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38-604: Many demonstration farms not only have crops, but may also have various types of livestock. Various techniques for feeding and bedding are tested on these farms. Demonstration farms run by universities are not only used for research, but are also used for teaching purposes. The Ontario Agricultural College operates a demonstration farm in which students take active participation in their classes. There has also been an expanding number of demonstration farms which are used to test various forms of renewable energy, primarily wind turbines and solar panels. Model farms became popular during

76-551: A class crest, class colours, class graduation year and their program of study. Aggies are also known for their weekly 'pub nights' hosted on campus. All students of the University of Guelph, including students of the OAC, participate in the tradition of painting Old Jeremiah . An annual feature of the university is its open house, known as College Royal . The event began in 1925 and now welcomes over 20,000 visitors each year. For

114-829: A facility at Carlaw and Mortimer Avenue (now the Centennial College Story Arts Centre) in East York in 1955. With the move the Model School was dissolved with the creation of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) . The Toronto Teachers' College was absorbed into the new Ontario Teacher Education College in 1974. This college granted a post graduate degree and was the only government college left in Ontario. In 1979,

152-423: A guided tour, then adjourn for a huge farm-style luncheon served by farm staff and made from the farm's produce. A dance follows. In this scenario, the model farm was adjacent to the city. The farm served meals to the general public, and functioned as an entertainment destination. During and episode of Kid Food Nation, the cast and the viewers see the processes it takes to grow, package and ship fresh food by getting

190-810: A look inside Nature Fresh Farms greenhouse and packaging facilities. Ontario Agricultural College The Ontario Agricultural College ( OAC ) originated at the agricultural laboratories of the Toronto Normal School , and was officially founded in 1874 as an associate agricultural college of the University of Toronto . Since 1964, it has become affiliated with the University of Guelph , which operates campuses in Guelph and Ridgetown and formerly in Alfred and Kemptville , all in Ontario. Ontario farmers increasingly demanded more information on

228-762: A part of campus life today, including President's Residence, Raithby House, and Day Hall.) The War Memorial Hall is a landmark building built in June 1924 as a lecture hall or theatre at the Ontario Agricultural College to honour students who had enlisted and died in the First World War , and in the Second World War . Two bronze tablets in the Memorial Chapel remembers alumni who have died during these wars. Subsequently,

266-420: A rigorous schedule from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m., covering not only the theoretical aspects of studies, but also training in practical gardening and husbandry techniques and immersive work with local peasantry. The elite students were encouraged to undertake self-activities such as student government, and also shouldered the responsibility of experimenting with and maintaining their land plots. Campus farms are common in

304-586: A weekend each March, every part of the campus and its programs are exhibited to the public, from the barns to the sugar bush in the Arboretum . It is highly popular with visitors of all ages, especially families with children who take advantage of the March Break (the usual Ontario school break) to have an outing. For students, College Royal is a 12-day long experience including events such as Fashion Show, Kick-Off Pub and Super Thursday. Tractor Tug for Tots

342-430: Is a very beautiful one, being considerably elevated above the business parts of the city, and commanding a fine view of the bay, peninsula and lake." The property became known as St. James Square, and was soon used for more than teacher training purposes. A 2-acre (8,100 m ) plot was set aside for a botanical garden, with another 3 acres (12,000 m ) reserved for agricultural experiments. The agricultural work on

380-591: Is an annual event organized and hosted by students on the Environmental Sciences Student Executive (ESSE). The day brings together students, experts, and community members to learn about an environmental theme through workshops and discussions that incorporate science and social science perspectives. Toronto Normal School The Toronto Normal School was a teachers college in Toronto , Ontario , Canada. Opened in 1847,

418-583: Is an event run by the Tractor Tug for Tots club of the Student Federation of the Ontario Agricultural College. The annual charity event raises funds for youth organizations each year by having teams pay to compete against each other in pulling tractors down Reynolds Walk. Good Times is annual banquet held for OAC students, staff, donors and alumni. The banquet includes a full dinner as well as an awards ceremony recognizing outstanding members of

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456-576: The Industrial Age , providing education to urbanized populations and encouraging improved welfare standards for agricultural workers. Farm buildings were designed to be beautiful as well as utilitarian, inspired by the ideals of the enlightenment . In the nineteenth century, a combined effect of population pressure and the scientific revolution drove Western Europe to consider a fundamental revolution in agricultural training and practice. A number of prominent European agricultural experts, including

494-752: The Royal Ontario Museum . The Ontario Society of Artists, founded in 1872, used the Normal School as its headquarters. The Society operated an art school on the St. James Square site, which eventually became the Ontario College of Art & Design . The building also housed the Province's Department of Education . These various activities at St. James Square lead to its designation as "the cradle of Ontario's education system". With

532-537: The normal school was located at Church and Gould streets in central Toronto (after 1852), and was a predecessor to the current Ontario Institute for Studies in Education . The Royal Ontario Museum , the Ontario College of Art & Design and the Ontario Agricultural College all originated at the Normal School's campus and the provincial Department of Education was also located there. Officially named St. James Square (and located with

570-732: The No. 6 Initial Training Centre for the Royal Canadian Air Force , and a number of barracks and other auxiliary buildings were constructed on the site. After the war, the St. James Square property was given to the new Toronto Training and Re-establishment Institute in 1945, a joint-venture of the federal and provincial governments to train ex-servicemen and women. The institute became the Ryerson Institute of Technology in 1948, and would ultimately become today's Toronto Metropolitan University . The Normal School building

608-506: The Normal (and Model) School building opened in May 1852. The new building was designed to accommodate two hundred teachers-in-training and six hundred pupils. It was situated on a 3.2 hectare (8 acres ) site, bounded by Gerrard, Church, Gould and Victoria streets, which Ryerson had acquired for the Normal School at a cost of 4500 pounds. The site was described in 1858 as follows: "The situation

646-498: The OAC. Good Times is said to be a favourite event by many of the OAC ‘Aggies’. The LABash is an annual conference originally started by three landscape architecture students at the University of Guelph. This multi-day event is coordinated for landscape architecture students from all across North America and provides students with the opportunity to discuss current landscape architecture trends while networking with fellow students and professionals. The Environmental Sciences Symposium

684-547: The OAC: The Student Federation of the Ontario Agricultural College (SFOAC) is the student government for all students studying in OAC's programs. Each OAC class has a representative on SFOAC, and these representatives aim to promote spirit, leadership, enthusiasm and opportunity. With the sanction of the dean of the college, the SFOAC gives the student body of the OAC self-governance in matters pertaining to

722-739: The Ontario Agricultural College (OAC) became one of three founding colleges of the University of Guelph in 1964. (The other two were the Ontario Veterinary College and the Macdonald Institute.) The OAC opened on May 1, 1874, with an enrollment of 28 students. The OAC administration was housed in Moreton Lodge until 1931, when the building was torn down to make way for Johnston Hall. The OAC's offices have resided in Johnston Hall ever since. In 1997,

760-713: The Ontario Teacher Education College was closed by the Ministry of Education and ceased to exist, merging into the Faculty of Education at the University of Toronto which eventually merged with the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. The growing Ryerson Institute soon outgrew the ageing St. James Square buildings. The former Normal School building and surrounding structures were demolished between 1958 and 1963, and replaced by

798-539: The Parliament Buildings in Montreal were burned down in a riot , and the capital of the Province of Canada was relocated to Toronto. The colonial administration required the use of the old Government House, and the Normal School was temporarily displaced to the former Temperance Hall on Temperance Street. On July 2, 1851, the cornerstone for a new building was laid by Governor General Lord Elgin , and

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836-560: The United States and other countries. They are used in some cases as part of educational curricula. They also sometimes help produce food for campus dining halls , but generally have low agricultural output. In the 1916 novel Seventeen , which takes place in a small city in the Midwestern United States (probably Indiana ), a group of perhaps 15 teenagers takes a trolley ride to a model farm. There, they take

874-402: The agricultural secretary of Scotland and famous agriculturalist Arthur Young , argued for the creation of institutions dedicated to agricultural experimentation. One attempt to introduce scientific approach to agriculture was the formation of ‘model farms’ across Europe. These farms served as experimental models, in which to develop and experiment with husbandry practices and technology. One of

912-646: The archaeological and ethnographic collections of the Canadian Institute Museum of Toronto, headed by David Boyle , were transferred to the Normal School as the Ontario Provincial Museum (or also as Provincial Museum of Ontario). Boyle was also involved with the archaeological collections of the Ministry of Education (Ontario Archaeological Museum) and remained Ontario Provincial Museum's curator and later its superintendent until his death in 1911. The museum later evolved into

950-536: The authorities in Upper Canada first recognized the need to establish a normal school in the colony to train teachers. It was not until 1846, however, that Egerton Ryerson issued his landmark report entitled "Report on a System of Public Elementary Education for Upper Canada". In that year, the United Province of Canada passed its School Act of 1846 , which provided for initial grant of $ 6,000 for

988-469: The best farming techniques which led to farm magazines and agricultural fairs. In 1868 the assembly created an agricultural museum, which morphed into the Ontario Agricultural College in Guelph in 1874. Its first building was Moreton Lodge, located where Johnston Hall now stands, which included classrooms, residences, a library, and a dining room. (Several buildings constructed during this time period are still

1026-476: The construction of a building and for an annual subsidy of $ 6,000 for maintenance of the school. On November 1, 1847, the Provincial Normal School, as it was first known, opened in the former Government House of Upper Canada . An accompanying Provincial Model School was opened in 1848, in the renovated Government House stables, was created to provide practical training scenarios. In 1849,

1064-587: The construction of its new building, the name of the Normal School was changed to the Normal School for Upper Canada. Upon Confederation in 1867, it was renamed the Normal School for Ontario. The opening of the Ottawa Normal School in 1875 prompted a further renaming to Toronto Normal School. It was known by this name for 78 years, when the Government of Ontario eliminated the "normal school" nomenclature for its teacher training institutions, and

1102-724: The land. His two most celebrated schools, the Scientific Educational Institution for the Higher Social Classes (1806) and the Poor School (1810) garnered attention and visitors from all over Europe and the United States. Through the establishment of an institution dedicated to the discipline of agricultural experimentation, improvement, and innovation, Fellenberg hoped to elevate his students’ minds and improve society in general. He divided his pupils between two aforementioned institutions:

1140-551: The most well-reputed and long-lasting model farms was Hofwyl, an estate near the Swiss city of Bern . In 1799, Philipp Emanuel von Fellenberg purchased 250 acres of land and over the next forty years, created five establishments on his model farm, which he named Hofwyl. An agriculturist by trade and a moral reformer at heart, he sought to establish agricultural educational institutions dedicated to both scientific approach to agriculture and reconnecting individuals of all social classes to

1178-408: The old Toronto St. James Ward ), the school became known as "the cradle of Ontario's education system". The school's landmark Gothic-Romanesque building was designed by architects Thomas Ridout and Frederick William Cumberland in 1852. The landmark building was demolished in 1963, but architectural elements of the structure remain on the campus of Toronto Metropolitan University . In the 1830s,

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1216-690: The provincial government amalgamated agriculture education across the province under the University of Guelph and OAC. Three previous Colleges of Agricultural Technology were now being run by the University of Guelph and OAC: College d'Alfred , a francophone college in the eastern part of the province at Alfred, Ontario ; Kemptville College , founded in 1917 and located at Kemptville, Ontario about 30 minutes south of Ottawa, and Ridgetown College at Ridgetown, Ontario founded in 1922 and located in southwestern Ontario near Chatham . In May 2007, they were renamed Campus d'Alfred, Kemptville Campus and Ridgetown Campus in order to recognize their full integration into

1254-483: The school became the Toronto Teachers' College in 1953. As it had almost a century before, turmoil again led to the eviction of the Normal School from its facilities. Due to the demands of the Second World War , the Normal School was forced to relocate to the former Earl Kitchener Public School at Pape and Mortimer Avenues in nearby East York in 1941. The model school was dissolved. St. James Square became

1292-654: The site prompted the founding of the Ontario Agricultural College in 1874, which later became the University of Guelph . Ryerson wanted the Normal School to be a focal point of the development of arts and education in Upper Canada. In 1857, Canada's first publicly funded museum, the Museum of Natural History and Fine Arts, was established within the Normal School building, with its initial collection based largely on Egerton Ryerson's own artwork, statuary and scientific apparatus acquired during his trips to Europe. In 1896,

1330-540: The sons of rich gentlemen and affluent landowners, and those of the poor and vagrants. The Scientific Educational Institution for the Higher Social Classes provided rigorous academic and practical training in scientific disciplines deemed useful in agricultural studies, such as mathematics, chemistry, and natural history, while the Poor school sought to instill its less fortunate students with skills and manual training necessary for agricultural operations. The former group followed

1368-439: The student body, as well as distributing fees to classes and clubs within the OAC to promote activities. Students enrolled in OAC programs connected to agriculture often refer to themselves as 'Aggies'. They are known on and off campus for their strong sense of college pride, which is carried out through various traditions. Many generations of Aggies sport leather jackets. These jackets are ordered for each new class year and sport

1406-548: The university. [1] Serious changes took place in 2015 with the decision to close some OAC campuses, including the Campus of Alfred, the only francophone campus. Financial reasons and the challenge to run the same programs in multiple locations were among the reasons leading to restructuring. The OAC offers a wide range of degree and diploma programs based on four main pillars: food, agriculture, environment, and rural communities. The following degrees and diplomas are available under

1444-487: Was renamed Ryerson Hall in 1948, with the founding of the Ryerson Institute. The beginnings of the new institution were inauspicious: one local media report described the new Ryerson Institute as consisting of "a dirty, old three-storey building the Normal School building surrounded by asbestos-sided shacks the war-time buildings." Meanwhile, the new Toronto Teachers' College (formerly the Normal School) moved into

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