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61-726: In 1993, Michael Power - St. Joseph moved west and north to the former site of Vincent Massey Collegiate Institute , built in 1961 by the Etobicoke Board of Education (later amalgamated with the Toronto District School Board ) and closed in 1985, on Eringate Drive, in which the campus has been leased to the MSSB/TCDSB since 1990. It is the largest high school in the Toronto Catholic District School Board and one of

122-465: A YouTube channel launched in 2013 under the name Michael PowerTV , showcasing the school videos in addition to their CCTV system. Vincent Massey Collegiate Institute Vincent Massey Collegiate Institute ( Vincent Massey , VMCI , or Massey ) is a Toronto District School Board facility that was previously operated as public secondary school in Toronto , Ontario , Canada. It was operated by

183-499: A benefit to the development of society, including business and industry. In Greece there are no tuition fees as Bachelor-level higher education and some Master-level post-graduate education is provided for free to all Hellene (Greek) citizens as a benefit of citizenship paid by taxes. Universities accept students who have excelled at high school, with the selection being done through the Panhellenic Examinations,

244-580: A dual scheme for education; while basic (i.e. high-school) education is supported by taxes rather than tuition, higher education usually requires tuition payments or fees. People may purchase tuition insurance to protect themselves from fees related to involuntary withdrawal (illness, death of a parent or guardian, etc.) In medieval Europe , universities were mainly institutions of the Catholic Church . As they mainly trained clergy, most of these universities did not have any need to exact fees from

305-605: A foreshadowing move. The graduating class of 1978 from Michael Power and St. Joseph's held the graduation ceremony at St. Michael's Cathedral . It was moved to the Etobicoke Olympium (now the ceremonies are held since then at Mississauga Convention Centre). By then, rumours began to circulate that the Michael Power/St. Joseph's properties were to be sold to a developer and the schools consolidated to Royal York Collegiate Institute (later Etobicoke School of

366-529: A forum for student created artwork and events to be showcased to the school community. It is overseen by school administrators but content is created and updated by students in media and communication technology classes. The PowerTV system is seen as an innovative addition to media and technology based learning curriculum. It provides real-time practical experience of advanced digital broadcasting while providing an incentive for students to be fully engaged in media production and creative design. The school also runs

427-482: A low-income student to attend college without requiring a grant or one or more loans . College tuition in the United States is one of the costs of a post- secondary education . The total cost of college is called the cost of attendance (or, informally, the "sticker price") and, in addition to tuition, can include room and board and fees for facilities such as books, transportation, or commuting provided by

488-506: A system of state-administered examinations. Furthermore, it is difficult for mature students to be accepted at universities. Doctorate-level higher education is often also provided for free, but some universities may charge fees for PhD degrees. Students may resort to registering at private universities (called colleges, κολέγια), which charge tuition fees, or emigrate to other countries in order to get an education. In Spain, public universities fees are established annually by laws enacted by

549-409: A tuition-based model. All Nordic countries provide higher education free of charge to their own citizens. The Nordic education systems are almost entirely publicly funded. In Nordic countries education is seen as a civil right and a public service rather than a commodity. The issue of education is seen in these countries as an issue of equality. This is in part because high levels of education are

610-439: A weight room, a large forum, newly renovated auditorium, 45+ classrooms, a sports field, a 400m track, a courtyard, music rooms, art rooms, computer labs, and a library. There are six portable facilities housed Michael Power/St. Joseph Massey campus. Operating on the semestered system, the current enrolment of the school as of the 2017–18 school year is 1941 students and the staff, which is the largest high school by population in

671-623: A year at a 1st-degree level and 1,552 for a year at the 2nd-degree level. A student in Hungary has an opportunity to receive a scholarship of up to 3,000 euros for living expenses and nearly 4,000 euros for good grades. In Lithuania the highest tuition is nearly 12,000 euros and 37 percent of the students pay. Tuition fees in the United Kingdom were introduced in 1998, with a maximum permitted fee of £1,000. Since then, this maximum has been raised to £9,000 (more than €10,000) in most of

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732-695: Is Michael Power - St. Joseph's annual creative art and media exhibition. Featured student work has gone on to win awards at the national Mind, Media and the Message Festival and displayed in their exhibition at the Ontario Science Centre . Michael Power - St. Joseph also has a student leadership system. The overall focus of the leadership program is to create students which model the Catholic Graduate Expectations. In 2007, Power P.L.A.Y. Leaders presented at

793-449: Is Michael Power - St. Joseph's student newspaper. The paper is an entirely student run initiative and is overseen by a teacher moderator. The Post is one of the larger clubs at MPSJ and allows all students to submit work for publication. It covers everything from Editorials, Student Life, Opinion, Arts and Entertainment, Sports, Music, News, Poetry and as of 2005 a French section. The paper has undergone many changes in recent years such as

854-505: Is an entirely student run and organized initiative. It started as two independent books back in the 1950s and 1960s; Clarion was the yearbook of St. Joseph High School and Michael Power High School had its own respective version. The Michael Power yearbook for 1971 was called "The Mitre" and the Editor's Note says it was the third edition. When the two schools officially amalgamated in 1982, both yearbook committees joined and adapted Clarion as

915-575: Is the second addition in 1966 with the new western classroom wings and the auditorium, then the third addition being the library in 1970, and concluded with the fourth and final addition containing extra classrooms, single gymnasium, and technical shops built in 1975. During its existence, it produced two Reach for the Top National Championship teams in 1966 and 1978, and was the only high school in Canada to accomplish this during

976-575: The Etobicoke Board of Education in the former suburb of Etobicoke from its opening in 1961 until its closure in 1985 and later became the Vincent Massey Centre as an adult school until 1993. Owned and oversighted by the board's arms-length division, Toronto Lands Corporation , it is one of two schools in Etobicoke to be named for the late Governor General of Canada , the other was Vincent Massey Public School (which also closed in

1037-670: The Great Famine . The present school began as two distinct high schools in the Islington-City Centre West neighbourhood (better known as Six Points) of Kipling, Dundas and Bloor. Auxiliary Bishop Francis V. Allen of Our Lady of Sorrows Parish was instrumental on setting up two high schools in the Archdiocese of Toronto for Etobicoke's Roman Catholic community. The Sisters of St. Joseph opened St. Joseph's Islington , an all-girls high school named after

1098-580: The first Catholic bishop of Toronto . Initially, the Basilians wanted to name the school after one of their patrons, St. Francis . This led to James Charles McGuigan 's advice to the Basilians to settle the name of Bishop Power High School for the deeds and documents, which the name was later displayed on the "1957" cornerstone . Eventually, the Archdiocese established the school name of Michael Power High School as its official name. Construction of

1159-546: The 1950s that the countries' education systems developed in different directions. Some countries, especially Anglophone countries (for example the United States) but also Asian countries such as Japan, introduced considerable tuition payments already in the early post-war period. Other countries, particularly in Scandinavia and continental Europe, in contrast remained tuition-free. These developments were unrelated to

1220-570: The 1980s). On May 10, 1960, the Etobicoke Board of Education agreed to construct Vincent Massey Collegiate Institute at a cost of $ 1,120,000 with 14 standard classrooms, 1 art, 1 music, 2 science labs, 1 library, 1 home economics, 1 shop, 1 typing room, double gym and cafeteria. After hefty construction work, the school opened its doors in September 1961. The school was designed in modern architectural style by architectural firm D. Ross King. The school had erected its first addition in 1963, next

1281-558: The Arts ). The two schools were officially unified under one name - Michael Power • St. Joseph in September 1982 on the same Bloor-Dundas complex. The designated principal was a Basilian Father while the vice-principal was a Sister of St. Joseph. By 1984, however, the Ontario Government began funding Catholic high schools beyond Grade 10 and Michael Power - St. Joseph ceased to be a private school in 1987, although it maintained

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1342-593: The Massey campus for at least five years. In May 1988 the Dufferin-Peel separate board announced that it would give Massey to the Ontario government in exchange for an addition funded by the provincial government built at the original Pocock and at least $ 10 million. The Mississauga News described the relationship as a "strong tie to Mississauga." With the funding of Ontario's Catholic high schools since 1984,

1403-521: The Pocock primary campus was under renovation. Since then, most of its students were rehoused at Silverthorn Collegiate Institute . The Pocock school began leasing the Massey site in September 1987. Massey served as the Pocock Etobicoke campus, serving 1,200 students in grades 11–13. The school's 9th- and 10th-grade students remained at the original Pocock. Originally the school planned to lease

1464-649: The Royal Notary in Le Puy-en-Velay for their legal incorporation. The Sisters of St. Joseph at Toronto came into existence in 1851. The sisters taught in many schools across Canada since their establishment in the country. Michael Power was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia , Canada to Captain William Power and Mary Roach. He went to Seminary of St. Sulpice , Montreal and Seminary of Quebec and

1525-463: The Senate itself. As of March 2013, undocumented students in most States were required to pay the higher out-of-state students' tuition charged at public universities, often between $ 20,000 and $ 35,000 at a local public university. In addition, these students were denied federal assistance as they lacked valid Social Security numbers . Because such students often come from comparatively poor families,

1586-661: The Sister of St. Joseph belief of "Congregavit nos in unum Christi amor" ( The love of Christ has gathered us together into one ). The Sisters of St. Joseph as founded in Le Puy by the Jesuit Jean Paul Médaille on October 15, 1650. On the following March 10, the local bishop , Henri de Maupas, granted ecclesiastical approval to these women. On December 13, 1651, the Sisters of St. Joseph presented themselves to

1647-496: The Sisters of St. Joseph. Into the 1970s, the new classrooms and a gym arrived with the centre portable, south portable and gym C in 1971. Michael Power became a co-educational school (with the girls being admitted into the institution) in 1973, it saw the introduction of the semester system being from nine 1/2 hour classes to four 70 minute classes despite the girls continued to attend St. Joseph's Islington. In terms of athletics, Power dominate nearly every team and individual sport in

1708-469: The TDCAA (and also Ontario) as far as track and field was concerned. The Junior Trojans football team won all ten league and exhibition games on their way to the championship as well as never being scored against in 1975. With a shining success of the union of Michael Power and St. Joseph's High School was the day Father Malone, the principal showed up wearing a blazer made of St. Joseph's Islington kilt plaid in

1769-472: The Toronto Catholic District School Board and the second largest in Toronto. The teachers have established a strong tradition of strong academic standards. Currently, almost 90% of MPSJ graduates gain admission to university and college. It also has a diverse ethnic student population consisting of Polish, Ukrainian, Italian, Irish, German, South Asian, Chinese and many others. Started in 2004, Powerful Visions

1830-417: The United Kingdom, however, only those who reach a certain salary threshold pay this fee through general taxation. The UK state pays for the poorest or low income to access a university, thus university attendance remains high. There are record levels of disadvantaged people accessing a university. Scotland and Wales have abolished tuition. There are no scholarships and the only assistance is a possible loan from

1891-402: The United States, student financial aid is available to defray the cost of a post-secondary education: "Financial aid is typically thought to exert the most influence in [attendance], when admitted students consider whether to enroll in a particular institution." It is often the case that the lower the cost of the school, the more likely a student is to attend. Developed countries have adopted

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1952-642: The Vincent Massey CI site was turned over to the Metropolitan Separate School Board (now today, Toronto Catholic District School Board ) on July 1, 1990, effectively leasing the Massey campus. Etobicoke's first Catholic high school, Michael Power-St. Joseph High School , moved in September 1993 from the Bloor-Dundas complex to the campus since its inception in 1949 and 1957 (merged 1982). The MSSB originally offered

2013-421: The college. In Europe the first cycle is free in several countries: Austria , Cyprus , Czech Republic , Denmark , Estonia , Finland , Germany , Greece , Malta , Montenegro , Norway , Poland , Scotland , Slovakia , Slovenia , Sweden , Turkey . In Hungary the annual tuition at a public university may exceed 15,000 euros. Only 32 percent of the students pay tuition that averages 1,428 euros for

2074-580: The conversion to a completely digitally laid out paper and in 2005 an online version became available. The Post has also been the recipient of several awards from the Toronto Star High School Newspaper Awards. From 2004 until 2006 editorial staff at The Post planned to introduce a student magazine entitled Empowerment . While plans were made to use the magazine to complement The Post newspaper, it unfortunately never took off due to time restrictions. The intention

2135-821: The first full reunion for the student body in 20 years. Tuition payments Tuition payments , usually known as tuition in American English and as tuition fees in Commonwealth English , are fees charged by education institutions for instruction or other services. Besides public spending (by governments and other public bodies), private spending via tuition payments are the largest revenue sources for education institutions in some countries. In most developed countries, especially countries in Scandinavia and Continental Europe, there are no or only nominal tuition fees for all forms of education, including university and other higher education. Some of

2196-471: The government. French tuition fees are capped based on the level of education pursued, from 183 Euros per year for undergraduate up to 388 for doctorates. Some public universities have autonomous status, meaning that they can charge much higher tuition, and all private universities charge tuition. In the German education system almost all universities and most universities of applied sciences are funded by

2257-1063: The governments of each autonomous community , following a series of basic criteria dictated by the central government and published in the Official State Gazette . Tuition is charged at different rates from one type of institution to the next. Net tuition indices mark an increase in the "relative real burden" for payments at various types of institutions for higher education; in the period between 1980 and 1995; example, this burden increased by approximately 80 percent for students at public universities and by 148 percent for students at private universities . More than half of public research universities charge students differential tuition based primarily on their major and their year in college, increasing normal tuition by up to 40 percent. Most students or their families who pay for tuition and other education costs do not have enough savings to pay in full while they are in school. Some students must work or borrow money to afford an education. In

2318-653: The largest leadership conference in Ontario. To this day they remain the only High School ever asked to do so. These young leaders are further developed through the Leadership Course, which offers hands on experience running various charitable initiatives. The school was certified to offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma programme in June 2002. Michael Power - St. Joseph High School uses many media forums to communicate with

2379-642: The largest secondary school population in Toronto with 1941 students in the 2017–18 year and the second largest in Toronto. MPSJ is ranked 244 out of 739 in the 2018-2019 Fraser Institute report card with a 6.9 rating. MPSJ has offered the International Baccalaureate (IB) program since 2002 and is one of the few TCDSB schools to offer it. The mottos for the school are in the Basilian tradition of "Doce Me Bonitatem et Disciplinam et Scientiam" ( Teach me goodness, discipline and knowledge ) and

2440-569: The massive educational expansion that took place at the same time. Since the early 1970s, the average cost of tuition has steadily outpaced the growth of the average American household. This trend continued particularly under President Reagan's higher education policies in the 1980s. Likewise, there has been a steady decrease in federal funding for grants and a rise in the interest rates of most major student loans, leaving many students struggling to pay debt for years after graduation. The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act

2501-530: The methods used to pay for tuition include: A number of countries, such as South Africa , the United States and the United Kingdom , have "up-front tuition policies." These policies generally include a tuition fee that is large enough to give parents or guardians "a responsibility to cover some portion of their children’s higher education costs." This responsibility can make it difficult for

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2562-610: The new campus for Monsignor Fraser College from 1994 until it moved to Thistletown Blvd (later Plunkett Blvd. and now on Norfinch Drive ) when the schools were demolished in the late 1990s and was sold to the condo developer, Pemberton Group to make way for the condos that were built on the old campuses in 2003 and a park built as well. Michael Power - St. Joseph focuses on academics, athletics, arts, leadership, extracurricular activities, technology and community service. The features of former Massey site built in 12 acres of land include, 3 gymnasiums that can be partitioned into smaller gyms,

2623-637: The official name to be used for all future publications. Archives of past yearbooks can be found in the MPSJ Library and in the Yearbook Office. The yearbook has grown over the years and remains focused on preserving all aspects of school and student life. More recent editions of Clarion total 250+ pages and have won several awards from the Toronto Sun Newspaper Yearbook Awards. Founded in 1963, The Post

2684-505: The original 20 year Canadian Broadcasting Corporation production of the show. After its closure in 1985 due to low enrollment, the building served for several years as an adult education centre and later moved to Burnhamthorpe Collegiate Institute in September 1987. Later, the building was used as a temporary campus of Dufferin-Peel Separate School Board 's Philip Pocock Catholic Secondary School in Mississauga, Ontario while

2745-516: The patron of Canada himself, Saint Joseph , located on 3700 Bloor Street West near Islington Avenue on September 12, 1949, with a population of 150 girls. The first principal of that school was Sister Mary Rita C.S.J. Eight years later, starting in 1957, the Basilian Fathers started Michael Power High School , an all-boys high school on 5055 Dundas Street West behind a farmhouse , in an orchard and next to an Esso station, named after

2806-403: The quality of civil servants. On the other hand, the number of students from the lower classes was usually kept in check by the expenses of living during the years of study, although as early as the mid-19th century there were calls for limiting the university entrance by middle-class persons. A typical family, however, could not afford educating a child or young adult, even if the education itself

2867-497: The retirement of Fr. Paul James and the withdrawal of the Basilian Fathers and the Sisters of St. Joseph in 1995, the school was turned over to lay teachers and administration team. Eventually, the area served by MPSJ was filled the void by the opening of Bishop Allen Academy in 1989, in which the school was named after the former pastor of Our Lady of Sorrows. At one point, the old buildings on Dundas and Bloor served as

2928-418: The school began in 1956 and the building was completed within the span of nine months until it opened on September 3 of the following year. Under the school's founding principal Reverend John Mullins C.S.B., six Basilian Fathers were appointed to run the school the first year, with 160 students enrolled and tuition was $ 150. McGuigan officially opened and blessed the school on September 15, 1957. The orchard

2989-479: The school community. Publications such as The Post (student newspaper), Clarion (yearbook), and PowerLines (quarterly newsletter) are distributed to students throughout the academic school year. MPSJ also uses digital methods of communication such as its closed circuit television information system dubbed PowerTV and website mpsj.ca . The majority of these services are student run and monitored by faculty members. The Michael Power - St. Joseph yearbook, Clarion,

3050-451: The site of the former Mimico High School (now John English Junior Middle School) to relocate its student body there, but the MSSB rejected the transfer due to an outcry of protest (Power received its campus outlet in September 1985 at the former Alderwood site, and becoming Father John Redmond in 1986.) A reunion for those who attended the campus from 1962 to 1985 was held in 2009. It was

3111-444: The state and do not charge tuition fees. In exceptional cases universities may offer courses for professionals (e.g. executive MBA programs), which may require tuition payment. Some local governments have recently decided that students from non-EU countries can be charged, although ERASMUS students, students from developing countries and other special groups are exempt. In addition, some private institutions of higher education run on

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3172-465: The students with one notable exception: during the 12th century, while under the supervision of Pierre le Mangeur , the University of Paris began collecting two sous weekly in tuition. Later, the main duty of universities in most Protestant countries was the training of future civil servants . Again, it was not in the interest of the state to charge tuition fees, as this would have decreased

3233-403: The tradition characterized the coexistence of these two separate school communities throughout the 1960s and 1970s. The operations, curriculum, funding, and maintenance of Michael Power - St. Joseph was passed on to the MSSB. As a result of overcrowding at the main campus during the 1980s, the south campus of Michael Power - St. Joseph with 17 staff and 300 students under vice-principal Jack Smith

3294-406: Was cut down the summer before the school opened to begin work on a playing field that would take over two years to complete. An additional wing was added to Michael Power in 1960. By 1961, Power students were taking biology classes at St. Joseph's and St. Joseph's students were at Power to take physics, Latin and a few other subjects. The first graduates emerged that same year. By 1963, Michael Power

3355-509: Was debt-free. Beginning in 1967, while Michael Power's 10th anniversary coincided with the country's 100th birthday, the schools entered into an agreement with the Metropolitan Separate School Board (now the Toronto Catholic District School Board ), whereby Grade 9 and 10 students would be under the publicly funded separate school system, while grades 11-13 continued to be taught by the Basilian Fathers and

3416-507: Was established on September 2, 1986. In September 1993, the school moved to its present location on 105 Eringate Drive, the former home of Vincent Massey Collegiate Institute , which was closed in 1985 by the Etobicoke Board of Education due to low enrolment and the property was transferred to the MSSB by July 1, 1990. However, that site was served as an adult learning centre and the campus for Mississauga 's Philip Pocock Catholic Secondary School for grades 11-13 from 1987 to 1992. Following

3477-437: Was established on the former Alderwood Collegiate Institute in spring 1985 with the Basilian tradition: "Teach me goodness, discipline, and knowledge". The campus itself became a standalone high school and was named after Father John Redmond, a former principal and teacher at Michael Power - St. Joseph as well as a Basilian priest, educator and prominent national track and field coach: Father John Redmond Catholic Secondary School

3538-409: Was free. A similar situation exists today in many Third World countries, where the expenses of "free" schooling (food, books, school uniform, etc.) prevent some children from attending any school. After World War II the tuition systems of all of today's advanced democracies still were highly similar: Education institutions in all countries charged no or only very low tuition fees. It was not before

3599-406: Was introduced in the U.S. Senate. It would allow the estimated 50,000 to 65,000 undocumented students in the United States to gain in-state tuition as well as a path towards American citizenship . The Act would apply only to those students with tangible proof of residence in the United States before the age of 18. This Act has stirred debate in numerous groups, including institutions, families, and

3660-629: Was ordained a priest in 1827 by Bishop Dubois. He served as missionary priest of the Archdiocese of Québec and the Diocese of Montréal until 1839 when he was appointed Vicar General of Montréal. Power was canonically erected as Bishop of Toronto in 1841 by Pope Gregory XVI . Father Michael Power was appointed the first Catholic Bishop of Toronto. He was also the first English-speaking Catholic bishop to be born in Canada. His tenure came to an end as he died from typhus in Toronto on October 1, 1847, while ministering to recently arrived Irish immigrants, escaping

3721-523: Was to produce two issues of Empowerment while continuing to publish four issues of The Post every academic year. In the spring of 2006 Michael Power - St. Joseph launched PowerTV – a closed circuit television information system. The system was designed to use strategically placed plasma televisions throughout the school to display announcements and event highlights. It runs all day long with text-based announcements, video highlights of sports games, school events and student animations. The system provides

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