and technology studios in BHA have 3D printers and other machines which don't exist in Korea. There are three cylinder-shaped buildings for elementary, middle, and high school. The whole campus

69-502: A kilt - a nod to Margaret Scott's heritage. In 1940 a small group of girls and staff from Sherborne Girls’ School in England was evacuated to Branksome Hall. The relationship between the two schools continues; every year, students from each school participate in an exchange where they stay with host families in each country, sharing school and family life. Edith Read retired after 48 years as principal in 1958. Six principals have led

92-649: A meeting regarding the establishment of a sister school (Branksome Hall Asia), in Jeju Global Education City . Jeju Global Education City is a project run by the South Korean government to create an area of mainly international private schools. During a ceremony held at the Branksome Hall Toronto campus, Branksome Hall signed a Cooperative Venture Agreement. Following this, Branksome Hall Toronto started to make preparations for

115-629: A registered charity in Ontario since 2005, is overseen by an independent board of trustees chaired by Scot Martin, and manages the school's endowment. Branksome Hall Asia 33°17′26″N 126°17′08″E  /  33.2904498°N 126.2854768°E  / 33.2904498; 126.2854768 Branksome Hall Asia is an independent educational institution in Seogwipo , Jeju Province , South Korea . The institution opened in October 2012 and

138-576: Is a performing art center with an auditorium, a recital room, black box theatres, TV studio, audio recording studio and dance studio. Munk Debates The Munk Debates are a semi-annual series of debates on major policy issues held in Toronto , Ontario , Canada . They are run by the Aurea Foundation, a charitable foundation set up by Peter Munk , founder of mining company Barrick Gold , and his wife Melanie Munk. The debate series

161-733: Is a three weeks' program in which Branksome Hall and Branksome Hall Asia collaborate. It starts in March and Branksome Hall students spend a week in Branksome Hall Asia Campus. Branksome Hall Asia is located in Jeju Island. Its campus is in the Jeju Global Education City (JGEC), a Jeju Free International City Development Center project with four different international schools. BHA was designed by Singaporean architect Phan Pit Li. The campus includes

184-496: Is connected through tunnels so that students can go from the tunnel even if the weather is bad. However, the only part of the building not connected to the tunnel is the Wellness Center. There are sport facilities such as 50m of swimming pool, tennis court, soccer pitch, golf driving range and putting green, wellness center, and hockey field to have athletics program. BHA students have access to these facilities. Also, there

207-504: Is led by principal Grace McCallum. Branksome Hall was founded in 1903 by Margaret Scott, was the school’s first principal. It is named for Walter Scott ’s poem, " The Lay of the Last Minstrel ", which references Scotland’s Branxholme Castle . The historic building was previously named Hollydene House and was the home of Canadian railway magnate Hugh Ryan . Branksome Hall was originally located at 102 Bloor Street East. In 1910,

230-662: Is the city campus of the Canadian school Branksome Hall . Branksome Hall Asia is an co-educational international school starting from Junior Kindergarten Prep to Grade 5, and girls-only from Grade 6 to 12. In 2023, Branksome Hall Asia welcomed boys into its student body. The school employs a diamond model of education: students are integrated in the Junior School, separated during Middle School, and then come together again in High School. The school claims to offers

253-604: The Munk Debates have partnered to set up Re:Solved, a worldwide public speaking and debate competition. In April 2024, a Grade 12 student became World Champion of the 2024 World Individual Debating and Public Speaking Championships , held in Canberra, Australia. Branksome Hall is administered by an 18-member Board of Governors. The current chair is Mona Malone, Chief Human Resources Officer and Head of People & Culture for BMO Financial Group. The Branksome Hall Foundation,

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276-979: The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) of the University of Toronto. Branksome Hall follows the IB’s experiential learning framework of creativity, activity and service . IB Diploma students are required to complete approximately three to five hours per week of Creativity, Activity and Service (CAS) during their final two years of high school. Service learning activities for students include Reading Buddies and JUMP Math at Rose Avenue Public School, Kapapamahchakwew (Wandering Spirit School) Reading Program, engaging with students at Sunny View Public School, and volunteering at Let’s Grow Learning and Living Hub for medically complex, physically disabled adults. Athletics Branksome’s Athletics teams are called

299-615: The Primary Years Programme (PYP), Middle Years Programme (MYP) and International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (DP). Faculty In 2022, Math Instructional Leader and teacher Edith Louie was recognized with the René Descartes Medal. She has taught mathematics at Branksome Hall for 25 years. Heather Friesen, Head, Curriculum Innovation & Professional Learning, was awarded the 2022 Continuing and Professional Learning (CPL) Award of Excellence from

322-679: The 2022 fall season to the 2023 spring season, Branksome athletes won 11 CISAA (Conference of Independent Schools Athletic Association) championships in cross country running, swimming, badminton, alpine skiing, softball, volleyball and tennis. In June 2023, Branksome rowers took part in the Canadian Secondary Schools Rowing Association Regatta in St. Catharines. In the finals, gold medals were awarded to Branksome’s Junior 63kg 4+, Senior LTWT 63kg 4+ and Junior LTWT 63 kg 8+. Debate Branksome Hall and

345-544: The Highlanders. The school is a member of the Conference of Independent Schools of Ontario Athletic Association. Fall teams include basketball, flag football, cross country running, field hockey, rowing, soccer and swimming. Winter teams include alpine skiing, badminton, ice hockey, rowing, squash, swimming and volleyball. Spring teams include golf, rowing, softball, tennis, track and field, and ultimate frisbee. From

368-472: The debate resulted in the arrest of 12 people. The debate was held anyway. The next day, the Munk Debates announced a correction: a "technical error" had led to releasing an inaccurate debate result, wrongly stating that Bannon's arguments had swayed the audience in favor of populism. Actually, there was no net change in audience opinion. In 2019, the debates continued to be "financially underwritten by

391-645: The establishment of Branksome Hall Asia. By 2012, Branksome Hall Asia started its first year in Jeju-do, South Korea. The school teaches the International Baccalaureate Program in three stages: primary for children under 12, middle years for children aged 13-17, and diploma for students aged 17-19. As a part of the Branksome Hall Asia curriculum, Grade 9 students have the opportunity for a study abroad experience. It

414-475: The other. The debates have been broadcast on CBC Radio 's Ideas as well as CPAC . The more recent ones have also appeared on international broadcasters including BBC and C-SPAN . * Indicates a corrected count. The initial tally was incorrect; table includes the final, corrected accounting . In 2018, the debates hosted Steve Bannon , resulting in calls by several Canadian politicians for that debate to be cancelled. A rally outside Roy Thomson Hall over

437-575: The same curriculum as Branksome Hall of Toronto. Branksome Hall of Toronto has an exchange program open to Grade 9 students to study and learn in South Korea. Branksome Hall Asia graduates can apply to universities in Korea as well as international post-secondary institutions. In 1903, Branksome Hall was started in Toronto, Canada. In March 2009, Branksome Hall Toronto and the Korean government held

460-540: The school relocated to 592 Sherbourne Street and Edith Read was appointed principal. In 1912, the school purchased 10 Elm Avenue. Between 1912–1948, principal Read added five homes to the campus and built a gymnasium and pool. She introduced the Prefect and Clan systems and adopted the Hunting Stewart tartan for the school uniform. Branksome Hall students in grades JK-2 wear a tunic, and those in grades 3-12 wear

483-427: The school since: Dr. Jennie MacNeill (1958–68), Miss Margaret Sime (1968–74), Miss Alison Roach (1974–93), Dr. Rachel Phillips Belash (1993–98), Karen L. Jurjevich (1998–2024) and current principal Grace McCallum. The school became a fully-authorized IB World School in 2003, opened Branksome Hall Asia in 2012 and the athletics and wellness centre in 2015, and hosted feminist icon Gloria Steinem in 2017. In 2022, ground

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506-409: Was broken on the school’s Innovation Centre and Studio Theatre. The school was recognized as an Apple Distinguished School in 2023. The Road Well Kept by Heather Robertson was published in 2002 to mark Branksome’s centennial. The book provides a synopsis of the history of the school, including archival photographs. Branksome Hall’s curriculum offers all three International Baccalaureate programs:

529-448: Was founded in 2008 by Munk and Rudyard Griffiths , who moderates most of the debates. The Munk debates are held in Toronto, at steadily larger venues as they have proven popular. Tickets are sold to the general public, and sell out shortly after being made available. A poll is taken from the audience both before and after each debate. The winner of the debate is determined by how many people are persuaded to move from one opinion side to

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